Horta da Terra and Asterism Healthcare join forces to bring Amazonian biodiversity to the world.
Horta da Terra and the Asterism Healthcare Group Bring Amazonian Biodiversity to the World
Horta da Terra and the Asterism Healthcare group of companies have announced a strategic alliance to bring Amazonian biodiversity to international markets. The partnership combines Horta da Terra’s expertise in Amazonian natural ingredients with Asterism Healthcare’s global nutrition development and commercialization capabilities. Horta da Terra and Asterism Healthcare join forces!
According to Bruno Kato, Founder & CEO of Horta da Terra, and Pabel Delgado, President & CEO of Asterism Healthcare, this collaboration seeks to integrate the best of Amazonian biodiversity with Asterism Healthcare’s advanced nutrition technologies. “This partnership unites Horta da Terra’s sustainable harvesting of rare Amazonian superfoods with Asterism Healthcare’s advanced delivery technologies,” says Kato. “For example, we can now transform our açaí and cupuaçu extracts into shelf-stable, highly bioavailable formats that maintain their full nutritional profiles—something that hasn’t been possible before.”
A Strategic Step for Global Business
The alliance between the two companies includes a series of joint actions focused on developing international business. Among the plans is hiring senior sales and brand management specialists who will operate in the U.S. and Japan. One of the main goals is to facilitate the import, technical development and distribution of Horta da Terra’s products and raw materials in these markets, supported by Asterism Healthcare.
The U.S.-based sales team, managed directly by Asterism Healthcare, will focus on multichannel operations, covering both strategic retail and e-commerce. Asterism Healthcare’s Alliance Partners in Japan will also play a crucial role in facilitating the entry of Horta da Terra’s products into the Japanese market, as well as collaborating on local storage and distribution.
The Importance of Innovation for Global Success
A highlight of the partnership is the potential for technical co-development of products based on Amazonian raw materials, using innovative technologies in processing and formulation to offer products designed as finely granulated herbal non-drug therapeutics that can be taken without water, making them portable and easy to use anywhere, anytime. Asterism Healthcare’s established relationships with university pharmaceutical and medical programs will provide crucial scientific validation of the products’ benefits. These academic partners will conduct bioavailability studies and clinical trials to document the effectiveness of the Amazonian ingredients in their new delivery formats.
This collaboration aims to transform rainforest plants into functional products that can compete in the global market, promoting an innovative and sustainable approach to nutrition.
Through the combination of Horta da Terra’s syntropic and regenerative farming practices and Asterism Healthcare’s technical knowledge, this partnership reaffirms both companies’ commitment to offering high-quality nutritional solutions, promoting health and well-being sustainably.
Amazonian Biodiversity for the World
This partnership represents a new chapter in sustainable rainforest commerce. By combining Horta da Terra’s syntropic farming practices with Asterism Healthcare’s technical capabilities, the alliance will bring scientifically-validated Amazonian botanicals to global markets while supporting rainforest preservation. The collaboration ensures that as international demand grows for these unique ingredients, their production will continue to benefit both local communities and the Amazon ecosystem.
Horta da Terra
Horta da Terra is a Nature Tech company. We designed a productive system using Nature-based solutions, combining the best practices of regenerative and syntropic agriculture adapted to the Amazon Bioma with amazonian plants. As an agro-industry specialized in freeze-dried amazonian ingredients, dedicated to cultivating Non-Conventional Food Plants (PANCs) using eDNA analysis. Our purpose is to promote biodiversity by unlocking the functional and medicinal powers of Amazonian plants for everyone.
Using freeze-drying technology, we ensure that our products retain their quality as if freshly harvested, with a shelf life of up to 25 years. Serving both B2B and B2C markets, we offer Clean Label products and a new line of functional shots. Our global certifications include Organic, Halal, Kosher, and FDA approval. Recently, we were awarded the SIAL Innovation Selection seal for our functional shots, further emphasizing our commitment to quality and innovation.
Since 2009, we have evolved from a visionary project into a company with international recognition. Our commitment and growth have been driven by investments and expansion, taking Horta da Terra to many parts of the world. Our natural and regenerative ingredients have wide-ranging applications across the pharmaceutical, herbal, cosmetics, food and beverage, and nutritional supplement industries, aligning with the concepts of “Food as Medicine” and “Beyond Nutrition.”
Asterism Healthcare Group
The Asterism Healthcare Group is advancing nutrition innovation through three specialized companies, each addressing distinct market needs in the functional ingredients and nutritional therapeutics space.
The group’s flagship company, Asterism Healthcare, is a B2B contract development and manufacturing organization specializing in nutritional beverages and functional supplements. Operating from an ISO Class 7 cleanroom facility within a U.S.-based pharmaceutical university, the company leverages a strategic alliance with a Japanese pharmaceutical partner to formulate advanced products using probiotics, peptides, micronutrients, and traditional Japanese Kampō medicines. This partnership grants exclusive commercialization rights across the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
Sumo Nutrients, the group’s ingredient innovation arm, supplies scientifically validated functional ingredients to manufacturers worldwide. Their portfolio features three flagship marine-derived bioactives: Proteoglycan-Type II Collagen Complex from wild-caught salmon, Plasmalogen from sea squirts, and Marine Collagen from sustainable cod. The company complements these specialty ingredients with adaptogens, probiotic strains, botanical extracts, and fermented bioactives, each backed by comprehensive documentation of bioavailability and stability.
Heritage Laboratories, originally incubated within Asterism Healthcare and now preparing for independent operations, represents the group’s social enterprise initiative. Coinciding with Asterism Healthcare’s expansion into Providence, Rhode Island, Heritage Laboratories is developing a Nutritional Makerspace concept that combines urban manufacturing with workforce development. The company has validated its approach through the OHSU’s OCTRI Biomedical Innovation Program and partnerships with the Social Enterprise Greenhouse and New England Medical Innovation Center, positioning it to deliver evidence-based nutritional therapeutics while creating meaningful employment opportunities.