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P. L. Thomas & Co. Inc.

PLT... Where Food and Health Meet.

P.L. Thomas offers more than half a century of innovation in securing reliable, high quality bulk raw materials, while providing solutions for food/functional food and nutrition industries. We specialize in hydrocolloids (water-soluble gums) clinically-supported and branded botanical extracts.

Look to our first-rate technical staff as a valuable resource in identifying solutions for your applications. From the development of the best food texture system, recommending the optimal ingredients, providing the latest information and research or sourcing the right product at the right price. PLT will deliver the best ingredient answer for your needs.

Over the years we have established an extraordinary network of strategic partners in more than 30 countries, and our staff is multi-cultural and multi-lingual, enabling us to transact business in more than 10 languages and effectively understand the cultural nuances of the sourcing challenges. Our partnerships enable us to offer superior products supported quality control standards meeting strict United States and international requirements.

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The several ages of nutrition

10-Jul-2008 - Addressing consumers' nutritional needs is no longer a matter of one-size-fits-all. PL Thomas explains what consumers need and when they need it.

PLT brings new cognitive herb to US

12-May-2008 - PL Thomas has teamed up with Laila Nutraceuticals to bring a new cognitive health ingredient to the US dietary supplement market.

Durable probiotic expands reach across food categories

02-Apr-2008 - Ingredient manufacturer Ganeden Biotech claims its durable probiotic ingredient is contributing to the development of a new level of probiotic use in foods due to its flexibility.

Ganeden unveils health bars with durable probiotic

12-Mar-2008 - Healthcare company Ganeden Biotech is launching a probiotic health bar using its form of bacillus coagulans GB1-30, a strain it says is flexible and viable in manufacturing processes.

PLT achieves GRAS for vitamin K2 in dairy

05-Feb-2008 - PL Thomas is to market its vitamin K2 for use in dairy applications in the US, following the ingredient's GRAS designation, the company announced today.

PLT puts weight behind 'revolutionary' probiotic

08-Jan-2008 - Healthcare company Ganeden Biotech has teamed up with PL Thomas (PLT) in an effort to expand the reach of a new probiotic ingredient in functional food and beverages.

HBA organisers say attendance is up

03-Oct-2007 - Following last month's HBA show in New York, the organizers of the global expo claim that the key buying audience attending the show increased significantly, while attendance of the conference program was also up significantly.

Vitamin K help for diabetes?

21-Aug-2007 - The vitamin K dependant protein osteocalcin may have a positive effect on reducing obesity and diabetes, suggests a new study with mice.

SIDI protocol pushed forth by industry at IFT

31-Jul-2007 - The industry-wide need for implementation of the Standardized Information on Dietary Ingredients (SIDI) protocol was yesterday underscored by speakers at the IFT Expo.

PL Thomas to bring Kaneka's CoQ10 to US foods

15-Jun-2007 - One of the bastions of the CoQ10 market in Japan, Kaneka Nutrients, is bringing its ingredient to the US food and beverage industries through PL Thomas.