Lexaria
Technology
Generates
Positive
Stability Testing for World-Class
Ready
to Drink CBD
Beverages
-
DehydraTECHTM
CBD-Beverage
Demonstrates
93.4% Potency One
Year
After Production
-
Lexaria's
Nanoemulsification
Processing
Technique
Ensures Content
Uniformity
and Homogeneity
of CBD Distribution
Without
Need for
Physical
Mixing
Kelowna,
British Columbia, March
24,
2021 -
InvestorsHub NewsWire - Lexaria Bioscience Corp.
(Nasdaq: LEXX) (Nasdaq: LEXXW) (CSE: LXX) (the "Company" or "Lexaria"), a
global innovator in drug
delivery
platforms, announced positive results from its
extended
stability testing, which has reported unparalleled stability
for bottled CBD-containing
beverages
prepared
using its
technology.
Lexaria's patented DehydraTECHTM
CBD
(cannabidiol)
nanoemulsification
formulation and
processing
techniques are responsible for the tested
beverages maintaining their CBD content which was verified at 93.4% of target potency one year after
production
and
also
evidenced
excellent
microbial purity over this
period.
The DehydraTECH-processed ready-to-drink
("RTD") beverages were also tested for content uniformity
and homogeneity of CBD distribution, and demonstrated less than 1% variability in
CBD potency in fractions sampled from the top,
middle and
bottom of
the beverage formulation
without
physical mixing or agitation.
"I love reminding people that
Lexaria's first patent was awarded in 2016 for
CBD-infused
beverages
and consumable
liquids,"
said Chris Bunka, CEO of Lexaria. "Our
technology was working in
cannabinoid
beverages years before the big
cannabis
companies
started spending hundreds of millions
of dollars trying to figure it out."
In February
2020,
Lexaria prepared
proprietary, patented DehydraTECH-powered CBD-based
nanoemulsions for Nic's Beverages, owners of
the
Nic's Cold Brew
brand, and
has been subjecting samples from the
commercial bottling run to real-world, long-term stability testing that
resulted in average potency of 93.4% after one
year; complete uniformity; and no microbial
growth.
Testing
will continue until such time as
Lexaria's
formulation no longer remains stable, although the
Company cannot know when that
might be.
"I am incredibly happy with
the world-class results we have experienced using
DehydraTECH in our CBD beverages, said John
Goodpasture, CEO of Nic's Beverages.
"The coffee flavour and
aroma experience
are
exceptional
from the
moment you open the bottle and remain so one year
later."
Beverages containing
cannabinoids often need to be shaken prior to
use and tend to
degrade
over time, sometimes
dramatically so.
There have been
reports of beverages sold that contain only a tiny fraction of the
cannabinoids listed on the product
label,
whether
due to
inadequate
manufacturing
techniques
or
time
decay.
Lexaria's data
demonstrate exceptional effectiveness in integrating CBD
into RTD beverages in a stable and
homogenously distributed manner over time
without
the need for
physical mixing or agitation before
consumption.
Lexaria's DehydraTECH
technology
has been clinically verified to deliver a
significantly higher
fraction
of CBD to consumers' blood circulation
in a shorter
period of time. Other testing has also
evidenced significantly
higher brain perfusion of
DehydraTECH
CBD, which is
important
for
human
conditions that are partially or
entirely centrally mediated
(regulated
by the brain or central nervous
system).
About
Lexaria Bioscience
Corp.
Lexaria Bioscience Corp.'s
proprietary drug delivery technology,
DehydraTECH™, improves the way active pharmaceutical
ingredients (APIs) enter the bloodstream by promoting
healthier
oral ingestion methods and increasing the effectiveness of
fat-soluble active
molecules, thereby lowering
overall dosing. The Company's technology
can be applied to many different ingestible product
formats, including foods, beverages, oral
suspensions, tablets, and capsules.
DehydraTECH has repeatedly demonstrated since 2016 with
cannabinoids and nicotine the
ability
to increase bio-absorption by up
to 5-10x, reduce time of onset from 1 - 2 hours to
minutes, and mask unwanted tastes; and is planned to
be further
evaluated for orally administered bioactive molecules,
including
anti-virals, cannabinoids, vitamins,
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs), and nicotine. Lexaria has licensed
DehydraTECH to multiple companies including a world-leading
tobacco producer
for the development of smokeless, oral-based
nicotine
products and for use in industries that
produce
cannabinoid beverages, edibles,
and oral products. Lexaria operates a licensed in-house
research laboratory and holds a robust
intellectual property portfolio with
18 patents granted and approximately 60 patents pending
worldwide. For more information,
please visit
www.lexariabioscience.com.
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REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
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forward-looking statements. Statements as such term is
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"could,"
"should," "will," and other similar expressions. Such
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release include, but are not limited to, statements
by the company relating the Company's
ability to carry
out research initiatives, receive regulatory
approvals
or grants or experience positive effects or results from any
research or
study. Such forward-looking
statements are estimates reflecting the
Company's best judgment based upon current information and
involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and
there can
be no assurance that the Company will actually achieve the
plans,
intentions, or expectations disclosed in
these
forward-looking
statements. As such, you should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements. Factors which could
cause
actual results to differ materially from those estimated by the
Company
include, but are not limited to,
government
regulation
and regulatory approvals, managing and maintaining growth, the effect of
adverse publicity, litigation, competition,
scientific
discovery, the patent application and approval process, potential
adverse
effects arising from the testing or use
of
products
utilizing the DehydraTECH technology, the
Company's
ability to maintain existing collaborations and
realize the
benefits thereof, delays or cancellations of
planned R&D that could occur related to pandemics or for other reasons, and other
factors
which may
be identified from time to time in the Company's
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Securities
and Exchange Commission on EDGAR. There is
no assurance that any of Lexaria's postulated uses,
benefits, or advantages for the
patented and patent-pending technology
will in fact be realized in any manner or in any part.
No statement herein has been evaluated by the
Food and
Drug Administration (FDA). Lexaria-associated products are
not
intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent
any
disease. Any forward-looking statements
contained in this release speak only as of the
date hereof, and the Company expressly disclaims
any obligation to
update any forward-looking statements contained
herein,
whether as a result of any new
information, future events, changed
circumstances or otherwise, except as otherwise required by
law.
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for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Phone:
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