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Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety of „Lipid extract from Euphausia superba ' as food ingredient. The novel food ingredient is an oil obtained by extraction of the crus...
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.605.7737 http://www.efsa.europa.eu/fr/scdocs/doc/nda_op_ej938_krill_oil_en,1.pdf |
| Summary: | Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety of „Lipid extract from Euphausia superba ' as food ingredient. The novel food ingredient is an oil obtained by extraction of the crustacean Euphausia superba (Antarctic Krill) with acetone. Proteins and krill material are removed from the lipid extract by filtration. The acetone and residual water are removed by subsequent evaporation steps. The name proposed is Neptune Krill Oil (NKO™). One of the main features of NKO ™ is the low content of triglycerides and the high content of phospholipids (38- 50 g/100g). Another characteristic property is the high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids, in particular eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5n-3; 15- 19 g/100g) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6n-3; 7-16 g/100g). The major amounts of these fatty acids are present in phospholipids. Compositional data on major components of NKO ™ as well as on minor components (e.g. unsaponifiable matter) have been provided and a broad |
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