About Mars Botanical

To thousands of people around the world, Mars is a name synonymous with quality, value and enjoyment. Operating in more than 65 countries, Mars, Incorporated is still privately owned --- making it one of the largest "small family businesses" in the world.

As a newly established division of Mars, Incorporated, Mars Botanical continues to build on its 15 year heritage of scientific leadership related to the study of cocoa flavanols – the phytonutrient in cocoa that has been widely studied for its vascular benefits, which hold tremendous potential for reducing cardiovascular disease risk.

The mission of Mars Botanical is to further develop leading edge science and technologies in the field of phytonutrients with the goal of creating new plant-derived products aimed at improving human health, and do so in a sustainable way that helps both farming communities and their local environment

Mars, Incorporated has published or supported more than 100 scientific publications and holds more than 30 patents resulting from work with institutions including Harvard University and the University of California, Davis. Mars Botanical will continue this global scientific leadership aimed at investigating the biomedical potential of cocoa and cocoa flavanols.

Mars, Incorporated has pioneered analytical techniques and developed standards that are essential for the analysis of flavonoids. A key milestone was reached in 2004 when Mars, Incorporated collaborated with USDA and Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. to create the USDA Database for the Proanthocyanidin Content of Selected Foods. Additionally, Mars, Incorporated assisted with the newly updated USDA Database for the Flavonoid Content of Selected Foods. Both of these databases are now globally available for use by scientists and nutritionists to decipher levels of phytonutrients in a wide range of foods.

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