Lipid Nutrition

Dairy Foods, Jan, 2006

With obesity becoming a larger health issue, many consumers are looking for a way that a food product not only tastes good but can provide weight management benefits. Clarinol[TM] CLA from Lipid Nutrition is the first "Self Affirmed GRAS" health ingredient targeted at the weight management concerns of consumers.

Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) refers to a mixture of different isomers. Two major CLA isomers c-9, t-11 and t-10, c-12 are present naturally in the diet and have beneficial effects on health, specifically to improve body composition. Clarinol[TM] CLA, from Lipid Nutrition, has the highest concentration of these active CLA isomers. The health benefits of Clarinol[TM] CLA on body composition include 1. Reduce the amount of body fat and 2. Increase lean muscle.

Many human studies have now investigated the effect of CLA on body composition. A review of these studies has been reported by Gaullier et al., 2002. The doses of CLA (50:50 mixture of c9, t11 and t10, c12 CLA isomers) ranged from 3-7g CLA/day and the treatment periods ranged from 4 weeks to 1 year. In these studies and those since fat losses of up to 9% have been reported including increases in lean mass. Furthermore a recent study Whigham et al., 2004 has now demonstrated that Clarinol[TM]CLA is safe at levels of 6g/d for up to one year in obese healthy subjects, furthermore this study demonstrated that Clarinol[TM]CLA reduced the adverse effects due to dieting.

Clarinol [TM} CLA is perfectly suited for dairy applications such as yogurts, milk, nutritional bars and meal replacement beverages. Clarinol[TM]CLA is utilized by food processors in a clear, golden oil or a powder form, both in a triglyceride form which is specifically developed to function in taste-sensitive foods. In addition, not only is Clarinol[TM]'Self-Affirmed' GRAS, Lipid Nutrition is proceeding with the intention of gaining full notification to the FDA with the aim of achieving FDA approved GRAS status for Clarinol[TM]CLA. In addition, Clarinol[TM] CLA allows the food processor to incorporate a healthy fat and has been excluded from the definition of trans fatty acids by the U.S. FDA (68 FR 4146141462, July 11,2003).

Lipid Nutrition, is a division of Loders Croklaan, is the leading supplier of lipid-based ingredients (nutritionally active components of oils and fats). Our advanced technology and quality assurance systems ensures that our products can be used safely and meet the highest possible quality standards. Our state-of-the-art, dedicated factory is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified and we work according to HACCP and GMR Our network of approved raw material suppliers and our quality control systems guarantee the highest possible raw material quality, which in turn leads to nutritional lipids of exceptional quality. To request information on Clarinol[TM] CLA and review some of our dairy formulations with Clarinol[TM] CLA please contact Lipid Nutrition at 815-7305208 or email Patrick Luchsinger, Marketing Manager--North America at patrick.luchsinger@croklaan.com.