Originally published September 14 2005
New Salba supplement could boost nutrition of foods without changing the taste
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Researchers are now finding that a supplement called Salba could be one of the world's richest sources of omega-3 fatty acids and contains dietary fiber and calcium as well.
A Toronto-based firm claims to have developed the richest whole food source of omega-3 in the world - so why hasn't anybody heard of them?
It might sound humble, but the company has big plans for it.
Indeed, Salba believes that the product can be added to virtually any food, and does not affect the taste of the finished product.
"It is the richest whole food source of omega-3 in the world," Salba president Larry Brown told FoodNavigator-USA.com.
A tortilla chip manufacturer in Denver has developed a 95 percent organic corn product that contains five percent Salba.
The product is being marketed by Nutraceutical Corporation, and will be called Taste Wave.
In addition, two major Canadian companies are interested in extracting oil from Salba, with the biomass left providing a good source of fiber and protein.
"You can add it to any food in the world and it won't affect the favor," said Brown.
But Salba has certainly not been an overnight success.
The University of Toronto has been heavily involved in verifying the claims of Salba, and research is ongoing at the city's St Michaels Hospital.
"Early on, someone told us, 'Your biggest problem is that no one is going to believe you!'" Nonetheless, the product has come a long way since the early 1990s when two Argentinean brothers were trying to market Chia as a nutritious food supplement.
The key breakthrough for the Salba team was the discovery that through careful non-genetically modified cultivation, they found that they were able to successfully grow white Chia seeds.
"We will be producing one million pounds of Salba by June 2006, and 10 million pounds a year is our target," said Brown.
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