Mineral Resources International (MRI) is a third generation, family owned business that has harvested minerals from Utah’s Great Salt Lake since 1969. At its facility in Ogden, Utah, MRI makes liquid and powdered mineral ingredients for supplement, food, and beverage brands. It also uses those ingredients to make private label products for its customers. Its SolarSea^® line includes magnesium, electrolyte, and trace mineral ingredients.

MRI has long believed that the Great Salt Lake has something valuable to offer. Its work begins with the lake’s mineral brines and continues through careful concentration, testing, and manufacturing. The resulting ingredients are available to brands and manufacturers developing products, as well as ingredient suppliers serving those businesses.

MRI’s SolarSea branded mineral ingredients give supplement, functional food, and beverage companies a choice of liquid and powder ingredients. Different mineral profiles are available for different formulations.

MRI supplies bulk mineral ingredients to businesses that add them to formulas, package them for sale, or supply them to their own customers. Formats and shipping containers vary by ingredient and order requirements.

MRI’s private label program helps businesses choose mineral ingredients and develop products under their own brands. The team can assist with formulation, labels, bottles, and packaging.

MRI collects mineral brines from the northern shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake. This source has been part of the Anderson family’s work since the beginning.

MRI’s Quality Department and independent laboratories evaluate its ingredients against company standards. MRI’s testing page describes its approach to heavy metals and microplastics.

The brines undergo a natural solar evaporation process that concentrates minerals while some sodium precipitates out. MRI uses the concentrated brines to make liquid and powder ingredients with different mineral profiles. Customers can choose a Great Salt Lake mineral source and ingredient format without developing the harvest and concentration process themselves.

MRI manufactures liquid and powder products at its Ogden facility. The facility is cGMP compliant, and the company’s current certifications are listed on its certifications page.

MRI’s SolarSea line includes liquid and powdered mineral ingredients. Businesses can buy them in bulk or work with MRI to make private label products. Its client stories show how customers have used the minerals in finished products.

Developing a mineral product means choosing a source, a mineral profile, a usable format, and the documentation needed to evaluate it. MRI brings its Great Salt Lake harvest, solar concentration process, testing, and manufacturing together with bulk and private label options. Product developers can follow the ingredient from its mineral source to a form they can assess for their application.

MRI works with supplement brands looking for magnesium, electrolyte, or trace mineral ingredients; food and beverage companies adding minerals to a product; manufacturers buying bulk ingredients for their own formulations or packaging; ingredient suppliers serving those businesses; and brands developing private label mineral products.

MRI supports domestic and international orders. Its sales team can discuss ingredient suitability, minimum orders, pricing, and lead times for each project.

MRI’s story began with Hartley Anderson’s wish to build a family business around a product he believed in. The Great Salt Lake was close to home, and he saw its potential as a source of minerals for nutrition. He began exploring the idea in 1968. Hartley, Gaye Anderson, and their children then worked together to bottle and sell an early mineral product. The family’s first recorded product sale was in 1969.

Hartley Anderson founded MRI. Today, it is a third generation family business. The story of its first 50 years tells more about how the Anderson family built the company.

MRI is based in Ogden, Utah. Its sales team works with customers on bulk ingredients and private label products.

The Mineral Ingredients website focuses on MRI’s branded and bulk mineral ingredients and private label products. MRI’s company website introduces its broader family of brands.

MRI’s mission is “to improve global well-being through mineral nutrition.” The company pursues that mission by supplying Great Salt Lake mineral ingredients to businesses that make supplements, foods, beverages, and private label products.

MRI combines decades of experience in mineral harvesting and manufacturing with expertise in nutrition and nutraceutical formulation. Its team works with brands, manufacturers, and ingredient suppliers to select SolarSea liquid and powdered ingredients for their product and supply requirements. For private label projects, MRI supports formulation, labeling, bottling, and packaging. Product specifications, testing documentation, order terms, and shipping details are available to support each project.

Contact the MRI sales team to discuss an ingredient or product idea.