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Omega-3 fortified
foods are essential
According to an Emerging Food R&D report, the consumption of dietary omega-3
fatty acids is essential for maintaining good
health, especially for pregnant and lactating women, and individuals with coronary
heart disease, diabetes, mental illness and
immune response disorders.
Omega-3 fatty acids help maintain cell
membrane function and are involved in
eicosanoid pathways and the depression of
blood lipid levels.
Fish are a major source of omega-3 fatty
acids. But there is evidence that the general
population consumes far fewer omega-3
fatty acids than needed.
The report said that there is an urgent
need to develop inexpensive, desirable and
convenient functional foods that contain
physiologically significant amounts of
omega-3 fatty acids. Such foods could be
produced from a variety of omega-3 sources
including fish oil and algal oils.
To incorporate these oils into foods successfully, oxidation needs to be controlled.
Currently, many antioxidative strategies
show limited success when used in heterogeneous food systems.
To prevent oxidative deterioration, it is
important to apply multiple antioxidant
hurdle technologies to stabilize omega-3 fatty
acid-fortified functional foods. Incorporating
omega-3 oils into oil-in-water emulsions and
the use of emulsions as delivery systems of
omega-3 fatty acids into functional foods may
present opportunities to apply multiple hurdle
technologies, according to Food Technology
Intelligence, Inc., Midland Park, NJ.

FDA establishes food
labeling compliance
Food and Drug Administration named
Jan. 1, 2008, as the uniform compliance date
for food labeling regulations issued between
March 14, 2005, and Dec. 31, 2006.
FDA periodically issues regulations that
require changes in food labeling. The effective
dates are coordinated to avoid the cumulative
economic impact on the food industry of having to respond separately to each change.

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