World's First Supplement to Combine Tart Cherries, Glucosamine and Chondroitin Obtains Patent.
What do tart cherries, glucosamine and chondroitin have in common? The answer is a patent granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Washington DC.

BELLAIRE, MI, February 28, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- What do tart cherries, glucosamine and chondroitin have in common? The answer is a patent granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Washington DC.

Andy LaPointe, inventor and managing partner of several Northern Michigan based companies including Traverse Bay Farm and Fruit Advantage, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has approved the patent application on his Fruit Advantage Cherry Prime formula. Cherry Prime is the world's first formula to combine tart cherries, glucosamine and chondroitin into a single dietary supplement.

Fruit Advantage Cherry Prime is a patented formula to promote flexibility, range of motion and comfort. This combination of ingredients helps to maintain healthy joints*, a healthy cardiovascular system* and build cartilage*. Each daily dose delivers 1500mg of Glucosamine, 1200mg of Chondroitin and 425mg of Tart Cherry.

This patent strengthens Fruit Advantage's intellectual property portfolio and allows the company ownership of key innovations that addresses it growing line of natural products assisting in maintaining healthy joint function*.

"We are extremely pleased to receive the patent on our Cherry Prime formula.", said Mr. LaPointe. "As the economy continues to be questionable, this is great news since our patent will help draw attention to Northern Michigan-based businesses as well as the entire cherry industry in general. Not only with our patent help to promote Northern Michigan tart cherries it will also allow us to continue to deliver superior super fruit products to our customers."

About Fruit Advantage and Traverse Bay Farms: Fruit Advantage and Traverse Bay Farms are two of America's leading super fruit brands. Each brand offers a unique and distinctive line of super fruit products. The Traverse Bay Farms line offers a complete of super fruit products including fruit salsa, fruit BBQ sauce, fruit butters and more. In fact, the Traverse Bay Farms line of fruit salsas were voted America's #1 salsa two years in a row. Fruit Advantage offers a complete line of super fruit dietary supplements including the patented Cherry Prime formula.
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