Can you really patent a natural ingredient?

Todd Runestad, Content Director, NaturalProductsInsider.com, Sr. Supplements Editor

October 31, 2016

Intellectual property is just another tool in the toolbox that helps companies protect their discoveries and innovations. But can you really patent nature? New Hope Network ingredients and supplements editor Todd Runestad sits down with Shaheen Majeed, marketing director at Sabinsa, for some legal insights.

About the Author

Todd Runestad

Todd Runestad

Content Director, NaturalProductsInsider.com, Sr. Supplements Editor, Natural Products Insider

I've been writing on nutrition science news since 1997. I'm The content director for NaturalProductsInsidercom and digital magazines. Other incarnations: supplements editor for newhope.com, Delicious Living and Natural Foods Merchandiser. Former editor-in-chief of Functional Ingredients magazine and still cover raw material innovations and ingredient science.

Connect with me here https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddrunestad/

My daily vitamin regime includes a morning smoothie with a range of powders including protein, collagen and spirulina; a quality multi, B complex, C with bioflavonoids, >2,000IU vitamin D, E, magnesium, high-selenium yeast, PQQ, choline, alpha-lipoic acid with carnitine, coQ10, fish oil concentrate, probiotics and some adaptogenic herbs.

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