Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Interim Financial Statements

Note 2. Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

Nature of business: The Company is a natural products company that provides proprietary, science-based solutions and ingredients to the dietary supplement, food and beverage, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. The Company supplies ingredients, phytochemical reference standards and related phytochemical products and services. The Company recently launched its BluScience retail consumer line based on its proprietary ingredients. The Company provides these products and services at various terms.

Basis of presentation: The financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared on a consolidated basis and reflect the consolidated financial position of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated from these financial statements. The Company's fiscal year ends on the Saturday closest to December 31, and the Company’s normal fiscal quarters end on the Saturday 13 weeks after the last fiscal year end or fiscal quarter end. Every fifth or sixth fiscal year, the inclusion of an extra week occurs due to the Company’s floating year-end date. The fiscal year 2014 will include 53 weeks instead of the normal 52 weeks.

Inventories: Inventories are comprised of raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods. They are stated at the lower of cost, determined by the first-in, first-out method (FIFO) method, or market. The inventory on the balance sheet is recorded net of valuation allowances of $253,000 and $227,000 for the periods ended June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. Labor and overhead has been added to inventory that was manufactured or characterized by the Company. The amounts of major classes of inventory for the periods ended June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are as follows:

	June 30, 2012	December 31, 2011
Reference standards	$      1,515,592	$      1,459,330
Bulk ingredients	178,584	174,847
Dietary supplements – raw materials	1,059,471	709,476
Dietary supplements – work in process	38,295	38,293
Dietary supplements – finished goods	2,714,855	750,654
	5,506,797	3,132,600
Less valuation allowance	253,000	227,000
	$      5,253,797	$      2,905,600

Earnings per share: Potentially dilutive common shares consist of the incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of common stock options and warrants for all periods. For all periods presented, the basic and diluted shares reported are equal because the common share equivalents are anti-dilutive. Below is a tabulation of the potentially dilutive securities that were “in the money” for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012 and July 2, 2011.

	Three Months Ended		Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2012	July 2, 2011	June 30, 2012	July 2, 2011
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	91,362,664	65,001,979	88,034,429	63,973,139
Warrants and options in the money, net	5,693,386	14,532,466	6,101,236	15,183,686
Weighted average common shares outstanding assuming dilution	97,056,050	79,534,445	94,135,665	79,156,825

Total warrants and options that were not “in the money” at June 30, 2012 and July 2, 2011 were 15,071,066 and 1,778,350, respectively.