Kyowa Hakko USA Announces the Inclusion of its Cognizin® Citicoline in Solaray SharpMind Focus


Solaray SharpMind Focus

Our mission has always been to source the highest quality ingredients to help people everywhere Live Brighter and embrace the moments that matter most. Cognizin® Citicoline is a highly researched brain health nutrient that embodies our core values bringing the most efficacious supplements to market.

Kyowa Hakko USA, an international health ingredients manufacturer and world leader in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and food & beverage products, has announced the inclusion of its Cognizin® Citicoline in Solaray SharpMind Focus, a brain and memory supplement intended to support brain health.

Solaray’s Chief Innovation and Science Officer, Max Willis, commented: “Since 1973, our mission has always been to source the highest quality ingredients to help people everywhere Live Brighter and embrace the moments that matter most, and Kyowa Hakko’s Cognizin® Citicoline is a highly researched brain health nutrient that embodies our core values of bringing the most efficacious supplements to market.”

Kyowa Hakko USA is “thrilled to have Cognizin® Citicoline featured as a key ingredient in Solaray SharpMind Focus,” says Karen Todd, MBA, RD, Vice President Global Brand Marketing, Kyowa Hakko USA, Inc. “We are always striving for advancement and innovation within the brain health arena.”

SharpMind Focus, Solaray’s newest nootropic supplement, features 250 mg of Cognizin® Citicoline, a proprietary form of citicoline – a brain health nutrient found naturally in the body.* Citicoline is a cellular building block that is synthesized into phospholipids, which make up approximately 30% of brain tissue and provide essential support for neurons. Cognizin® has been clinically studied to support brain health, focus, and attention.

In addition to Cognizin® Citicoline, SharpMind Focus contains 100 mg of the powerful brain food Bacopa monnieri, and 125 mg of fermented organic Lions Mane Mushroom for its memory support. The VegCaps (vegetarian capsules or pills) are also vegan and gluten-free. The product is packaged in 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles.

*The Food and Drug Administration has not evaluated these statements. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

About Cognizin® Citicoline:

Cognizin® Citicoline, manufactured by Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd., is a clinically studied and branded form of Citicoline, a natural substance made endogenously in the body and especially vital to brain health. Citicoline is a potent brain-health nutrient. A proprietary form of citicoline, Cognizin® has been clinically studied to support mental energy, focus, attention, and recall. Cognizin® Citicoline has been recognized as a finalist for NutraIngredients ‘Ingredient of the Year’ in the Cognitive Function category and Award Winner Europe 2022. Cognizin® is manufactured through a fermentation process to yield high quality and high purity. Cognizin® is also highly stable, GRAS, ultra-pure, and allergen-free. For more information on Cognizin®, visit Cognizin.com.

About Kyowa Hakko USA:

Kyowa Hakko USA is the North & South American office of Kyowa Hakko Bio Co. Ltd., an international health ingredients manufacturer and world leader in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and food & beverage products. Kyowa is the maker of branded ingredients, including IMMUSE® LC-Plasma, Eyemuse® Lacticaseibacillus paracasei KW3110, Cognizin® Citicoline, Pantesin® Pantethine, Setria® Glutathione, as well as L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine. For more information, visit http://www.kyowa-usa.com.

About Solaray:

Founded in 1973, Solaray, Inc. is one of the pioneering vitamin, mineral, and herbal supplement brands within the natural products industry, helping establish the category. Part of The Better Being Co. (formerly Nutraceutical), Solaray aims to help people Live Brighter and become their healthiest selves through its commitment to award-winning product innovation, stringent testing protocols, wide-scale education on supplement health and wellness, and comprehensive sustainability programs that give back to the environment and communities therein. Solaray offers a full line of vitamins, minerals, herbs and herbal extracts that help consumers everywhere pursue a healthy lifestyle, with more than 900 product solutions to meet a wide spectrum of needs. For more information and to purchase products, please visit Solaray online at Solaray.com, or on Facebook and Instagram.

Media interested in setting up an interview with Karen Todd, please contact Giselle Chollett: giselle@adinnyc.com or 917.386.7116.

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