DSM launches new high-quality DHA oil for maternal and early life nutrition solutions

DSM launches new high-quality DHA oil for maternal and early life nutrition solutions

(PRESS RELEASE) PARSIPPANY, NJ, USA, 11-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Global science-based company active in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, Royal DSM launches new, high-quality life’sDHA® SF55-O200DS oil for maternal and early life nutrition solutions. This ingredient contains a minimum of 550 mg/g natural triglyceride DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), offering a higher potency thus allowing manufacturers to achieve equivalent dosages of DHA in smaller product formats and meet the latest maternal nutrition trend for convenient capsule and tablet sizes¹.

This latest addition to DSM’s broad nutritional portfolio is the only 550 mg/g natural triglyceride DHA intended for use in maternal nutrition and is aimed for women who are planning to conceive, are pregnant, breastfeeding or non-breastfeeding post-natal mothers. Produced from Schizochytrium algae, life’sDHA SF55-O200DS offers a sustainable plant-based alternative to fish oil and is made with ingredients of conventional (non-GM) origin. A trusted source of contaminant-free, kosher and halal omega-3, life’sDHA SF55-O200DS supports infant health and development and can be consumed in a single, convenient dose.

“Convenience, quality and safety are key drivers of consumer purchasing in the maternal and early life nutrition markets, with mothers and expectant moms looking for easy-to-swallow dietary supplements and safe infant nutrition products made with trusted, science-backed ingredients, comments Brent MacDonald, Director Global Marketing & Business Development, Nutritional Lipids at DSM. “We carefully formulated life’sDHA SF55-O200DS to help manufacturers develop high-quality, reliable DHA solutions that will give pregnant women and moms peace of mind and that will shape healthier futures worldwide.”

Science supporting the use of DHA in maternal and infant nutrition

Evidence indicates that optimal omega-3 DHA intake plays an essential role in life-long health and development, particularly in infancy during the first 1,000 days – between the onset of a woman’s pregnancy and her child’s second birthday. A Cochrane review of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) recommendations shows that DHA and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) lowered the risk of having a preterm baby by 11%, and an early preterm baby by 42%2. The most effective doses were shown to be between 500 mg and 1,000 mg of DHA and EPA per day, where at least 500 mg is DHA3.

The life’sDHA brand represents DSM’s commitment to safety, quality and reliability, offering mothers and pregnant women the reassurance that they and their children are consuming safe products that are free of ocean-borne contaminants, like mercury, associated with fish and fish oils.

For more information on DSM’s purpose-led nutritional lipids portfolio and expert services for maternal and early life nutrition that support producers from concept development to production and beyond, visit our website.

¹ DSM, maternal nutrition, consumer attitude and usage study, 2019.
² Middleton et al., 2018.
³ Ibid.

Media contact:

Brent McDonald
Director Global Marketing & Business Development, Nutritional Lipids
DSM Nutritional Products
+1 902 401 9708

SOURCE: DSM

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