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Exhibit 10.1.1

                        AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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     This  Amendment to  Employment  Agreement  (this  "Amendment")  amends that
certain   Employment   Agreement  between  NutraStar   Incorporated,   a  Nevada
corporation  ("Company") and Patricia McPeak, an individual  ("Executive") dated
November 1, 1999 (the "Agreement").  All undefined capitalized terms used herein
shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Agreement.

     Effective  Date. The effective date of this Amendment  shall be November 1,
2001.

     Base Salary.  The Base Salary of $250,000 in the third line of Section 4 of
the Agreement shall be reduced to $150,000.

     Cash  Bonuses.  Section  5.1 of the  Agreement  shall  be  replaced  in its
entirety as follows:

     "The  Company  shall pay  Executive  a cash bonus of $25,000  per  calendar
quarter, payable no later than the 15th day of the month following the attendant
quarter, in the event the Company achieves performance  benchmarks as determined
by the Company's Board of Directors from time to time. In addition,  the Company
agrees to maintain an annual bonus program for members of the senior  management
group  including the  Executive.  The Executive  shall be eligible to receive an
annual bonus under the terms otherwise governing the annual bonus program."

This  Amendment,  together with the Agreement,  contains the complete  agreement
between the Company  and  Executive  concerning  the  subject  matter  described
therein and supersedes all other agreements and written or oral understandings.

Executive

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Patricia McPeak

NutraStar Incorporated

By: ---------------------
    Patricia  McPeak
    President and CEOExhibit 10.4
                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Employment Agreement (the "Agreement" is entered into between NutraStar,  a
Nevada  corporation (the "Company"),  and Rukmini Cheruvanky (the "Employee") as
of April 1, 2000.

1.   SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT.

     (a)  POSITION.  The period of the  Employee's  employment by the Company is
referred to below as the "Term."  During the Term,  the Company shall employ the
Employee as its Research Biochemist,  reporting to the Company's Chief Executive
Officer and its Board of Directors (the "Board").  The Term shall commence as of
April 1, 2000 and continue until March 31, 2004.

     (b) OBLIGATIONS.

          (i) During the Term and except as  expressly  noted in this  Section I
     (b), the Employee  shall devote her full  business  efforts and services to
     the  Company  in  the  performance  of  her  duties,  consistent  with  the
     Employee's  position with the Company,  as shall  reasonably be assigned to
     her by the Board.  The  Employee  agrees,  during the Term,  not to provide
     employment  or  consulting  services  to  others  outside  the  Company  or
     otherwise  engage in any  other  business,  profession  or  occupation  for
     compensation or otherwise.  However,  subject to the Employee's  compliance
     with the  provisions  of Section 6, below,  (x) the Employee may serve as a
     director on boards of directors of other companies and may serve any civic,
     educational  or  charitable  organization  in  any  manner  that  does  not
     materially  interfere with her duties to the Company,  and (y) the Employee
     may also invest and manage  personal assets in businesses to an extent that
     does not  interfere  with her  duties to the  Company  and does not  create
     material conflicts of interest with the Company.

          (ii)  The  Employee  hereby  represents  to the  Company  that she has
     discussed her  resignation  of employment  with her current  employer,  The
     RiceX  Company,  which the Employee  shall make effective no later than the
     date hereof,  and that the execution and delivery of this  Agreement by the
     Employee  and  the  Company  and the  performance  by the  Employee  of the
     Employee's  duties  hereunder shall not constitute a breach of or otherwise
     contravene,  the terms of any  employment  agreement or other  agreement or
     policy to which the Employee is a party or otherwise bound.

     (c) AT-WILL STATUS/WRITTEN TERMINATION NOTICE. The Employee and the Company
agree that the  Employee's  employment  with the Company  constitutes  "at-will"
employment.  Therefore,  this employment  relationship  may be terminated at any
time,  with or without  cause or reason,  at the option either of the Company or
the Employee,  subject only to satisfaction of the notice requirements set forth
below and the Company's  obligations with respect to severance  compensation and

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benefits  otherwise  specified  in this  Agreement.  The  party  initiating  the
termination of employment  shall give the other party written notice stating the
effective  date of  termination,  which  effective date may (i) in the case of a
termination of the Employee's employment by the Company for Cause (as defined in
Section 2(d)(3)),  be the date of giving of notice or any later date and (ii) in
the case of a termination  of the Employee's  employment by the Company  without
Cause or due to the Employee's resignation, shall be a date at least thirty (30)
days after the date of delivery of such notice to the other party.

     (d) OTHER  AGREEMENTS AND FORMS. The Employee agrees to sign and deliver to
the Company on request (i) a copy of the Company's standard form of Confidential
Information Agreement required of other senior management employees, as the same
may be updated from time to time for  purposes of  financing  or other  business
transactions or otherwise,  and (ii) any other employment-related forms that may
be required by law.

2.   COMPENSATION

     (a) BASE SALARY.  While employed by the Company,  the Company shall pay the
Employee as  compensation  for her services a base salary at a rate no less than
$55,000 per annum.

     (b) ANNUAL  BONUS.  The Company  agrees to maintain an annual bonus program
for members of the senior management group including the Employee.  The Employee
shall be eligible to receive an annual bonus under the terms otherwise governing
the annual bonus program.

     (c)  BENEFITS.  The  Employee  shall be  entitled to a total of 10 weekdays
(Monday  through  Friday) per employment  year  commencing upon the date of this
Agreement  for  vacation,  sick  leave  and  other  personal  time off work (the
"Personal  Time"),  in  addition to  national  or other  holidays  chosen by the
Company as holidays  for all  employees  (which  general  holidays  shall not be
counted as Personal  Time).  Any accrued but unused Personal Time may be carried
forward into subsequent years; provided, however, that no Personal Time shall be
earned or accrued if the  accrued  but unused  Personal  Time  available  to the
Employee at any tune exceeds a total of 30 days.  Personal Time shall not resume
to be earned until  accrued and unused  Personal  Time again  declines  below 30
days. The Employee and the Company shall reasonably cooperate with each other in
scheduling Personal Time used for vacation.  During the Term, the Employee (and,
to the extent  otherwise  applicable,  family  dependents)  shall  otherwise  be
eligible to participate  in the expense  reimbursement,  medical,  insurance and
other benefit and welfare plans maintained by the Company that are applicable to
other senior  management of the Company,  and on a basis no less  favorable than
that made available to any other executive officer of the Company.  In addition,
the Company shall during the Term pay or reimburse the Employee for (i) $300 per
month  automobile  allowance  and, (ii) dues  actually  incurred and paid by the
Employee for continued membership in the _____________________ organizations.

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     (d) SEVERANCE. If the Company terminates the Employee's employment with the
Company  without  "Cause" or the  Employee  resigns for "Good  Reason"  (both as
defined below),  then the Company shall pay the Employee the base salary,  bonus
and  benefits  payable to the  Employee  under  Section  2(a),  (b) and (c) (the
"Severance  Payment") for the remainder of the Term.  The Company shall also pay
the Employee all salary, unused vacation, earned bonuses, and other benefits, if
any,  which are otherwise  accrued,  owing and unpaid at the date of termination
(the "Accrued Pay"). Upon a termination of the Employee's  employment  described
in this  Section  2(d),  the  Employee  shall  have  no  further  rights  to any
compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.

          (i) Time of Payment.  The Company  shall pay the  Employee all Accrued
     Pay on the effective  date of  termination,  and shall pay the Employee the
     Severance Payment in monthly  installments  commencing within ten (10) days
     after the effective date of termination.

          (ii) Release. The Company shall be entitled to require, as a condition
     of payment of the Severance Payment, that the Employee execute and deliver,
     and (if  revocation is otherwise  allowed under federal age  discrimination
     law) not revoke for seven days,  a general  release by the Employee in form
     and content  satisfactory to the Company in which the Employee releases the
     Company and its affiliates from all claims and liabilities  that may relate
     to the Employee's employment by the Company and/or arise under any state or
     federal  laws  relating to  employment.  This  release  shall not excuse or
     impair timely payment by the Company of any sums due under this Agreement.

          (iii) Cause Defined. For the purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" shall
     mean the Employee:  (1) has been guilty of, or has pleaded "no contest" to,
     personal acts or omissions which constitute a felony; or (2) has personally
     committed a material act of  dishonesty,  fraud,  violation of law or other
     intentional  misconduct  having  the  effect of  injuring  the  reputation,
     business or business  relationships  of the Company;  or (3) has  willfully
     breached her  fiduciary or  contractual  duties to the Company;  or (4) has
     intentionally or through gross  negligence  failed to perform the duties of
     her  position  after being  warned in  writing;  or (5) has  willfully  and
     wrongfully   disclosed   trade  secrets  or  other  material   confidential
     information in violation of her duties to the Company;  or (6) has violated
     the provisions of Section 6, below.

          (iv) Good Reason Defined.  For the purposes of this  Agreement,  "Good
     Reason" shall mean (1) a reduction in the Employee's base salary;  or (2) a
     material   demotion;   or  (3)  a  material  reduction  in  the  Employee's
     responsibilities  or  authority;  or (4) an  involuntary  relocation of the
     place of the Employee's  employment  with the Company more than twenty (20)
     miles away from El Dorado Hills (excluding  business travel consistent with
     the Employee's  duties to the Company);  or (5) any material breach of this
     Agreement by the Company  which,  in each of the cases  described in causes
     (1) through (5),  above,  is not cured  within  fifteen (15) days after the
     Employee  gives  written  notice to the  Company  stating the nature of the
     claimed breach.

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          (v)  Mitigation.  The amounts  payable by the Company to the  Employee
     under this paragraph (d) shall be reduced by any  compensation  that may be
     earned  by the  Employee  in  connection  with any  subsequent  employment,
     self-employment or otherwise.

          (vi) Exclusive Payment.  Except for payments and rights referred to in
     this  paragraph (d), the Employee shall not be entitled to collect or claim
     any other amounts from the Company in connection  with the  termination  of
     the Employee's employment by the Company without Cause.

     (e)  TERMINATION DUE TO EMPLOYEE'S  DEATH OR DISABILITY.  If the Employee's
employment  with the  Company  terminates  due to her  death or  Disability  (as
defined  below),  then the Company  shall  continue to pay the  Employee's  base
salary  through  the end of the  month in which  such  termination  occurs.  The
Company shall also pay the Employee all salary, unused vacation, earned bonuses,
and other benefits,  if any, which are accrued,  owing and unpaid at the date of
termination.  Upon a termination of the Employee's  employment described in this
Section 2(e), the Employee shall have no further rights to any  compensation  or
any other benefits under this Agreement.

For purposes of this Agreement,  Disability shall mean  commencement of benefits
to the Employee  based on full  disability as defined under the Company's  group
disability insurance policy, if any, in effect at the time of that event; and in
the  absence of any such  policy,  the  absence of the  Employee  from full time
performance of her duties for a period in excess of ninety (90) consecutive days
due to incapacity of the Employee from physical or mental illness.

     (f)  TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY FOR CAUSE OR DUE TO EMPLOYEE'S  RESIGNATION
WITHOUT GOOD REASON.  If the Company  terminates the Employee's  employment with
the Company for Cause or if the Employee resigns her employment with the Company
without Good Reason, then the Company shall pay the Employee all salary,  unused
vacation,  earned bonuses, and other benefits, if any, which are accrued,  owing
and unpaid at the date of  termination.  Upon a  termination  of the  Employee's
employment  described in this Section 2(f),  the Employee  shall have no further
rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.

     (g) VESTED PLAN BENEFITS NOT AFFECTED. No provision of this Agreement shall
be interpreted  to deny or impair any payments  and/or rights that are vested or
otherwise  payable in  accordance  with the express  terms of any stock  option,
ERISA,  retirement,  insurance,  or other benefit plan which has been written or
formally  adopted by the Company,  or COBRA  rights  governing  continuation  of
health  insurance  benefits.  These  payments  and rights are in addition to any
payments otherwise due under this Agreement.  However, the Employee acknowledges
that termination of her employment  under any circumstance  will end any further
participation  in any benefit  plans as may be provided in the  applicable  plan
documents.

ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties  hereto and (a) the heirs,  executors and legal  representatives  of the
Employee upon the Employee's death and (b) any successor of the Company (whether

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by purchase of assets or shares,  merger,  consolidation or otherwise).  None of
the rights of the Employee to receive any form of compensation  payable pursuant
to this Agreement shall be assignable or  transferable  except by will or by law
upon the death of the  Employee.  The Company shall require any successor of the
Company to agree in writing  expressly  to perform  this  Agreement  to the same
extent as would be required if no such succession had taken place.

NOTICES.  All notices,  requests,  demands and other  communications  called for
hereunder  shall be in  writing  and  shall  be  deemed  given if (i)  delivered
personally,  (ii) one (1) day after  being sent by Federal  Express or a similar
commercial  overnight  service,  or (iii) three (3) days after  being  mailed by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, prepaid and addressed to
the parties or their  successors in interest at the following  addresses,  or at
such other  addresses  as the parties  may  designate  by written  notice in the
manner aforesaid:

     If to the Company: 1261 Hawk's Flight Court, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762.

     If to the Employee: at the last residential address known by the Company.

SEVERABILITY.  In the event that any provision of this  Agreement  becomes or is
declared by a court of competent  jurisdiction to be illegal,  unenforceable  or
void,  this  Agreement  shall  continue  in full force and effect  without  that
provision.

3.   CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AGREEMENT AND NON-COMPETITION.

     (a)  Confidentiality.  The  Employee  agrees  to enter  into the  Company's
standard  confidentiality  and inventions  agreement  required from other senior
management  from time to time.  Without  limiting  the  foregoing,  the Employee
agrees  that  Employee  will  not at any time  (whether  during  or  after  this
employment with the Company)  disclose or use for her own benefit or purposes or
the benefit or purposes of any other person, firm,  partnership,  joint venture,
association,  corporation or other business  organization,  entity or enterprise
other than the  Company and any of its  subsidiaries  or  affiliates,  any trade
secrets,  technology,   information,  data  or  other  confidential  information
relating  to  customers,   development  programs,  costs,  marketing,   trading,
investment,   sales   activities,   promotion,   credit  and   financial   data,
manufacturing  processes,  financing methods, plans, or the business and affairs
of the Company  generally,  or of any  subsidiary  or  affiliate of the Company,
provided that the foregoing  shall not apply to information  which is not unique
to the  Company or which is  generally  known to  --------  the  industry or the
public other than as a result of Employee's  breach of this  covenant.  Employee
agrees that upon  termination of her employment with the Company for any reason,
she will return to the Company immediately all memoranda,  books, papers, plans,
business  or  financial  information,  letters  and other  data,  and all copies
thereof or therefrom  embodied or stored in documents,  disks of any nature,  or
other  media,  in any  way  relating  to the  business  of the  Company  and its
affiliates, except that he may retain personal notes, notebooks and diaries that
do not contain  confidential  information of the type described in the preceding
sentence.  Employee  further  agrees  that she will  not  retain  or use for her

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account at any time any trade  names,  trademark or other  proprietary  business
designation  used or owned in connection with the business of the Company or its
affiliates.

     (b)   Non-Compete.   Employee   acknowledges   and  recognizes  the  highly
competitive  nature of the  businesses  of the  Company and its  affiliates  and
accordingly agrees as follows:

          (i) To the fullest extent the same may be  enforceable  under any law,
     during  the Term and for a period  of nine (9)  months  following  the date
     Employee  ceases to be employed by the Company (the  "Restricted  Period"),
     the Employee  will not directly or  indirectly  (i) engage  anywhere in the
     world  (the  "Geographic  Area") in any  business  for the  Employee's  own
     account that  competes  with the  business of the  Company,  (ii) enter the
     employ of, or render any  services  to, any person  engaged in any business
     that competes with the business of the Company within the Geographic  Area,
     (iii)  acquire a  financial  interest  in,  or  otherwise  become  actively
     involved  with,  any person  engaged in any business that competes with the
     business of the Company within the Geographic Area, directly or indirectly,
     as an individual,  partners,  shareholder,  officer,  director,  principal,
     agent, trustee or consultant, or (iv) interfere with business relationships
     (whether  formed  before or after the date of this  Agreement)  between the
     Company or any of its affiliates that are engaged in a business  similar to
     the business of the Company (the  "Company  Affiliates")  and  customers or
     suppliers  of  the  Company  or  the  Company   Affiliates.   The  Employee
     acknowledges  that this is a reasonable  restriction to prevent  inevitable
     disclosure of trade secrets of the Company or Company Affiliates,  and that
     the Employee shall have the burden of proving that this  restriction is not
     reasonably   appropriate   for  the  protection  of  these  trade  secrets.
     Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  this  restriction  shall not preclude the
     Employee from  accepting  employment at a company in which she does not own
     or share a  controlling  interest if the  Employee's  duties  during such 9
     month  period  following  employment  with the  Company do not  involve the
     Employee's  participation  in activities or lines of business which compete
     with the business of the Company or Company  Affiliates and do not conflict
     with clause (iv) above.

          (ii) Notwithstanding  anything to the contrary in this Agreement,  the
     Employee  may,  directly  or  indirectly  own,  solely  as  an  investment,
     securities  of any person  engaged in the business of the Company which are
     publicly  traded  on a  national  or  regional  stock  exchange  or on  the
     over-the-counter market if the Employee (i) is not a controlling person of,
     or a member  of a group  which  controls,  such  person  and (ii) does not,
     directly  or  indirectly,  own five  percent  (5%) or more of any  class of
     securities of such person.

          (iii) During the Restricted Period, the Employee will not, directly or
     indirectly  (i)  solicit or  encourage  any  employee of the Company or the
     Company  Affiliates  to leave the  employment of the Company or the Company
     Affiliates  or (ii) hire any such  employee who has left the  employment of
     the Company or the Company Affiliates  following,  or within one year prior
     to, the date of the Employee's  termination of employment  with the Company
     or the Company Affiliates.

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          (iv) During the Restricted  Period, the Employee will not, directly or
     indirectly,  solicit or  encourage to cease to work with the Company or the
     Company  Affiliates any consultant  then under contract with the Company or
     the Company Affiliates.

          (v) During the  Restricted  Period,  the Employee will not directly or
     indirectly,  solicit, or encourage to cease to do business with the Company
     or the Company Affiliates,  any customer,  vendor,  supplier or other third
     party with whom, prior to the termination of the Employee's employment, the
     Employee has had any significant  role in negotiating  contracts,  managing
     that account or otherwise  dealing with that customer or other third party.
     The Employee acknowledges that this is a reasonable  restriction to prevent
     inevitable   disclosure   of  trade  secrets  of  the  Company  or  Company
     Affiliates,  and that the  Employee  shall have the burden of proving  that
     this restriction is not reasonably  appropriate for the protection of these
     trade secrets.

          (c) Savings Clause.  The Employee  acknowledges that no shareholder or
     lender  would  invest any monies in the Company  without the benefit of the
     covenants  contained  in this  Section 6 by the  Employee,  and that  these
     covenants are an important part of the Company's  strategy to achieve value
     for all of its  shareholders,  including  the Employee to the extent of her
     interest in the  Company's  stock.  The  Employee  represents  that she has
     consulted with counsel  concerning the terms of this Agreement,  including,
     but not limited to, the provisions of this Section 6, and acknowledges that
     compliance  with the provisions of this Section 6 are fair and  reasonable.
     The Employee  further  acknowledges  that compliance with the provisions of
     this Section 6 will not create any hardship on the Employee as she has both
     independent means and sufficient income to be fully self-supporting without
     competing  with the Company or otherwise  violating  any of the  provisions
     hereof.  Accordingly,  the Employee shall be bound by the provisions hereof
     to the maximum  extent  permitted by law, it being the intent and spirit of
     the parties that the foregoing  shall be fully  enforceable.  However,  the
     parties  further agree that, if any of the provisions  hereof shall for any
     reason be held to be excessively broad as to duration,  geographical scope,
     property or subject matter,  it shall be construed by limiting and reducing
     it so as to be enforceable to the extent compatible with the applicable law
     as it shall herein pertain.

          (d) Specific  Performance.  Employee  acknowledges and agrees that the
     Company's  remedies at law for a breach or threatened  breach of any of the
     provisions of this Section 6 would be  inadequate  and, in  recognition  of
     this  fact,  Employee  agrees  that,  in the  event  of  such a  breach  or
     threatened beach, in addition to any remedies at law, the Company,  without
     posting  any bond.  shall be  entitled  to cease  making  any  payments  or
     providing  any  benefit  otherwise  required by this  Agreement  and obtain
     equitable relief in the form of specific performance, temporary restraining
     order,  temporary or permanent  injunction  or any other  equitable  remedy
     which may then be available.

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4. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  Except for that certain Confidential Information Agreement
between  the  Company  and  the  Employee  (and  any  other  subsequent  written
confidentiality  agreement  signed  by  the  Company  and  the  Employee),  this
Agreement represents the entire agreement and understanding  between the Company
and the Employee  concerning the  Employee's  employment  relationship  with the
Company,   and  supersedes  and  replaces  any  and  all  prior  agreements  and
understandings  concerning  the  Employee's  employment  relationship  with  the
Company.

5. ARBITRATION

     (a) The  Employee  and the Company  agree that any  dispute or  controversy
arising  out of,  relating  to, or in  connection  with this  Agreement,  or the
interpretation,  validity,  construction,  performance,  breach,  or termination
thereof  (and  whether  arising in  contract,  tort,  statutory  law,  equity or
otherwise),  shall be settled by arbitration to be held within  twenty-five (25)
miles of the  location of the  Employee's  then most recent  principal  place of
employment  with the  Company  in  accordance  with the  National  Rules for the
Resolution  of Employment  Disputes  then in effect of the American  Arbitration
Association  (the  "Rules").  There  shall be a single  arbitrator  agreed  upon
mutually by the parties.  If the parties  cannot agree upon the  selection of an
arbitrator within 30 days after the demand for arbitration given by one party to
the other,  the  selection  of the  arbitrator  shall be made as provided in the
Rules.  The arbitrator  may grant  damages,  injunctions or other relief in such
dispute or controversy,  except that the arbitrator  shall not have the power to
award any damages or other relief or remedy that would not be  available  from a
court of  competent  jurisdiction  located in  California.  The  decision of the
arbitrator  shall  be  final,  conclusive  and  binding  on the  parties  to the
arbitration.  Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator's  decision in any court
having jurisdiction.

     (b) The arbitrator shall apply California law without reference to rules of
conflicts of law and any applicable  federal law of the United States of America
to the merits of any  dispute or claim.  The  arbitration  proceedings  shall be
governed by federal arbitration law and by the Rules, without reference to state
arbitration  law. The Employee and the Company hereby  expressly  consent to the
personal  jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in California for
any action or  proceeding  arising  from or  relating to this  Agreement  and/or
relating to any arbitration in which the parties are participants.

     (c) The Company and the  Employee  shall each pay one-half of the costs and
expenses of such  arbitration,  and shall  separately pay its or her own counsel
fees and expenses during the course of arbitration, provided that the arbitrator
shall have the discretion to award  attorneys' fees to the Employee in the event
the arbitrator  determines that the Employee should be considered the prevailing
party.

     (d) THE  EMPLOYEE  UNDERSTANDS  THAT BY SIGNING  THIS  AGREEMENT,  EMPLOYEE
AGREES TO SUBMIT ANY FUTURE CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO, OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE INTERPRETATION, VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION, PERFORMANCE,
BREACH, OR TERMINATION THEREOF TO BINDING ARBITRATION, AND THAT THIS ARBITRATION
CLAUSE  CONSTITUTES A WAIVER OF THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND RELATES
TO  THE   RESOLUTION   OF  ALL   DISPUTES   RELATING   TO  ALL  ASPECTS  OF  THE
EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE  RELATIONSHIP,  WHETHER  ARISING UNDER  CONTRACT OR FEDERAL OR
STATE LAWS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

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     (e)  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  each party agrees that the foregoing
arbitration  clause  shall not apply to the subject  matter of the  Confidential
Information  Agreement or similar  written  contract in effect from time to time
between the parties, and neither party is obligated to submit to arbitration any
dispute arising under such separate written agreements.

6. NO  ORAL OR  INDIRECT  MODIFICATION.  This  Agreement  may  only be  amended,
canceled or discharged in writing  signed by the Employee and a duly  authorized
officer  (other than the Employee) of the Company.  The Employee  agrees that no
employee handbook, employment policies or other acts or omissions of the Company
shall be  considered  to be part of this  Agreement  or any  implied  employment
agreement  except to the extent  stated in writing  and signed by the parties as
provided in this Section 9.

7.  WITHHOLDING.  The  Company  shall be entitled  to  withhold,  or cause to be
withheld, all applicable  withholding taxes required by foreign,  federal, state
or local laws from all cash and noncash  compensation  or other payments made to
Employee in connection with her employment, this Agreement, or other agreements,
if any, between the Employee and the Company.

8. ACKNOWLEDGMENT.  The Employee acknowledges that he has had the opportunity to
discuss this matter with and obtain  advice from her own attorney if so desired,
has had sufficient  time to, and has carefully read and fully  understands,  all
the provisions of this Agreement, and is knowingly and voluntarily entering into
this Agreement.

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9.  COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be signed in  counterparts,  each of which
shall be an  original,  with the same  effect as if the  signatures  thereto and
hereto  were upon the same  instrument.  A  signature  transmitted  via email or
facsimile  transmission  shall  be  as  binding  as  a  manual  signature  on  a
counterpart hereof.

                             NutraStar
                             a Nevada corporation
                             ("Company")

                             By:
                                ------------------------------------------------
                             Print Name:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                             Title:
                                   ---------------------------------------------

                             Print Name:                         ("Employee")
                                          ----------------------

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                       CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AGREEMENT
                       ----------------------------------

Please read  carefully:  this document  contains  assignments  of inventions and
copyrights,  and other  important  provisions  relating  to legal  rights.  This
Confidential  Information  Agreement  (the  "Agreement")  is entered  into as of
____________________,  between  NutraStar,  a Nevada corporation (the "Company")
and Rukmini Cheruvanky (referred to below as "I").

While serving as an employee, independent contractor, director or other capacity
with the Company (referred to, as the case may be, as  "relationship"  below), I
may have access to information about the Company or its business.  I acknowledge
that  the  Company  has  a  legitimate  interest  in  keeping  this  information
confidential  in order to  maximize  the  Company's  business  opportunities.  I
confirm my intention  to protect  this  information  against  unauthorized  use.
Therefore,  in consideration of my relationship with the Company and other legal
and adequate consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, I agree
for the benefit of the Company that:

1. Provisions Related to Trade Secrets

     (a)  Proprietary  Information.  As  used in  this  Agreement,  "Proprietary
Information"  means  the  following,  whether  now or later  owned or  existing,
whether or not marked  "confidential,"  and however embodied or stored:  (1) any
information  (including  without limitation any formula,  pattern,  compilation,
program,  device,  method,  technique  or  process)  relating to or owned by the
Company that derives  independent  economic value,  actual or potential from not
being  generally known to the public or to other persons who can obtain economic
value from its  disclosure  or use, and (2) any other  invention,  trade secret,
knowledge or information  pertaining to the Company or the Company's existing or
prospective businesses,  customers,  suppliers, and others with whom the Company
does or intends to do business, which relates to products, services,  processes,
know-how,   designs,   formulas,   methods,   work  in  process,   improvements,
discoveries,  plans for  research,  software  programs,  source or object codes,
algorithms,  data,  techniques,  marketing,  selling,  business plans,  budgets,
unpublished  financial statements,  licenses,  prices, costs, employee skills or
compensation, or other matters.

     (b) Trust.  I acknowledge  that the Company  possesses and will continue to
develop and acquire valuable Proprietary Information, including information that
I may develop or discover as a result of my relationship  with the Company.  The
value of that  Proprietary  relationship  Information  depends  on it  remaining
confidential. The Company depends on me to maintain that confidentiality,  and I
accept that position of trust.

     (c)  Prohibited  Use/Disclosure.  I will not  disclose  or use at any time,
either  during  or  after my  relationship  with the  Company,  any  Proprietary
Information  except for the  exclusive  benefit of the Company as required by my
duties for the Company, or as the Company expressly may consent to in writing. I
will  cooperate  with  the  Company  and  use my best  efforts  to  prevent  the
unauthorized disclosure, use or reproduction of Proprietary Information,  except
as expressly authorized by the Company.

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     (d) Return of Information. Upon the end of my relationship with the Company
for any reason, I immediately will deliver to the Company all tangible, written,
graphical  machine  readable and other  materials  (including  all copies) in my
possession or under my control containing or disclosing Proprietary Information.

     (e)  Waivers.  I waive all claims and  defenses I might  otherwise  have to
assert that the Company's  procedure or lack of procedure to protect Proprietary
Information  lessens  or  excuses  any duty I have  expressly  agreed to in this
Agreement.  I further waive any right I might  otherwise have to assert or claim
that any acts or omissions of the Company  outside this  Agreement  constitute a
set off,  counterclaim  or  defense to any  rights  the  Company  has under this
Agreement.

     (f) Other Agreements. I agree that I will not directly or indirectly commit
or cause a violation or breach of the Company's nondisclosure  obligations under
any agreement to which the Company may be or become a party.  I will comply with
the confidentiality provisions of, and execute such confidentiality forms as may
be required  under,  any contracts  between the Company and parties  contracting
with the Company.

2. Ownership of Inventions

     (a) Inventions.  As used in this Agreement, the term "inventions" includes,
but is not limited to, all  inventions,  original  works of  authorship,  ideas,
patterns,   devices,   techniques,   discoveries,    improvements,    processes,
developments,  designs,  know-how, data, programs,  formulas,  source and object
codes, methods,  diagrams,  technology and trade secrets, whether or not reduced
to practice or the subject of any governmental filings.

     (b)  Assignment  to  Company.  I agree to  communicate  to the  Company  as
promptly  and fully as  practicable  all  Inventions  conceived  or  reduced  to
practice by me (alone or jointly by others) at any time  during my  relationship
with the  Company.  I hereby  assign to the Company  and/or its  nominees all my
right,  title and  interest  in such  Inventions,  and all my  right,  title and
interest in any patents,  copyrights,  mask work rights, trademarks, and service
marks, and all applications,  registrations, and other filings or rights related
thereto on a  worldwide  basis  (collectively  referred  to for  convenience  as
"Proprietary  Filings").  I will assist the Company and/or its nominees (without
charge but at no  expense  to me) at any time and in every  lawful way to obtain
for its  and/or  their  own  benefit,  all  Proprietary  Filings  for  all  such
Inventions anywhere in the world and to enforce its and/or their rights in legal
proceedings.

     (c) Labor Code Exception.  Any provision in this Agreement  requiring me to
assign my rights in any Invention does not apply to an Invention which qualifies
under the provisions of Section 2870 of the California  Labor Code. That section
provides that the  requirement  to assign "shall not apply to an invention  that
the  employee  developed  entirely  on his or her own  time  without  using  the
employer's equipment,  supplies,  facilities, or trade secret information except
for  those  inventions  that  either  (1)  relate at the time of  conception  or
reduction to practice of the invention to the employer's business,  or actual or

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demonstrably  anticipated research or development of the employer; or (2) result
from any work  performed by the employee for the employer.  I understand  that I
bear the burden of proving that an Invention qualifies under Section 2870.

     (d) U.S.  Contracts.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  I also assign to the
Company (or to any of its  nominees)  all rights  which I may have or acquire in
any  Invention,  full title to which is required to be in the United States by a
contract between the Company and the United States or any of its agencies.

     (e) Power of  Attorney.  I hereby  irrevocably  designate  and  appoint the
Company  and each of its duly  authorized  officers  and  agents as my agent and
attorney-in-fact  to act for and in my behalf and stead to execute  and file any
document and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution,
issuance and  enforcement of Proprietary  Filings with the same force and effect
as if executed and delivered by me.

     (f) List of  Excluded  Inventions.  I have  attached  hereto as Exhibit A a
complete  list of all  Inventions  that I consider to be my property or owned by
others  and that I wish to  exclude  from  this  Agreement  (with  only  generic
listings if specific disclosure would violate any prior agreement).  If no items
are listed, I agree that there are no such items.

3. Other Promises

     (a) No  Competition  During My  Relationship  with the  Company.  During my
relationship with the Company, I will not, without the Company's express written
consent,  engage in any  employment or business  other than for the Company,  or
cause or assist (in any manner) in the  formation or  operations of any business
competitive with or similar to the existing or future business of the Company.

     (b) No Solicitation/Use of Proprietary Information.  I agree that during my
relationship with the Company, and for one (1) year following its termination by
me or by the Company,  I will not: (1) directly or indirectly,  alone or working
for others,  solicit business as to products or services similar to the products
or services of the Company from any of the  Company's  customers or  prospective
customers  with whom I have had any contact prior to the end of my  relationship
with the  Company,  or (2) solicit  for  employment  any person  employed by the
Company (or its  affiliates  or  successors).  I agree that the  identity of the
Company's  suppliers and  customers and the related terms of dealing  constitute
trade  secrets of the Company  and that the  foregoing  promise is a  reasonable
means of protecting the Company's  trade secrets from the inevitable  disclosure
that would result from a violation of the foregoing covenants.

     (c) No Conflict with Other Agreements. My relationship with the Company and
my  compliance  with this  Agreement do not and will not breach any agreement to
keep  in  confidence  information  acquired  by me  prior  to or  outside  of my
relationship with the Company.  I have not brought and will not bring with me to
the  Company  for  use in the  performance  of my  duties  at  the  Company  any
materials, documents or information of a former employer or any third party that
are not  generally  available to the public  unless I have  obtained  (and first

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given to the Company)  express  written  authorization  from the owner for their
possession  and use by or for the  Company.  I will not use or  disclose  to the
Company during my  relationship  with the Company any information if that use or
disclosure  would cause me to violate any contractual or legal duty to any third
party. I have not entered into,  and will not enter into, any agreement,  either
oral or written,  in conflict with this Agreement.  I am not obligated under any
contract or other agreement, or subject to any judgment,  decree or order of any
court or  administrative  agency,  that would  interfere with the use of my best
efforts to promote the interests of the Company or that would  conflict with the
Company's existing or proposed business known to me.

4. General

     (a) Amendment.  My obligations  under this Agreement may not be modified or
terminated,  in whole or in part, except in a writing signed by the President of
the  Company.  Any waiver by the  Company of a breach of any  provision  of this
Agreement will not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach.

     (b)  Severability/Interpretation.  Each provision of this Agreement will be
treated as a separate and independent  clause, and the  unenforceability  of any
one provision will in no way impair the  enforceability  of any other provision.
If any provision is held to be  unenforceable,  such provision will be construed
by the  appropriate  judicial  body by  limiting  or  reducing it to the minimum
extent  necessary to make it legally  enforceable.  If any  provision  hereof is
considered  unclear or ambiguous,  it shall not be construed against the Company
but instead  shall be construed  to give effect to the  interests of the Company
consistent with the specific provisions of this Agreement.

     (c) Survival of My  Obligations.  My obligations  under this Agreement will
survive the  termination  of my employment or other  relationship  and any other
contract with the Company,  regardless of the cause, lack of cause, or manner of
such  termination.  This  Agreement  will inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the successors and assigns of the Company.

     (d) No Implied  Terms.  I understand  that the provisions of this Agreement
are a material  condition to my relationship with the Company. I also understand
that this Agreement is not an employment contract, and nothing in this Agreement
shall create or imply (1) any right to require the Company to employ or continue
to employ me, or otherwise  enter into or continue any contract with me, (2) any
particular terms of employment or other  relationship,  or (3) any limitation on
the right of the Company or me to end my employment or other relationship.

     (e) Remedies and Attorneys'  Fees. Any breach of this Agreement likely will
cause  irreparable  harm to the  Company  for  which  money  damages  could  not
reasonably or adequately compensate the Company.  Accordingly,  I agree that the
Company  will be  entitled  to a court  order of  specific  performance  of this
Agreement  and  injunctive  relief to enforce  this  Agreement,  in  addition to
damages and other  remedies  available  to the Company by contract or by law. If
any action or  proceeding  shall be commenced  to enforce this  Agreement or any

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right arising in connection  with this Agreement,  the prevailing  party in such
action or  proceeding  shall be entitled to recover  from the other  party,  the
reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and expenses incurred by such prevailing party
in such action and any related  appeals,  bankruptcy,  collection or enforcement
proceedings.

     (f) Applicable  Law. This Agreement will be governed by and  interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of California governing a contract made in
and between residents of California and wholly performed within California.

     (g) Complete  Agreement.  This  Agreement  contains the complete  agreement
between the Company and me concerning  the subject  matter hereof and supersedes
all other agreements and written or oral  understandings.  This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts.

                                                     ___________________________
                                                     (Signature)

                                                     ___________________________
                                                     (Print Name)

         AGREED AND ACKNOWLEDGED:

         NutraStar

         By:
            -----------------------------------------

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                                   EXHIBIT "A"

                            LIST OF PRIOR INVENTIONS
                            ------------------------

                                                        Identifying Number
     Title                      Date                   or Brief Description
     -----                      ----                   ---------------------

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