PLT Announces Third-Party Sustainability Review of MegaNatural® Grape Seed Extracts Production

PLT Announces Third-Party Sustainability Review of MegaNatural^® Grape Seed Extracts Production

Report Covers Practices of GALLO and California Natural Color in Creating Made in the USA Premium Health & Wellness Ingredients

Morristown, NJ 5 August 2025 – PLT Health Solutions, Inc today announced the release of a new white paper detailing the sustainability practices behind the MegaNatural grape seed extracts the company markets Entitled MegaNatural^® Grape Seed Extracts: Sustainability Made in California, USA, the report was prepared for PLT by Botanical Liaisons, LLC, an internationally recognized organization that helps companies in the natural products industry establish sustainable and responsible sourcing practices for botanical ingredients, considering environmental and social impacts. MegaNatural Grape Seed Extracts are produced by California Natural Color, a division of the world’s largest wine-producing company, GALLO. MegaNatural ingredients are made in California, USA from unfermented red and white varietal wine grape seeds via proprietary processes. The report covers sustainable practices for land use, water use, energy use and social responsibility when it comes to growing and harvesting these raw materials.

According to Sid Hulse, Vice President, Product Development for PLT Health Solutions, the company commissioned the report to document and communicate the value of the sustainable practices supporting the MegaNatural ingredients it markets. “From a business perspective, being stewards of the environment is essential to PLT’s future success. Plants are the raw materials of the ingredients we market, and without sustainable growing and harvesting practices, we risk not having these plants available in the future. In addition, a joint survey by McKinsey and Nielsen IQ in 2024 found that 60% of respondents would pay more for sustainable products.,” he said. “PLT has worked with Botanical Liaisons on sustainability audits for botanical materials sourced from India, South Africa and Russia’s Altai Mountains. We are happy to have worked with Trish Flaster and Blake Ebersole on agricultural materials produced here in the United States,” he added.

MegaNatural Grape Seed Extracts

Through California Natural Color, PLT Health Solutions offers a broad range of grape seed extracts tailored to the specific formulation needs of its customers that can be featured in products with a Made in the USA designation. Chief among these are MegaNatural-BP^®, MegaNatural^® Gold and ACTIVIN^®. From the standpoint of total phenol content, these extracts are similar. But there are important differences that affect the functionality and application of these extracts. Each also has a different research portfolio that affects the types of benefit statements that can be made for the ingredient. The flagship ingredient - MegaNatural-BP - is supported by nine clinical studies demonstrating cardiovascular and other health benefits.

As a division of GALLO, California Natural Color has access to an abundant supply of fresh wine grapes grown in California, USA and retains control over the entire manufacturing process — from the initial selection of wine grapes to the final extraction of finished material. The company goes beyond federally mandated traceability requirements, documenting all aspects of growing, treating, and handling the varietal grapes. Through painstaking supply chain documentation and laboratory testing, California Natural Color can substantiate freshness, identity, domestic origin, and absence of chemical contaminants and genetic modification.

Sustainable Land Use, Water Use and Energy Use

Details in the report include:

• 100% of GALLO’s California vineyards are certified sustainable under the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance
• GALLO reports recent reductions in energy consumption of 35%
• The company has more than 21 acres of solar panels across its winery properties, as well as major future planned expansion.
• Approximately 13,566,104 kilowatt hours of renewable electricity generated annually - this includes solar, co-generation from biogas (treatment of process water), and turbine across all GALLO sites
• Non-chemical pest and weed controls have been adopted

According to Hulse, helping people understand sustainability is an important part of demonstrating its value and reason to buy. “One factor evident in consumer surveys and cited as an impediment to the growth of spending on sustainable products was consumers’ struggle to identify sustainable products and a lack of trust in corporations to make them. This points to a need for all of us in the Natural Products Industry to communicate better. We need to be more explicit, more outspoken and to focus on the value that sustainable products deliver,” he said. “This white paper is an attempt to help communicate the facts and the value of sustainability efforts on behalf of the California Natural Color Made in the USA line of grape seed extracts.

To receive MegaNatural Grape Seed Extracts: Sustainability Made in California, USA, visit https://www.plthealth.com/meganatural-white-paper or contact PLT.