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US 12,359,231 B2Granted
Oil of microorganisms rich in docosahexaenoic acid
AssigneeFermentalg
InventorsFrancois Godart, Adeline Lapendrie
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an oil of microorganisms rich in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6n3), comprising more than 60% of DHA relative to the total mass of fat and to the use thereof for human or animal feed, in particular for feeding infants, children, or pregnant or lactating women.
Claims21
A microbial oil extracted from a microbial biomass which comprises docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), wherein the microbial oil comprises
- at least 80% triglycerides in relation to the total mass of fat,
- more than 60% DHA in relation to the total mass of fat, and
- the saturated fatty acid content is less than 25% in relation to the total mass of fat, and wherein the microbial oil has not undergone substantial modification of its fatty acid content by the addition of polyunsaturated fatty acids, by concentration and/or by the removal of saturated fatty acids.
A biomass of microorganisms, obtained by industrial culture of the microorganisms and comprising an oil wherein the oil comprises docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and wherein the oil comprises:
- at least 80% triglycerides in relation to the total mass of fat,
- more than 60% DHA in relation to the total mass of fat, and
- the saturated fatty acid content is less than 25% in relation to the total mass of fat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.