subsidiary of abbott laboratories industry nutritional supplements founded monterey county california usa 1992 headquarters columbus ohio usa key people anthony almada and ed byrd co founders ; bill phillips former ceo products creatine monohydrate dietary and sports supplements website eas.com eas formerly known as experimental & applied sciences is a distributor of performance based nutritional supplements with approximately 300 staff annual sales exceeding 300 million and offices distributors in 54 countries . contents 1 history 2 product brands 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit eas was founded in pacific grove monterey county california in 1992 by a biochemist named anthony almada and a businessman named ed byrd . after discovering the possible benefits for athletes of creatine monohydrate supplementation in december 1992 they acquired a kilogram of creatine and began trials . in 1993 almada and byrd released the first commercially available creatine supplement intended specifically for strength and muscle enhancement under the eas brand name phosphagen . that same year their product caught the eye of bill phillips publisher of muscle media 2000 usually referred to as mm2k and he began to write about its benefits in the natural supplement review and his subscriber based newsletters . in 1994 he purchased eas from almada and byrd . bill phillips was 100 % owner of eas until the sale to north castle partners . phillips subscriber base was the perfect platform from which to tout his new acquisition and it was from here that eas growth really began . he promoted the company s products through heavy editorial style advertisements in mm2k and led by products like myoplex phosphagen and hmb this eventually made eas one of the leading players in the nutritional supplement industry . in 1999 north castle partners purchased eas for 160 million . phillips retained about a third of the company which he sold in 2004 . 1 in 2005 eas was purchased by abbott laboratories for approximately 320 million in a cash for stock transaction and now exists as a solely owned division of abbott who also makes similac and ensure . 2 eas product line under abbott now focuses on sports bars and drink mixes and other similar products . abbott has expanded the stores offering eas products from niche stores such as gnc to mainstream stores such as walmart and target . in march 2011 abbott laboratories exited the european and the international market with the eas brand . the exit included the closing of the canadian and uk country businesses and regional distribution in europe as well as australia and new zealand . european product manufacturing also ceased in 2011 . product brands edit this list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it . myoplex brand products phosphagen creatine monohydrate see also edit abbott laboratories ami cusack former eas charitable director body for life met rx references edit abbott labs to buy eas abbott laboratories to acquire eas external links edit official website abbott laboratories website bill phillips official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eas nutrition brand & oldid 742712471 categories companies based in golden coloradocompanies established in 1992sports nutrition and bodybuilding supplement companiesabbott laboratorieshidden categories incomplete lists from august 2016official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 09 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view