SternVitamin Launches Omega-3 Fatty Acid Powder For Tablets
10 Jul 2015 --- SternVitamin has developed an omega-3 powder that lets pharma and healthcare companies make tablets.
SternVitamin’s new Omega-3 powder is also user-friendly. Tablets made with it are odour and flavour-neutral. They have no unpleasant fish taste and cause no reflux symptoms like burping. Another advantage is that the powder can easily be combined with other ingredients like vitamins, minerals and plant extracts. For example, adding zinc results in a preparation for beautiful skin, while adding B vitamins gives a product for boosting concentration and performance. With folic acid, the powder becomes a special nutritional supplement for pregnant women. Through these target-group specific concepts, omega-3 tablets offer maximum value creation potential through additional marketing possibilities.
“Our new powder contains 18% omega-3 fatty acids,” explains Heuer. “A one gram tablet therefore has 162 mg omega-3 fatty acids, with 135 mg eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).”
Depending on the size, one or two tablets cover the WHO and EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) recommended daily intake of 250 mg EPA and DHA. The bioavailability of the fatty acids in the tablets is at least as good as with the capsules. In addition, the tablets have a comparatively long shelf-life of three years. The powder itself has a shelf-life of two years, an advantage for production and sales.
