Evalar (russian: Эвалар) is a Russian company producing

dietary supplement A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement one's diet by taking a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid. A supplement can provide nutrients either extracted from food sources or that are synthetic in orde ...

s. As of 2014, it held the largest share – 17% – of Russia's dietary supplements market. Commercial and plantation of medicinal herbs Evalar located in the Altai Krai. Headquarters — in

Biysk Biysk ( rus, Бийск, p=bʲijsk) is a city in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the Biya River not far from its confluence with the Katun River. It is the second largest city of the krai (after Barnaul, the administrative center of the krai). ...

History

The company was established in 1991 on the basis of Altai Research Institute of Chemical Technology. The original institute was a Soviet defence industry establishment producing gas coolers for the military. As the Soviet Union collapsed and the state enterprises were privatized, Larisa Prokopieva, who at the time headed one of the departments of the Institute, converted its facilities, originally to produce bubble gum, then cosmetics, and later, dietary supplements.

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Official site

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