Earthlight is a highly concentrated source of Vitamin D.
A small dose of Earthlight can give a person their recommended Daily Value of Vitamin D.
People are increasingly aware that they need to find a way to get more Vitamin D in their diets – more than any other vitamin.
People strongly like the idea of getting their nutrition from foods with naturally occurring health benefits.
Vitamin D is our gift from the sun. It is essential to our well-being - from childhood, through adulthood and into our older years. The mushrooms used to create Earthlight make Vitamin D the same way our bodies do – by absorbing light.
No pesticides, solvents, carriers or binders – and it’s non-GMO, highly sustainable and organic too. Earthlight Vitamin D delivers your customers what they are looking for today.
GLUTEN-FREE
SOLVENT FREE
NON-GMO
ORGANIC CERTIFIED
GRAS
EU NOVEL FOODS
USDA FAP
Earthlight Whole Food Vitamin D is a powder made from mushrooms grown under USDA Good Agricultural and Good Handling Practices. A patented production process allows Earthlight to deliver 1000 μg (40,000 IU) of Vitamin D per gram – independently verified.
Mushrooms are one of the most sustainable foodstuffs on the planet.
One million pounds of mushrooms can grow on one acre of land!
Rhodiola rosea is a plant native to remote Arctic climates in Asia, Europe and North America.
The root of the plant contains around 140 chemical compounds including phenols, rosavin, rosarin, salidroside and more.
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Adequate levels of Vitamin D are important for healthy immune function.
Vitamin D has been shown in a broad range of studies to be important to remaining healthy as we age – from bone health and cardiovascular health and more.
With Earthlight, you can deliver Vitamin D in a very broad range of products as fortification or as a supplement.
BAKERY
BARS
BEVERAGES
CAPSULES
CHEWS
CONFECTIONERY
DAIRY/DAIRY REPLACEMENT
EFFERVESCENTS
GUMMIES
PASTA
POWDERS
PLANT-BASED FOODS
PREPARED FOODS
RTDS/SHOTS
SNACKS
SOFT GELS
SOUPS, SAUCES & GRAVIES
STICK PACKS
TABLETS
Earthlight Whole Food Vitamin D is probably the most sustainable source of Vitamin D you’ll find on the market today. From its raw materials to the manner in which it is produced, the Earthlight innovators have consistently chosen the most sustainable route.
Sustainability experts across the globe believe that mushrooms are the most sustainable plant-based food source. By every measure of sustainability, the button and portobello mushrooms that are the starting materials for Earthlight are easy on the planet.
1 pound requires only 1.8 gallons of water
1 pound generates only 0.7 lbs. of CO2 equivalents
1 pound requires only 1.0 KWH of electricity
1 million pounds require only 1 acre of land
The people who make Earthlight use smart management and production practices to grow their mushrooms. They are the ultimate recyclers - converting byproducts like hay and wheat straw from other sectors of agriculture into the compost used to grow mushrooms.
Earthlight Whole Food Vitamin D is made from mushrooms grown on farms in Pennsylvania, USA. .The production process uses no solvents or carriers, and the ingredient is minimally processed. The Earthlight production process is transparent and available for you to see.
Earthlight mushrooms are grown without the use of chemical pesticides. When mature, they are dried and ground into a powder, using a gentle, low-energy process. Earthlight mushrooms are then blended, using a proprietary process. Once blended, the mushrooms are exposed to gentle ultraviolet light – the same light that helps create Vitamin D in our bodies when we are outside in the sun.
Unlike other forms of plant-based Vitamin D, the Earthlight process uses no solvents. And the final product is both carrier and binder free – meaning no additional, inert chemical inputs. With Earthlight, you can expect that our production process will be fully transparent - the way your customers want it to be.
Earthlight Whole Food Vitamin D is a powder made from mushrooms grown under USDA Good Agricultural and Good Handling Practices. A patented production process allows Earthlight to deliver 1000 μg (40,000 IU) of Vitamin D per gram – independently verified.
Low use levels mean excellent economics and Earthlight won’t affect the organoleptics of whatever product you’re making. Earthlight has no preservatives, no additives and it is available in an organic grade.
Earthlight® Whole Food Vitamin D has received approval of its Food Additive Petition from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, paving the way for this unique dietary ingredient to be used in food and beverages produced and sold in the United States. After extensive review of this mushroom-based ingredient, the U.S. FDA has positively assessed the safety of Earthlight Whole Food Vitamin D and published a notice of its permissible use as a nutrient supplement for food in the Code of Federal Regulations – CFR 172.382.
The approval covers Earthlight’s use in a broad range of food and beverage products, ranging from breakfast cereals and bakery products to juices and meal replacements. The approval also covers use of Earthlight in five food categories that until now were not covered in the CFR for Vitamin D fortification: fruit smoothies, soups and soup mixes, vegetable juices, extruded vegetable snacks and plant-based meat analogs.
Earthlight® Whole Food Vitamin D has received Novel Foods Approval in the EU, paving the way for this unique dietary ingredient to be used in food and beverages produced and sold in Europe. After extensive review of this mushroom-based ingredient, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has positively assessed the safety of Earthlight Whole Food Vitamin D as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/1163.
The approval covers Earthlight’s use in a broad range of food, food supplement and beverage products, ranging from breakfast cereals and bakery products to juices, dairy products and soups and broths. The approval also covers use in dairy analogs and meat replacement – ideal applications for Earthlight since it is plant-based and considered acceptable for use by vegans. The positive opinion by EFSA provides PLT a 5-year exclusivity on sales of mushroom powder Vitamin D in Europe.
Most often, conventional multivitamin supplements are made with isolated nutrient forms like ascorbic acid (vitamin C) or pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6). These are often chemically synthesized or fractionated from a food, plant, or natural source into an isolated chemical form that is devoid of any food constituents.
Whole-food supplements differ from conventional multivitamins in that they deliver optimized potencies of essential vitamins and minerals through a variety of nourishing whole foods, including fruits, vegetables, grains, soy, probiotics, and nutritional yeast. The idea is to provide these nutrients as close as possible to how they’re found in nature.
First it was ‘natural’. Then it was ‘clean label’. And increasingly, ’vegetarian’ or ‘vegan’. Now, the answer to all these consumer preferences is ‘whole food’ nutrition. Today’s consumers really like the idea of getting their nutrition from foods with naturally occurring health benefits.
Not surprisingly, the people at Whole Foods stores cite whole foods supplements as one of the top trends of 2020. Several of the top contract supplement manufacturers in the United States agree.
Earthlight Whole Food Vitamin D is made from mushrooms – making it a perfect option in the fortification of plant-based, vegetarian and vegan products.
European Food Safety Authority
PLT Health Solutions, Inc. announced that Earthlight® Whole Food Vitamin D has received food and beverage approval from the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária: ANVISA), allowing this ingredient to be used to fortify foods and beverages sold in Brazil.
At PLT, we like to say: “Clean Label is Where We Start”. We’re always looking for ways to help our customers create leaner, cleaner labels. Let us help you.