Glanbia set to defend US lawsuit over drink ingredients from China
, the listed food ingredients giant, has become embroiled in an international legal row over the provenance of food ingredients it allegedly sells to energy drink manufacturers such as Monster., has filed a lawsuit in the US state of Delaware claiming that Glanbia imports into the US tonnes of the supplement taurine, which it allegedly sources from a Chinese producer that Vitaworks claims ripped off its patent.
That history has further influenced the identity of certain consumer brands containing taurine, such asNowadays, taurine isn’t isolated from bulls, but created artificially in laboratories using a chemical process. The world’s biggest taurine supplier is Chinese company, Then, according to the Vitaworks court papers: “Unable to secure the rights to Dr Hu’s invention, QYP copied it.”
The US company alleges that Glanbia sells the substance in pre-mixes to several consumer goods companies, while the court papers specifically refer to an alleged relationship with Monster Energy.
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