Food Sciences Corporation

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Food Sciences Corporation




Food Sciences Corporation is a privately held, weight loss product manufacturing company from Mount Laurel, New Jersey, also known as Robard Corporation.

Programs for providers[edit | edit source]

Robard corporation has a wide variety of very low calorie diet also called VLCD and low calorie diet (LCD) meal replacement products which are offered via participating healthcare facilities

Business model[edit | edit source]

Robard corporation manufactures and distributes the over 200 weight loss products at wholesale cost to physicians and other weight loss programs who then retail those products to their clients or patients. Robards products are not for non-medical facilities or gyms but only geared toward healthcare supervised weight loss programs.

  • Robard providers the following services to healthcare providers and facilities
  • Medical weight loss protocols
  • Staff Training
  • Patient education materials including Behavior, nutrition, exercise, and maintenance lessons
  • Advanced Meal Replacement Products
  • Clinical Studies

Targeted medical facilities[edit | edit source]

Some of the specialties that commonly integrate a weight loss program using Robard's products include the following:

Types of programs[edit | edit source]

  1. The New Directions Program that offers the full range of products including the VLCD meal replacements and
  2. Numetra program which offers the low calorie diet program.

Weight loss products[edit | edit source]

The products come in many different forms including the popular weight loss shakes, or protein shakes, protein bars, soups, snacks, and other weight loss supplements. In fact, their website lists over 200 products which come in many flavors as noted on the company's product catalog page

Services[edit | edit source]

Robard corporation provides training and educational opportunities to incorporate their weight loss products and supplements in to a weight loss program for physicians, hospitals, clinics and other medical / healthcare facilities.

Expected weight loss[edit | edit source]

With a combination of behavior modification, exercise and using meal replacements, the expected average weight loss with Robards program, according to their website, is 36 Pounds in 12 Weeks

Certifications and quality[edit | edit source]

As an experienced and reputable company manufacturing weight loss supplements, Robard strives to provide the highest quality.

Corporate office[edit | edit source]

Corporate Office Address: 821 East Gate Drive Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

Office hours(Phone)[edit | edit source]

Monday – Friday:8:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Eastern Time) Phone: 856.778.9200 Toll Free: 800.222.9201

Departments[edit | edit source]

  • sales at robard.com
  • customerservice at robard.com
  • info at robard.com

Website[edit | edit source]

Contributors: Prab R. Tumpati, MD