The Spanish company joins recent additions Cannaray and Chinese beverage company Genki Forest as ESSNA continues to push for the highest safety standards and labeling of sports nutrition products.
“We are delighted to welcome Crown Sport Nutrition as new members of ESSNA,” says Adam Carey, President of ESSNA.
“As a science and innovation driven company, Crown Sport Nutrition is an important addition to our membership. We are especially eager to work together on product safety and compliance issues. »
ESSNA’s ever-growing stable of fifty sports nutrition companies includes Gelita, Glanbia Nutritionals and Lonza.
The main objectives here are to create a safe and healthy environment for the sports nutrition industry, to meet the regulatory challenges related to the labelling, composition and marketing of products arising from the EU strategy of farm to fork and new trade relations between the EU and the UK.
Science, quality and transparency
Crown Sport Nutrition, based in La Rioja, Spain, follows the guiding principle of “Science, Quality and Transparency”, where its raw materials and products are formulated with solid scientific evidence and support.
The company has collaborated with a number of research organisations, such as the University of Greenwich in the UK and the University Francisco de Vitoria in Spain.
Its products are manufactured in The International Food Standard and Good Manufacturing Practice laboratories to ensure the highest safety standards.
“With many of Crown Sport Nutrition’s products certified under the Informed Sport program, Crown Sport Nutrition is already among the industry frontrunners in compliance.”adds Carey
“Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, ESSNA’s newest membership addition is also a testament to the industry’s extraordinary resilience, agility and imagination to bounce back even better than before.
“We look forward to further expanding our membership to contribute to the incredible growth our industry has seen, and hope to continue to see, in the years to come.”
CBD and healthy drinks
UK-based ESSNA recently welcomed CBD company Cannaray and healthy drink makers Genki Forest to its stable, closely following recent members Nutrition X and Healthspan Elite
At the time, Dr. Carey said that having a CBD brand such as Cannaray among ESSNA members “would contribute to more engaging discussions and the development of expertise in the rapidly growing CBD market.”
“We look forward to fruitful cooperation with them in the years to come within the framework of the EU policy and regulatory environment for sports nutrition,”Dr Carey added in June 2021.
Pol Gieco Villegas, Founder and Managing Director of Crown Sport Nutrition adds: “I have known ESSNA since we started building Crown Sport Nutrition six years ago.
“I considered joining the Alliance to work together for a stronger and safer sports nutrition industry.
“I am delighted that this vision has become a reality, and my team and I are proud to be part of the Alliance.
“From our side, we will support ESSNA in the only way we know how to operate: with science, quality and transparency.”
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