How to get an Omega-9 premium

Why Omega-9 Oils?

Of the thousands of acres of Nexera canola grown every year across the Prairies, the vast majority is processed here in Canada and shipped as oil to the United States for use in restaurant frying and packaged goods.

Changes in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) views on partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) — which are considered the primary dietary source of artificial trans fats in processed foods — are driving demand for the Omega-9 Canola Oil. In June 2015 the FDA released its final determination that PHOs are not deemed “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS).

Partial hydrogenation is an industrial process to help stabilize oil. Trans fats are created during that process. The FDA has removed the GRAS status for products that contain trans fats, including partially hydrogenated soybean oil. This has opened the door for Nexera.

Read the rest of the article online –  Western Producer.

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