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About Us
Watson is one of the highest quality suppliers of products and services
geared to enhancing human health and nutrition around the world. We are a
leader in developing custom nutrient blends for the food and
pharmaceutical industries. Expertise in microencapsulation, agglomeration,
micronizing and spray drying allow us to develop unique formulations using
Watson manufactured value-added ingredients.
Our Facilities
Watson is a third generation family-run business. Founded in 1939, our
headquarters is located in West Haven, Connecticut. Our modern 95,000 sq.
ft. facility houses our R&D, manufacturing and analytical departments.
We have another 80,000 sq. ft. manufacturing and distribution center in
Taylorville, Illinois. We also have distribution warehouses in Connecticut
and Southern California as well as several international locations.
Quality Control
High quality control standards are maintained by Watson’s
state-of-the art analytical laboratory. Mineral and trace elemental
analyses are supported by two ICP emission spectrometers and an ICP mass
spectrometer. Vitamin, supplement and pharmacological actives analyses are
supported by eight HPLC systems, two UV spectrophotometers, a dual beam IR
spectrometer and a GC unit. A wide variety of specialized instrumentation,
such as specific ion electrometers, particle size classification,
programmable viscometry, auto-titration, immunoassay and microscopy, are
extensively employed in the quality control process.
Research and Development
At Watson, we maintain four in-house research and development
laboratories and pilot lab facilities for product development. The
technical support group consists of a staff with either a MS or PhD in
chemistry or food science, as well as fundamental training and applied
expertise in human nutrition, protein chemistry, carbohydrate chemistry,
surfactant and emulsion technology, enzymology, microbiology and many
application specialties such as low net carbs, low calorie, low fat and
meal replacement products. The group is nationally recognized as a leader
in fortification.
Premixes
Watson provides ingredients and custom blends to many industries,
including dietary foods and supplements, infant formula, sports nutrition,
meal replacement, beverages, bakery and pharmaceutical. Since no one
formula can meet all of our customers’ requirements, each blend is
custom formulated, taking into consideration its intended use, sensory
evaluation, stability, and cost. Each active ingredient is tested in every
blend before release. These nutrient blends include vitamins, minerals,
amino acids, nutraceuticals, and Watson Specialty Ingredients.
Specialty Ingredients
Our expertise in Fluid Bed Technology has allowed us to become a leader
in supplying microencapsulated ingredients around the world. We can coat
materials to mask flavor, enhance stability, or provide moisture barrier
protection. We have a long list of microencapsulated nutritional products,
or could custom microencapsulate your product.
Also, our eight production fluidized beds run around the clock to
provide instantized and agglomerated products. Instantizing can make
powders more dispersible. Agglomerated products can improve
compressibility, content uniformity, and reduce friability, as well as
improve disintegration and dissolution.
Our specialty ingredients also include vitamin oil blends and spray
dried products. Our expertise in the processing of Beta Carotene is
unsurpassed.
Core Competencies
- Vitamin / Mineral Premixes
- Drum-to-Hopper Blends
- High Shear Granulation
- Hot Melt Granulation
- Agglomeration
- Micronizing
- Instantizing
- Micro-Encapsulation
- Spray Drying
- Wet/Dry Blending
- Trituration
- Toll Manufacturing
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