ROPUFA® "15" n-3 Emulsion - now for fresh milk!

DSM Nutritional Products (www.dsmnutritionalproducts.com), the former Vitamins and Fine Chemicals Division of Roche, is a global leading supplier of high quality Omega-3 fish oils and powders. Now, the company has launched a unique Omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid emulsion called ROPUFA® "15" n-3 Emulsion. The new emulsion has been developed primarily to meet health conscious consumers' demand for fresh milk enriched with Omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Meeting this demand has always posed an insuperable challenge to food technologists. The unique product ROPUFA® "15" n-3 Emulsion is the result of three years of research and development. It represents a big step forward in the commercialization of a vehicle adding Omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids to foods and thus offers attractive opportunities to product developers in the dairy industry. The ROPUFA® "15" n-3 Emulsion by DSM Nutritional Products is tasteless and primarily intended for fresh and pasteurised milk but also offers a series of advantages in the enrichment of yoghurt and UHT milk. The emulsion contains 50% of highly refined, deodorized and stabilized fish oil. It can be added to the milk by using a special dosing system developed and produced by Tetra Pak Arom Pak AB in Sweden (http://www.arompak.com). The use of the emulsion in combination with the Arom Pak dosing system not only offers the possibility to enrich pasteurized milk with Omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids but also gives a number of advantages to dairy companies. The two most important ones are the reduction of extensive cleaning operations in plant and the possibility to use different filling stations for different products at the same time. The strong scientific evidence on the health benefits of Omega-3 fish oils is backed by more than 6.000 published studies (http://www.fatsoflife.com). They suggest that diets rich in Omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids help maintaining the performance of the heart and the cardiovascular system by reducing the levels of triglycerides (fats) in the blood, by supporting the blood pressure regulation and maintaining a regular heartbeat. In addition, Omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids have demonstrated their beneficial effects on the maintenance of healthy bones and joints and on brain health. Omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids also play an important role during pregnancy and in infant development. For further details please log on to: http://nutra.dsm.com