Japan’s Kirin Holdings Company says it plans to expand Blackmores into food and drink-based immunity products after acquiring the local vitamins group for $1.9 billion.

Takeshi Minakata, president of Kirin’s health sciences division, said the company was working on plans to expand the Blackmores range into other products that would support immune health. Mr Minakata said the new range would “launch in multiple countries” from 2025, although he declined to provide details of the specific products under development.