- Youngevity
International is a multi-faceted lifestyle company that is rapidly
increasing its hemp-based cannabidiol oil production for varied industries
- Youngevity
subsidiary Khrysos Global has inked a contract to provide 50 percent of
its capacity for 99 percent pure cannabidiol oil, with additional
contracts anticipated
- Cannabidiol-infused
beverages are gaining traction in the emerging cannabis industry, with
anticipated revenue potential between $900 million and $4.4 billion by
2024
- Youngevity’s
HempFX and CLR Roasters brands will begin selling cannabidiol-infused
coffees next month, and the company is working on another cannabidiol
drink under an agreement with Icelandic Glacial bottled water
Multi-faceted and flexibly-oriented lifestyle company Youngevity International Inc. (NASDAQ: YGYI) is
expanding its operations in the cannabis industry following the announcement
that its subsidiary, Khrysos Global, has entered a contract to produce 99
percent pure cannabidiol oil from hemp that’s free of the psychedelic
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) found in cannabis’ marijuana strains.
The one-year supply and processing agreement is expected to
begin with shipments this month and continue in equal amounts through March
2020, amounting to what Khrysos President Dwayne Dundore described as 50
percent of the company’s production capacity utilizing its supercritical CO2
technology (http://ibn.fm/FH1l7).
Contracts for the remainder of the company’s production capacity are expected
to be executed during “the next few months,” he added.
“We are excited to reach the revenue stage for the end to
end processing component of our business model,” Dundore stated in the news
release. “Due to customer demand we are implementing our plan of increasing our
end to end processing capabilities by 10 times in Q3 of this year providing
estimated annual revenue potential in excess of $220 million at current market
prices.”
Youngevity acquired Khrysos Global in February (http://ibn.fm/W9aFh). Khrysos is
a Florida-based manufacturer of hemp-based CBD extraction equipment and the
operator of INX Labs, which provides environmental analysis, fuel and feedstock
analysis and mined rare earth analysis (http://ibn.fm/m9C1b).
The Khrysos acquisition accelerated YGYI’s activity in the
hemp-based CBD industry, providing systems that could be immediately
implemented in YGYI’s line of HempFX products and in offtake agreements that
the company has through its existing business relationships, according to CEO
and Chairman Steve Wallach.
“We see this as providing not only immense value to our
company, but also to our investors since we’ll be selling not just the
extraction systems, but also generating income servicing and operating these
systems via a rental model,” Wallach added.
Youngevity’s virtual Main Street stable of products and
services allows the direct marketer to appeal to consumers in the top eight
revenued retail categories, including health and nutrition, home and family,
food and beverage (including coffee), spa and beauty, fashion, essential oils,
photo and innovative services. The company’s hybrid direct sales business model
values e-commerce and social selling and is particularly serviceable to the
cruise line industry.
In January, the company announced an exclusive agreement
with Icelandic Glacial bottled water that’s anticipated to lead to the
development of a ready-to-drink CBD product. In March, the company added plans
to launch CBD-infused coffees, which are expected to begin with rollout under
Youngevity’s HempFX brand early next month, followed by a second product under
its CLR Roasters brand later in the month.
An estimated 64 percent of American adults drink coffee on a
regular basis, according to a 2018 study commissioned by the National Coffee
Association (NCA) (http://ibn.fm/IM8I2),
and analysts at Deloitte foresee the potential revenues for the overarching
cannabis-infused beverages market at somewhere between $900 million and $4.4
billion by 2024 (http://ibn.fm/dAA7x),
highlighting the expanding potential for the company.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Youngevity.com
NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates
relating to YGYI are available in the company’s newsroom at http://ibn.fm/YGYI
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