Research alliance puts fish oil on the menu
12 February 2001
A new alliance between functional lipids company Clover Corporation and Food Science Australia will be using breakthrough technology to help put healthy fish oils on the menu for many Australians.
Fish oil, a popular functional food, has long been recognised for its health benefits but its use in the Australian diet as an ingredient in processed foods has been limited by problems with taste and stability.
The research alliance allows for the licensing and further development of breakthrough technology in the manufacture of encapsulated tuna oil and other functional food ingredients.
The new technology may help improve Clover's range of functional lipids [fats], so that they can be included in a range of dry foods such as muesli.
'Research now in progress indicates that this technology can also be used to incorporate Clover's HiDHA tuna oil into liquid and semi-liquid foods such as milk drinks, yoghurts, cheese and ice cream,’ said Clover Corporation Chairman Hamish Drummond.
Functional foods, or nutraceuticals, are increasing in popularity and are worth more than US $86 billion worldwide.
Clover Corporation and Food Science Australia believe that this technology may have potential in a wider range of food and pharmaceutical applications and will co-fund additional research to develop the new technology further.
Food Science Australia is a joint venture of CSIRO and the Australian Food Science Australia Science Centre and is Australia's largest food research organisation.
Last Reviewed: 16 February 2001
