US 6,713,447 B2 · Method for purifying marine mammal oil enriched in omega 3 fatty acids and compositions comprising same

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for purifying marine mammal oil enriched in omega 3 fatty acids and to compositions comprising such oils. The invention also relates to a method of preparing such oils from the seal and other marine mammals. More particularly, the present invention relates to a process for the transformation of subcutaneous and muscular tissues from the seal and other marine mammals. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to a process for obtaining lipid and protein extracts from the carcasses of seal and other marine mammals and to these extracts. In addition, the invention relates to fractions obtained by the methods of the present invention and to food supplements comprising same.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A method of extracting oil containing omega 3 fatty acids from a marine mammal comprising a lipid extraction step which comprises:

submitting an adipose tissue from said marine mammal to a cold pressure treatment, whereby said cold pressure treatment enables the obtention of an oil containing omega 3 fatty acids and which minimizes the oxidation of polyunsaturated fats, and wherein said lipid extraction step is carried-out in the absence of an organic solvent.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/148,039Filed 7 Oct 2002

Priority

CA 22908852 Dec 1999

Published

US 2003/0120097 A126 Jun 2003

Granted

30 Mar 2004

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

A23J 1/04
Obtaining protein compositions for foodstuffs; Bulk opening of eggs and separation of yolks from whites: from fish or other sea animals
A23D 9/00
Edible oils or fats: other edible oils or fats
A23K 20/147
Amino acids; Derivatives thereof: polymeric derivatives, e.g. peptides or proteins
A23L 33/115
Using additives: fatty acids or derivatives thereof; Fats or oils

Method for purifying marine mammal oil enriched in omega 3 fatty acids and compositions comprising same

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Method for purifying marine mammal oil enriched in omega 3 fatty acids and compositions comprising same

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Abstract

Claims24