Z Trim Holdings, Inc. Records First Sales of Industrial Grade Bio-Fiber Gum

MUNDELEIN, Ill., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Z Trim Holdings, Inc. (OTC Markets: ZTHO – News), a biotechnology company providing value-added ingredients to a variety of industries, today announced its first sales of industrial grade Bio-Fiber Gum for use in the multi-billion dollar petroleum coke industry.  Produced from the same raw material sources that the Company uses to produce its Z Trim ingredients, Bio-Fiber Gum is a soluble fiber with adhesive, binding and emulsifying properties suitable for industrial uses.  Z Trim, jointly with the USDA Agricultural Research Service, filed a provisional patent for Bio-Fiber Gum in 2012.

"This is a tremendous accomplishment for our technology team," said Z Trim CEO, Steve Cohen. "We opened our industrial division in mid-2012 and the reception has already been very positive.  This first sale strengthens our belief in the viability and efficacy of our new line of products.  We believe our Bio-Fiber Gum delivers high functionality across a wide range of industrial applications, while helping clients reduce the environmental impact of their operations."

"For years we have sought to improve revenues by finding new applications for the by-products of the Z Trim manufacturing process," said Brian Chaiken, Z Trim CFO.  "The economics, efficiency and sustainability of our operations improve when we are able to use and sell close to 100% of our raw material. Further, having a provisional patent for our Bio-Fiber Gum  protects our product in the near term."

ABOUT Z TRIM®

Z Trim Holdings, Inc. (www.ztrim.com) is a bio-technology company that owns existing, and has developed new, products and processes to make use of biomass for uses in the food and industrial markets.   The Company's food division currently sells a line of products to the food industry that can help food manufacturers reduce their costs and help them solve many production problems.  The Company's revolutionary technology provides value-added ingredients across virtually all food industry categories.  The Company's all-natural products, among other things, help to reduce fat and calories, add fiber, provide shelf-stability, prevent oil migration, and add binding capacity – all without degrading the taste and texture of the final food products.  Perhaps most significantly, Z Trim's products can help extend finished products, and thereby increase its customers' gross margins.  The Company's industrial division, opened in 2012, plans to sell eco-friendly ingredients to oil drilling, hydraulic fracturing, petroleum coke, steel/aluminum, paper and other industries.  The Company's industrial ingredients are highly functional in applications for adhesives, binders, viscofiers and emulsifiers.

Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors

Certain statements in this press release are "forward−looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements of Z Trim Holdings to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward−looking statements. Other factors, which could materially affect such forward−looking statements, can be found in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov, including risk factors relating to our history of operating losses, that our auditors have expressed substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern, the fact that we may dilute existing shareholders through additional stock issuances, and our reliance on our intellectual property. Investors, potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward−looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward−looking statements. The forward−looking statements made herein are only made as of the date of this press release and we undertake no obligation to publicly update such forward−looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

SOURCE Z Trim Holdings, Inc.

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