Bettera Brands (Highlander Partners) Acquires Nutravail

Vivify Specialty Ingredients Acquires AuNutra Industries

October 14, 2026

Manufacturing

Vivify Specialty Ingredients, a Gryphon Investors portfolio company, acquired AuNutra Industries, a supplier of botanical extracts and specialty nutritional ingredients. The acquisition expands Vivify's nutraceutical and supplement offerings, technical capabilities, and North American distribution footprint; AuNutra founder Kava Liu remains a significant investor in the combined organization.

Everwell Health Acquires American River Nutrition from Designs for Health

May 5, 2025

Food & Beverage

Everwell Health has acquired American River Nutrition (ARN) from Designs for Health, adding ARN's patented annatto-derived ingredients—including DeltaGold and GG-Gold—and specialized manufacturing and R&D capabilities in Hadley, Massachusetts to Everwell's functional ingredient platform. ARN will operate as 'American River Nutrition, an Everwell Health Company' through 2025 while Everwell invests in the Hadley facility; the ingredient DuoQuinol was excluded from the sale and remains with Designs for Health.

Catalent Acquires Bettera Brands from Highlander Partners for $1 Billion

August 30, 2021

Food & Beverage

Catalent, Inc. agreed to acquire Bettera Holdings, LLC (Bettera Brands) from Highlander Partners for $1 billion. The acquisition expands Catalent's consumer health and nutraceutical manufacturing capabilities—adding Bettera's gummy, soft chew, and lozenge production capacity and approximately 500 employees across four U.S. facilities.

Highlander Partners Acquires Hilo Nutrition

September 14, 2020

Food & Beverage

Highlander Partners, a Dallas-based middle market private equity firm, has acquired Hilo Nutrition, a Columbus, Ohio–based maker of performance gummy supplements. Highlander plans to accelerate Hilo's growth through product innovation, strengthened direct-to-consumer capabilities and expanded distribution.

FoodChain ID Acquires Nutraveris

July 30, 2020

Food & Beverage

FoodChain ID, a Paine Schwartz Partners portfolio company, has acquired Nutraveris, a France-based scientific and regulatory affairs consultancy and AI-driven software provider for the health, nutrition and supplements markets. The acquisition expands FoodChain ID's technology-enabled compliance, claim verification and regulatory capabilities across Europe and strengthens its global food safety, quality and sustainability platform.

Highlander Partners / Benestar Brands Acquires Evans Food Group from Wind Point Partners

August 5, 2019

Food & Beverage

Highlander Partners, through its newly-formed food platform Benestar Brands, acquired Evans Food Group from Wind Point Partners. Evans is a leading global producer of branded and private-label pork rinds with six production facilities (five in the U.S. and one in Mexico); Highlander intends to use Benestar as a buy-and-build platform in the snack food category.