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Ocean Nutrition Canada announces strategic alliance with Wilmar International / Singapore
Posted On: December 14, 2010
Ocean Nutrition Canada Limited (ONC), the world’s largest Omega-3 EPA/DHA solutions provider, and supplier of MEG-3® brand Omega-3 EPA/DHA (eicosapentaenoic acid/docosahexaenoic acid) ingredients, announced that it has entered into an exclusive long term strategic agreement with Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar), based in Singapore. Wilmar is Asia’s leading agribusiness, and a global leader in Omega-3 foods.

The collaboration between these two market giants has resulted in the launch of Wilmar’s new Arawana 3A+ premium cooking oil containing MEG-3® fish oil. Wilmar, in association with the Chinese Nutrition Society (CNS), is launching Arawana blended oil enriched with MEG-3® fish oil. Arawana 3A+ premium cooking oil is a blended vegetable oil product that contains sufficient Omega-3 to help Chinese consumers meet IOM Omega-3 intake recommendations.

The product is widely distributed in China and is available at supermarkets and traditional markets throughout the country.

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From Issue 12 • Categories: Tags: Aquapreneur, Arawana 3A+, DHA, EPA, fish oil, MEG-3, Ocean Nutrition, omega 3 • No Comments

Ocean Nutrition Canada (ONC) Adds New Omega-3 Microencapsulation Technology to Portfolio
Posted On: July 16, 2010
Ocean Nutrition Canada (ONC) has added a new microencapsulation technology to its offerings buy purchasing a five-year license to the fish oil business and encapsulation technology of Austrian tech firm, GAT Food Essentials.

The undisclosed deal will see the Canadian fish oil leader take exclusive rights to GAT’s wowCAPS technology that has proved particularly suitable to dairy formulations, although ONC’s own PowderLoc encapsulation technology has had success there too.

ONC will also take control of GAT’s existing customers in the fish oil space, with there being potential for the two to work together on research and development and formulation.

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From Issue 11 • Categories: Tags: fish oil, marine biotechnology, marine extract, marine ingredients, nutraceutical, Ocean Nutrition, omega 3, seafood byproducts, technology • 1 Comment

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