The Healthy Grain (THG) company has raised US$8 million of external capital from the Teijin Group of Japan.###THG specializes in commercializing non-GMzinc citrate redditO, nutritionally superior wholegrains with substantiated healtcalcium citrate natural sourcesh claim benefits.###It has an exclusive portfolio of these grains, protected by trademarks such as BARLEYmax wholegrain and Kebari hulless barley.###Teijin is a global business with sales of US$7.4 billion as of 2015, and will join Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and Australian Capital Ventures Limited as the three major shareholders in THG.###The new investment was THG’s first external capital deal.###Meanwcitracal supplement factshile, Teijin has test-marketed BARLEYmax products in Japan and is in the final stages of a formal market launch.###“We have been working with Teijin for over two years to evaluate the potential for BARLEYmax foods in Japsolaray magnesium citratean,” says Robert Burbury, CEO of THG.###BARLEYmax provides increased levels of key components such as dietary fiber, resistant starch and protein, while also having a low glycemic index.###The product can help reduce the risk of major chronic disease including colorectal cancer, obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.###BARLEYmax wholegrain is used in health foods such as breakfast cereals, bread and muesli bars, and has been available to the Australian market for several years.###In June 2016, THG signed an emagnesium choline citratexclusive global license with CSIRO to commercialize Kebari barley for food, which is recognized as gluten free in North America and Europe.