Total Nutraceutical Solutions Licenses Pulse Light Application

SPARTANBURG, S.C.—UV light may increase vitamin D2 levels in mushrooms, according to researchers at Penn State, and a pharma company is hoping the technique can also increase its bottom line. Total Nutraceutical Solutions acquired an option to license from The Penn State Research Foundation (PSRF) an invention entitled “Rapid Generation of Vitamin D2 from Mushrooms and Fungi Using Pulsed UV-light.” Studies demonstrated exposing mushrooms to pulsed UV light for only 1 second increased vitamin D2 content up to 800 percent of the daily value per serving.

“This breakthrough vitamin D technology is a perfect fit for our company whose focus is the use of natural mushrooms and their contained bioactive components as a whole food approach to the prevention of disease,” stated Marvin S. Hausman, M.D., CEO, Total Nutraceutical Solutions. “The company’s dietary supplements containing increased amounts of vitamin D2 can potentially be used to increase needed amounts of this vitamin in the pediatric population as well as nutritionally support the elderly in the prevention of osteoporosis and hopefully decrease the incidence of tragic bone fractures.”