Research Diets Inc.

It all started in 1984 in Ed Ulmans kitchen where he made his first diet for lab animal research. Ed had spent many years in the research community and saw a need for a reliable source for custom purified diets. With his contacts in the industry and first hand knowledge of lab animal research he has built Research Diets into a flourishing business. Today the company has over 50 employees and has assembled a Resource Center staffed with nutritionists and food scientists providing expert consultation services to researchers worldwide. Research Diets specializes in manufacturing custom purified diets for diet induced disease models. One such model is in the study of obesity and diabetes where the company developed the Original high fat diet for lab animal research. Over the years more than 19,000 custom formulations have been created for various areas of study. The combination and synergy of OpenSource Diets and the BioDAQ food and liquid intake monitor, has placed Research Diets, Inc. on the forefront of the study of dietary effects on phenotype expression. What we like to call NutriPhenomics. The Research Diets, Inc. campus is located in New Brunswick, NJ consisting of three (3) adjacent buildings. OpenSource Diets production and scientific support teams occupy the first two and the BioDAQ production, R&D and technical support teams occupy the third.