Supporting a great start in life with LCPUFAs

It’s never too early to start thinking about a baby’s health – and today’s parents are more informed than ever, especially when it comes to their little ones’ nutrition. Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), like DHA and ARA, are coming out top in their research: the result of a growing bank of studies and expert opinions favouring these nutrients thanks to its benefits to immune health and cognitive development

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. It’s time to explore the potential of LCPUFAs as early life nutrition ingredients.

Unlock the potential of micro-encapsulated LCPUFAs

Directly responding to the demands of today’s parents and care providers, FrieslandCampina Ingredients’ Vana-SanaTM DHA and ARA-containing oil products are here to help you innovate and stand out on the infant milk formula shelves:

• Featuring remarkably high oil loads with 20g DHA and 20g ARA respectively per 100g of powder – almost double the typical concentrations of comparable ingredients. This means formulators can offer more of the benefits of LCPUFAs in their products without extending ingredient labels or significantly increasing ingredient volumes and ensure more sustainable on-pack credentials.
• Ensure superb sensory properties with the help of our advanced micro-encapsulation process through GEA FILTERMAT^® technology. DHA and ARA oil is microencapsulated in a powder matrix with significantly less heat load than conventional spray dryers. The process is much gentler and has proven to enhance the nutritional and sensory qualities for consumers and protects the ingredients from environmental conditions during storage, making processing easier for manufacturers.
• Boast cleaner labels, because dipotassium phosphate (a buffering agent) and silicon dioxide (a flow agent) have been eliminated from our production.