Can Croda offer any vegetarian sources of omega 3?
As well as concentrated fish oils Croda can offer alternatives targeted at the vegetarian market. Often vegetarian sources such as flax and hemp oil provide the basic building block, alpha linoleic acid (ALA), which is then later converted in the body to EPA and DHA. Unfortunately this conversion rate is estimated to be in the region of 4-15%, So Croda came up with a novel vegetarian alternative called Incromega™ V3. Derived from the seed of a plant Echium plantagineum, it contains stearidonic acid (C18:4 n-3) and is more effectively metabolised to EPA than ALA in humans, thus being a more efficient vegetarian source of omega 3.
