Alpha-Linolenic acid

Introducing St Dalfour's New SuperFruits Line: A Delicious and Nutritious Addition to Your Pantry

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

St Dalfour SuperFruits adds natural fruit flavor to a balanced meal without the additives found in traditional jams and jellies.

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  • St Dalfour SuperFruits adds natural fruit flavor to a balanced meal without the additives found in traditional jams and jellies.
  • "As an RD and mom of three kids, this new line of St Dalfour fruit spreads will be stocked in my pantry," says Amidor.
  • St Dalfour SuperFruits is now available at select retailers, including Whole Foods, Sprouts, and other fine grocers.
  • For more information about St Dalfour SuperFruits and to find a retailer near you, visit https://www.stdalfour.com/

New Research Shows Potential Benefits of Swapping Some Meat Intake with Walnuts

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

FOLSOM, Calif., Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Food trends are constantly evolving and one of the most exciting trends for 2024 is focused on putting the "plant" back in "plant-based".1

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  • Walnuts also have the ability to take on the texture and consistency of ground meat, allowing for seamless integration into a variety of recipes.
  • The researchers used data from the 2015 - 2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), to model the nutrient intake of the US population with and without walnuts.
  • Specifically, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2 ounces of walnuts per day replaced 1, 2, 3 and 4 ounces of meat.
  • Important to note: all age and gender groups maintained vitamin B12 intake above the recommended daily allowance when replacing 2–3 ounces of meat with walnuts.

Are fish oil supplements as healthy as we think? And is eating fish better?

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Monday, September 25, 2023

Fish oil, which contains omega-3 fatty acids, is promoted for a number of health benefits – from boosting our heart health, protecting our brain from dementia, and easing the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. But what exactly are omega-3 fats and what does the evidence say about their benefits for keeping us healthy? And if they are good for us, does eating fish provide the same benefit as supplements?What are omega-3 fats? Omega-3 fatty acids are a type of polyunsaturated fatty acid. They are essential to consume in our diet because we can’t make them in our body. Three main types of omega-3 fats are important in our diet: Omega 3s are key to the structure of our cells, and help keep our heart, lungs, blood vessels, and immune system working.Eating fish vs taking a supplement The initial studies suggesting omega-3 fats may have health benefits came from observational studies on people eating fish, not from fish oil.

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Fish oil, which contains omega-3 fatty acids, is promoted for a number of health benefits – from boosting our heart health, protecting our brain from dementia, and easing the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. But what exactly are omega-3 fats and what does the evidence say about their benefits for keeping us healthy? And if they are good for us, does eating fish provide the same benefit as supplements?

What are omega-3 fats?


    Omega-3 fatty acids are a type of polyunsaturated fatty acid. They are essential to consume in our diet because we can’t make them in our body. Three main types of omega-3 fats are important in our diet:
    Omega 3s are key to the structure of our cells, and help keep our heart, lungs, blood vessels, and immune system working.

Eating fish vs taking a supplement

    • The initial studies suggesting omega-3 fats may have health benefits came from observational studies on people eating fish, not from fish oil.
    • An intervention study (where one group was given fish and one group fish oil supplements) found the levels of EPA and DHA in your body increase in a similar way when you consume equal amounts of them from either fish or fish oil.

So what are the benefits of omega 3 fats? And does the source matter?

    • Another meta-analysis found for every 20 grams per day of fish consumed it reduced the risk of coronary heart disease by 4%.
    • The National Heart Foundation recommends, based on the scientific evidence, eating fish rich in omega-3 fats for optimal heart health.
    • Arthritis Australia recommends, based on the evidence, about 2.7 grams of EPA and DHA a day to reduce joint inflammation.
    • In line with the evidence, the Alzheimer’s Society recommends eating fish over taking fish oil supplements.
    • Read more:
      Are there certain foods you can eat to reduce your risk of Alzheimer's disease?

So what’s the bottom line?

    • At the moment, the evidence suggests fish oil is beneficial for rheumatoid arthritis, particularly if people find it difficult to eat large amounts of fish.
    • For dementia and heart disease, it’s best to try to eat your omega-3 fats from your diet.
    • Fish oil can have some annoying side effects, such as fishy burps, but generally there are minimal serious side effects.

Eggs are so expensive right now. What else can I use?

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

So many of us may be looking for cheaper alternatives.

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  • So many of us may be looking for cheaper alternatives.
  • Lots of other ingredients can make foods puff and rise, give your meal a rich taste, or hold together ingredients.
  • So try using some of these egg substitutes and save the real eggs for your breakfast.

Why are eggs so popular?

    • Eggs are also versatile.
    • We use them to make a range of savoury and sweet foods, sauces and drinks, not to mention breakfast.
    • Their popularity and versatility lies in the unique characteristics of the two main parts of the egg – the white and yolk.

Eggs are versatile

    • Eggs are a raising agent Beaten or whisked eggs act as a raising agent by creating pockets of air in foods, which expand with cooking, making the foods puff and rise.
    • Eggs hold together other ingredients Eggs combine ingredients and hold them together during cooking.
    • Eggs bind other liquids The liquid from eggs binds other liquids from other ingredients in the recipe into a soft, moist and tender mass.
    • Eggs boost flavour The fat in egg yolks helps carry and release the flavour of some fat-soluble components of food.
    • As eggs have different roles in cooking, you may need different egg substitutes depending on the outcome you want.

Aquafaba

    • Generally, though, you use about two to three tablespoons of aquafaba to replace the volume of fluid from an egg.
    • Nutritionally, aquafaba has small amounts of carbohydrate (about 2.6g/100 millilitre), and negligible levels of protein (about 1.3g/100 millilitre).
    • You can also freeze aquafaba.

Vinegar and baking soda


    Mixing a teaspoon of baking soda with a tablespoon of vinegar can replace an egg in most baked goods. This produces carbon dioxide, which is trapped into air pockets, and makes foods rise. This is a very cheap option, however its success may be limited by how heavy the rest of the ingredients are. This combination also has very little nutritional value.

    Read more:
    Is apple cider vinegar really a wonder food?

Commercial egg replacements


    These are available at most supermarkets, are very cheap compared with eggs, have a long shelf life, and are easy to use, with instructions on the packaging. Typically, they contain different starches from potato, tapioca and pea protein (which act as leavening agents and form foams), along with raising agents. They are recommended for use in baked goods. However they have very little nutritional value compared to an egg.

Flaxseed meal and chia seeds

    • Use either a tablespoon of flaxseed meal, or chia seeds, added to about three tablespoons of water.
    • The gels can be used in baked goods, however this option isn’t as cheap as the others, and has a slight nutty taste.
    • Both these seeds provide nutritional value.

Tofu

    • However, you will need to use silken tofu and puree it.
    • Tofu is highly nutritious and provides protein, fat, calcium, polyphenols and anti-oxidants.
    • However, soy flour does not contain calcium, which tofu does.

Mashed fruit


    Mashed bananas or applesauce are also used as egg substitutes. These mainly act to bind and hold moisture in the food and help carry the flavours. You also get the nutritional value of the fruit. Due to the natural sugar that in fruit, this will sweeten your baked goods so you will need to drop the sugar by about a tablespoon (or more) for each piece of fruit you add.

Kori Krill Oil Wins HealthXWire Award for Best All-Natural Heart Health Supplement, North America, 2023

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Friday, June 30, 2023

NEW YORK, June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kori Krill Oil has emerged as the foremost provider of krill oil, the richest source of omega-3s found in nature. Omega-3s play a significant role in the fight against heart disease, the "leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States," according to the CDC. This amounts to around 695,000 deaths a year from various forms of heart disease, or one in five deaths overall. [See full press release.]

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  • Kori Krill Oil is extracted sustainably from the icy cold, pure waters of Antarctica, processed and distributed with environmental responsibility.
  • NEW YORK, June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kori Krill Oil has emerged as the foremost provider of krill oil, the richest source of omega-3s found in nature.
  • This amounts to around 695,000 deaths a year from various forms of heart disease, or one in five deaths overall.
  • Kori Krill Oil also contains astaxanthin , a powerful antioxidant that defends your cells against oxidative stress from free radicals.

$4.63 Billion Worldwide Omega 3 Ingredients Industry to 2027 - Featuring Corbion, Croda International, Koninklijke DSM and Omega Protein Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Omega 3 ingredients are naturally occurring polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and nutrients that are imperative for optimal human health.

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  • Omega 3 ingredients are naturally occurring polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and nutrients that are imperative for optimal human health.
  • They are widely found in fish, flaxseed, and dietary supplements, such as algal, krill, refined tuna, and fish oil.
  • Omega 3 ingredients help structure the cell walls, provide energy, and maintain the optimum functioning of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, immune system, and endocrine systems.
  • Additionally, the increasing consumer preference towards high-quality supplement products due to hectic lifestyles and busy schedules is favoring the market growth.

Fatty15, the First-to-Market C15:0 Essential Fatty Acid Supplement, Positioned to Challenge Omega-3 Supplement Industry in 2023

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Wednesday, December 28, 2022

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- With mounting awards, burgeoning science, and exponential growth, fatty15 is poised to be a formidable challenger to the omega-3 supplement industry in 2023.

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  • Scientists discovered that C15:0 (pentadecanoic acid) is the first essential fatty acid to be found since omega-3, which was over 90 years ago, and published their findings in Nature's Scientific Reports during May 2020.
  • Essential fatty acids (EFAs) are defined as nutrients that we need to maintain baseline health, but our bodies don't naturally produce.
  • Today, there are only three known EFAs: alpha-linolenic acid ( omega-3), linoleic acid (omega-6), and now C15:0 (an odd-chain saturated fatty acid).
  • "In doing so, we not only provide the absolute highest quality essential fatty acid supplement for consumers, but we hope to raise the bar for the omega-3 industry, too."

Walnuts Meet the Criteria for "Healthy," According to a New Proposed Definition by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

FOLSOM, Calif., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Walnuts meet the criteria for a "healthy" food based on the important nutrients they provide, according to a long-awaited announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) detailing a new proposed definition and criteria for healthy foods. This announcement, released in conjunction with the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, marks the first time the criteria for "healthy" has been updated since the 1990's. A nutritional powerhouse, walnuts supply 4g of protein, 2g of fiber, and are the only nut to provide an excellent source of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), the plant-based omega-3 fatty acid (2.5g).1

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  • FOLSOM, Calif., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Walnuts meet the criteria for a "healthy" food based on the important nutrients they provide, according to a long-awaited announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) detailing a new proposed definition and criteria for healthy foods.
  • We are delighted to see FDA officially recognize walnuts as a healthy food," shared Robert Verloop.
  • The FDA granted a qualified heart health claim for walnuts in 2004 and included walnuts in a general qualified heart health claim for nuts.
  • For more information about the nutritional benefits of California walnuts along with delicious recipe inspiration, please visit walnuts.org.

Cibona Foods Unlocks the Surprising Power of Mayo

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Friday, August 26, 2022

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayo is traditionally seen as a condiment with limited — albeit delicious — purpose. It can be spread on a sandwich or slapped on a burger with delectable effect. But for many consumers, the use of this cold and creamy sauce stops with the occasional use during lunch or at a barbecue. It's a limiting sauce-themed stereotype that Canadian health brand Cibona Foods Inc. is slowly changing across both the retail and food industries.

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  • It's a limiting sauce-themed stereotype that Canadian health brand Cibona Foods Inc. is slowly changing across both the retail and food industries.
  • As consumers increase their interest, Cibona Foods is ready to help them through its wide selection of high-quality, health- and diet-friendly mayonnaises.
  • About Cibona Foods: Cibona Foods Inc. was established in Montreal, Canada in 1988 and began working on its signature marinades the following year.
  • The Cibona brand has experienced steady growth over the years and imports and exports globally, including India, Spain, Greece, Italy, and the USA.

Global Omega 3 Market to 2028 - Share, Size, Trends and Industry Analysis Report - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

The "Omega 3 Market Share, Size, Trends, Industry Analysis Report, By Application; By Type; By Source; By Region; Segment Forecast, 2021 - 2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "Omega 3 Market Share, Size, Trends, Industry Analysis Report, By Application; By Type; By Source; By Region; Segment Forecast, 2021 - 2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The global omega 3 market size is expected to reach USD 4.86 billion by 2028 according to this new study.
  • The report gives a detailed insight into current market dynamics and provides analysis on future market growth.
  • The publisher has segmented the omega-3 market report on the basis of type, source, application, and region: