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Clasado Leaning Into APAC Gut Health Trend With China Distribution Deal

 
• By David Ridley

UK prebiotic specialist Clasado Biociences is expanding across APAC and Eastern Europe through two recently-signed distribution deals: Alliance Nutrition Group’s Shanghai Prochin for China and BART in Poland.

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UK prebiotic manufacturer Clasado Biociences has signed an exclusive agreement with Alliance Nutrition Group’s Shanghai Prochin to supply its prebiotic BimunoGOS in China.

“We are delighted to partner with Prochin and enable our science-backed Bimuno GOS to be available in China as we expand our presence in the Asia-Pacific region,”

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