San Clemente-based vitamin maker Metagenics Inc. said Thursday it is buying Catalina Lifesciences Inc. of Irvine for an undisclosed price.
Buying Catalina is a niche deal for Metagenics, which makes vitamins and supplements for doctors, chiropractors, nutritionists and others.
Catalina makes Bariatric Advantage, a line of supplements used by people who have had weight loss surgery.
Last year, a majority of Metagenics was sold to Alticor Inc., the Ada, Mich.-based parent company of Amway, a maker of supplements, foods and cosmetics.
Metagenics, which had annual sales of $200 million before the acquisition, has continued to operate on its own as part of Alticor since the deal.
Metagenics said that Catalina would operate as a business unit and retain its own executives and products.
