PRESS RELEASE

Edison, New Jersey, USA, Feb 7th 2011

“Tocomin® was selected because it has cutting edge science, is effective and natural.”

Feb 7th, 2011 – New Jersey, USA – Carotech Inc., the world’s largest and only GMP-certified palm tocotrienol/tocopherol complex producer, is pleased to announce that its flagship product Tocomin® natural full spectrum palm tocotrienol complex has won the Nutrafiles Award for Ingredient of the Year, 2010.

Nutrafiles Ltd, UK is an independent market research company that specializes in health ingredients for the health nutrition industry.  The Nutrafiles Award collected readers’ votes on 14 top ingredients from 2009 - 2010. These top candidates which included AstaReal®, Solactis® and other branded ingredients, were selected based on their overall scoring of Nutrafiles’ six bench marking criteria – Intellectual Property Rights, Market Potential, Regulatory Status, Novelty, Biology Action, Health Prevalence Area.

Tocomin®’s impressive score resulted in it being named Ingredient of the Month for November 2009 and therefore qualified as one of the top ingredients for the Nutrafiles Ingredient of the Year Award.

According to Nutrafiles, voters who chose Tocomin® provided various supporting reasons. These reasons can be grouped under 3 main categories – it has large amount of scientific evidence, it is effective and it is natural.

“We are delighted to learn that Tocomin® has been awarded Ingredient of The Year  2010 by Nutrafiles. It shows that the dietary supplement industry is well informed about Tocomin® natural palm tocotrienol complex and underscores Tocomin®’s science and effectiveness,” says Mr. WH Leong, Vice President of Carotech.

“We thank all the voters who confidently voted for Tocomin®. From voters’ feedback, we know that the market highly value and look for scientific evidence, effectiveness and natural status of Tocomin®. We are expecting further significant research studies including positive human clinical trials to conclude this year,” added Mr. Leong.