Martek Biosciences provides nutritional products that promote health and wellness. It engages in developing products related to infant nutrition, child and adult nutrition, prenatal nutrition, animal nutrition, and sports nutrition. Its product line catering to prenatal nutrition is focused on products for pregnant and nursing women. Animal nutrition products of Martek Biosciences cater to the segments of companion animals, equine, livestock, and aquaculture requirements.
Martek Biosciences also provides various consumer health and wellness products. Its products are inclusive of a long-chain polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid for infant brain development and physical growth; and a vegetarian source of docosahexaenoic acid for brain, eye, and heart health development.
Its products are distributed through its worldwide network of distributors and mass, club, drug, grocery, and specialty stores.
Martek Biosciences was established in 1985, headquartered in Columbia, Maryland. It operates manufacturing, and research and development facilities in Colorado, South Carolina, Connecticut, and Kentucky. It currently operates as a subsidiary of Royal DSM N.V.