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All the changes in eating habits have disad-vantaged healthy and balanced diet, increa-sing the risk for all kinds of diseases.

Nowadays is common to find ingredients that help to improve the health status by supple-menting the nutritional deficiencies of the rhythm of life of the society and setting trends in the food and beverage industry.

Over 20 years ago, the Japanese invented the concept of functional beverages with elixirs that showed its beneficial effects against the effects of fatigue, stress, among others. The Europeans and Americans have become ma-jor producers and consumers of functional drinks incorporating ingredients such as milk proteins, vegetables, specialty fibers, probio-tics, vitamins, minerals and fatty acids like Omega 3 and 6, in order to provide beneficial health effects. In Colombia the presence of these drinks has spread in supermarkets, de-partment stores and natural products’ stores, showing its propensity to growth.

ALSEC S.A., with its expertise in functional foods and great desire to constantly come up with innovative alternatives for nutrition, pre-sents its product EMULSEC OMEGA 3, gives producers of beverages, juices, and milk, the possibility to apply functionality and value to their products, with this ingredient, reliable source of omega 3 DHA and EPA.

Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) state that cardiovascular diseases are one of the main causes of death worldwide, being the main risk factors: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, smoking, diabe-tes, hereditary factors and little or no type of regular practice of sport.

Omega 3 fatty acids are one of the most stu-died nutrients in different medical and scien-tific fields due to the demonstrated benefits on cardiovascular diseases, eye health, brain development in children, depression and other mental disorders, inflammatory processes and skin care.

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Innovation in healthy ingredients

EMULSEC - OMEGA 3 DHA / EPA

N A N O E M U L S I O N

The relevance of the product EMULSEC OMEGA 3 as a func-tional ingredient in food, is su-pported by statements of enti-ties worldwide, including the US Agency for food and medicines (FDA) that based on data declare that daily consumption of Omega 3, it has beneficial effects on reducing car-diovascular risk factors, including the total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol, decreasing the elevated levels of triglycerides and reducing ho-mocysteine levels.

The main source of omega 3 DHA and EPA, are oily fish such as anchovy, mackerel, sardines and

salmon. But today these fish oil is consumed in the form of soft capsules as a dietary supple-ment, which tend to produce stomachache and leave a nasty

taste in the consumer due to the characteristic flavor of the fish.

The product development of EMULSEC OMEGA 3, provides consumers an excellent choi-ce for increasing the intake of omega 3 to choo-se drinks such as orange juice, yogurt, malt, tea, milk, among others fortified beverages that con-tain DHA and EPA from fish, with adjustable orga-noleptic profiles to each product.

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SPRAY DRY. MICROENCAPSULATION. NANOTECHNOLOGY

ALSEC ALIMENTOS SECOS S.A. is a company that is specialist in the production of innovative ingredients for the food industry, using the technique of SprayDry as the principal technological base in addition to nanotechno-logy in wet and with extensive experience in micro-en-capsulation of bioactive ingredients. We invite you to consult with our experts about your specific needs and give you the customized solution for your needs, increa-sing the value added of your products, while being at the forefront of healthy foods and functional properties.

AUTHOR: MSc. Julio Palomeque Leader of Research, Development and Innovation in ALSEC SA

For further information contact us and request a visit from one of our business consultants who will let you know our line of functional ingredients and teach you how to use our ingredients in your formulation. Consult our experts about your specific needs, we have a sufficiently motiva-ted and qualified team to provide a customized solution for your needs.

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