ACG is the world’s largest integrated supplier of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical solid dosage products and services. Along with the commitment to delivering integrated solutions and cutting-edge technology, Vantage Nutrition aims to provide the most comprehensive and advanced multiphase solutions to customers globally. The team’s focus in on turning product ideas into reality fast—helping companies enable, enhance and differentiate Nutra brands—from a full-service partnership to specific value additions.

Rafael Costa is vice president of sales for the Americas region. He is responsible for leading sales and business development in North and South America for ACG Capsules and Vantage Nutrition and heads up the region’s commercial and customer service teams, helping to deliver on the company’s continued growth, commitment to collaboration and speed to market. Here he describes the company’s latest innovations.

NIE: What is Vantage 360°?

Costa: Vantage 360° is a comprehensive solution provider tailored for the health care industry. We specialize in delivering cutting-edge, customized formulas using premium hard capsule and beadlet technologies. Our services extend from creating these high-quality formulations to offering fully packaged solutions, ensuring a turnkey approach that meets the specific needs of our clients worldwide.

NIE: At this year’s Vitafoods Europe, Vantage Nutrition debuted its beadlet technology. Please explain the benefits.

Costa: Vantage Nutrition’s beadlet technology stands out for its premium fluid bed coating process, which is optimized and tightly controlled to enhance productivity. This year at Vitafoods, Vantage demonstrated that our in-house technology allows for extensive customization, aligning with specific product requirements, whether for minimal or higher active loading. Furthermore, our technology supports exceptional scalability, offering tailored solutions in size, color, volume and release patterns. This flexibility ensures that we meet the diverse needs of our customers with precision.

NIE: Research, innovation and development seem to be important to the company. How has this work helped the company meet consumer needs?

Costa: At Vantage Nutrition, our commitment to research, innovation and development has positioned us as a global leader in providing turnkey, unique solutions to nutraceutical brands. By staying aligned with market trends and consumer needs, our multidisciplinary teams—comprising industry experts and PhD scientists from India, the U.S. and Latin America—have helped our clients to introduce new products that not only meet customer demands, but also expand their product portfolios, driving business growth.

NIE: Between 2022 and 2023, Vantage Nutrition acquired AquaCap and ComboCap Inc. How have these additions helped the company expand?

Costa: The successful acquisition of AquaCap and ComboCap Inc. has significantly enhanced Vantage Nutrition’s capabilities. With these additions, we’ve established a local footprint in North America and expanded our portfolio to include a variety of liquid-filled capsules, such as cap-in-cap and Side by Sides, supported by more than 80 patents. When combined with our beadlet technology and premium packaging solutions, we are now better equipped to meet consumer needs across the nutritional market.

NIE: Is there anything else you would like to add?

Costa: Vantage Nutrition continues to innovate by partnering with globally recognized, science-backed ingredient manufacturers. An example of this is our collaboration with Balchem to offer VitaCholine in unique dosage forms, further enhancing our ability to provide customized solutions to consumers. Come visit us at Supply Side West in Las Vegas, NV in October to learn more about this and other product solutions.

Source: https://niemagazine.com/rafael-costa-vice-president-of-sales-americas-region/