Health Sciences Group announced the launch of Tri-Xanthin, a novel and proprietary weight-loss product produced by its Quality Botanical Ingredients (QBI) division. QBI is a leading manufacturer, processor and supplier of bulk botanical materials and nutritional ingredients.

Tri-Xanthin has the ability to boost the body's natural fat burning process. Each dosage of Tri-Xanthin delivers the exact clinically-studied amount of powerful fat-burning and energizing power of its three key components derived from standardized extracts of green tea, cocoa beans and the mate leaf. Green tea and cocoa bean extracts have been shown to raise metabolic rates and speed up the burning of fat calories while mate extract seems to improve mood and concentration, reduce anxiety, prevent mental fatigue, and prolong the thermogenic effects of fat burning.

Ephedra (or Ma Huang in its natural form) was, until recently, the most popular non-prescription ingredient for weight loss supplements and food products. Of late, the substance has been blamed for serious health problems and even deaths, causing much of the industry to abandon it and some regulators to ban it. Tri-Xanthin offers the same weight loss properties without the adverse side effects.

"We believe the market for this product has enormous potential which can translate to accelerated sales growth for QBI," said QBI President Joseph Schortz. "The popularity of ephedra illustrates the growing demand for weight loss products. Tri-Xanthin provides a similar effect to ephedra with a much more attractive safety profile. Our proprietary blend of these three special herbal extracts, chosen for their high thermogenic activity, creates opportunities for use in a wide variety of products. We expect Tri-Xanthin will have strong consumer appeal for use in drinks, tablets, capsules, energy bars or most any food product."

QBI is working with a number of food and supplement manufacturers to formulate new Tri-Xanthin-based products that should soon be available in grocery and natural food stores.

Health Sciences Group is an integrated provider of innovative products and services in the nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and cosmeceutical industries offering value-added ingredients, bioactive formulations, and proprietary technologies used in nutritional supplements, functional foods and beverages, and skin care products. Its largest division is Quality Botanical Ingredients (QBI), a leading manufacturer, contract processor and supplier of bulk botanical materials and nutritional ingredients to the food, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and pet food industries. QBI processes more than 500 herbs, dried fruits and vegetables, nutraceuticals and an extensive selection of concentrated herbal extracts, as well as standardized herbal extracts of guaranteed potency, in addition to various bioflavonoids, antioxidants and beehive products.