HISTORY

  • 2000

        Vitae Caps was founded.

  • 2001

    Opening of Vitae Caps’s facilities as the main producer of natural sourced Vitamin E -alpha tocopherol, mixed tocopherols and acetates - in Europe.

  • 2002

    Vitae Caps obtained ISO 9001: 2000 certificate and GMPc.

  • 2003

    Development of a production method to remove contaminants of raw materials. Opening of Vitae Caps’s Regional Sales office in Stuttgart (Germany).

  • 2004

    Vitae Caps started to sale non GMO IP tocopherols based on the strictest criteria of European Regulation 1829/2003 and 1830/2003. Vitae Caps has been pioneer on implanting this certification.

  • 2005

    Vitae Caps launched soy isoflavones’ range and implemented the HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points).

  • 2006

    Vitae Caps launched Vitasterol® S-80 esterified - esterol esters -, with the highest purity of the market > 99% esterification, one of its best sellers today. Vitasterol® S-80 esterified obtained novel food ingredient approval following a simplified procedure of substantial equivalence according to European Regulation 258/97.

  • 2007

    Vitae Caps began to sell Vitasterol® S-80 esterified industrially to all food sectors approved by EFSA under Novel Food Legislation.

  • 2008

    Vitae Caps started to develop antioxidants systems and microencapsulated products and launched Vitaslim® (CLA) and lutein.

  • 2009

    Plant sterols were one of the first products gaining Health Claim approval under regulation art. 14 of European Regulation 1924/2006. Vitae Caps is working in two CDTI projects until the end 2011 (Council of Administration of the Center for Industrial Technology Development), one of them is the study of natural tocopherols as new source of Vitamin E in the feed sector. Vitae Caps continues betting on product innovation, quality and service which makes the difference.

  • 2010

    Vitae Caps’s facilities are updated under GMP conditions.

  • 2011

    Vitae Caps is commercially renamed Vitae Naturals, to better reflect its visision and commitment to the purest natural ingredients. In addition, our production capacity of esterol esters has been increased by 400%

  • 2013

    Vitae Naturals invests in research and innovation starting a new CDTI project related to new formulations of phytosterols for food and nutraceutical sector. Launched Vitasterol® S-80 WDP.

  • 2014

    Our Vitasterol® range has achieved "self-affirmed GRAS" status in USA. US FDA carried out an exhaustive inspection at our facilities last April

  • 2015

    Installation of a state of the art micro-encapsulation facility in Talavera de la Reina. We will offer microencapsulated tocopherols and sterols produced entirely by Vitae as well as contract manufacturing services of vitamins, minerals and omega 32016•2016

  • 2016

    Vitae Naturals is successfully audited under FSSC 22000 standard. This new certification is the result of a big effort focused on food safety and demonstrates that Vitae Naturals has a robust Food Safety Management System in place ensuring our consumer´s trust in the supply of our safe foods. FSSC 22000 controls and reduces Food Safety Hazards and promotes continuous improvement in Food Safety aspects. Vitae Naturals, through this certification, bets for transparency along the Food Supply Chain. FSSC 22000 is fully recognized by the “Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)

  • 2018

    Last 28 February, Vitae Naturals successfully achieved REACH registration of tocopherols (“Vitapherole” range – mixed tocopherols and d-alpha tocopherol) and Registration Number for both substances were issued. This registration enables Vitae Naturals to market its products in the context of cosmetic sector within established legal regulations.