Omega3 Innovations has secured a patent for its innovative omega-3 manufacturing technique, allowing it to bake high doses of fish oil into gluten-free cookies and chocolates. The company said it has received the patents for Omega Cookie, a high dose omega-3 breakfast cookie.
“This is a big victory for us,” said Omega3 Innovations’ co-founder and MD, Bo Martinsen. “We now have official patent claims on the only baked good in the world that contains a clinically effective dose of omega-3 fish oil.”
Each Omega Cookie contains 2000mg of EPA/DHA, a dose which is high enough to provide a measureable anti-inflammatory effect and lipid lowering impact, according to the company. In addition, the product is gluten-free and high in Vitamin D and calcium.
“It is extremely gratifying to know we have created an oatmeal-based breakfast cookie that can improve the health of millions of Americans,” said Omega3 Innovations co-founder and MD, Anne-Marie Chalmers. “As physicians, Bo and I are proud to be producing a healthy food that consumers choose to eat not only the health benefits, but for the good taste and convenience too.”
According to the company founders, the patent is not based on a single procedure, but on a sequence of ingredient combinations and material handling. The patent also covers the manufacturing of several other Omega3 Innovations’s products, including the Omega Heaven chocolate-covered cookie, which won the international SupplySide Editor’s Choice Award for best new omega-3 product in November 2013.
“Omega-3 oxidizes when exposed to heat, so finding a way to protect the oil during the baking process was a challenge,” said Martinsen. “We threw away hundreds of batches and conducted numerous clinical trials to make sure the omega-3 was still effective post-baking.”
Omega Cookie is currently available in chocolate chip, ginger raisin, and cranberry. The Omega Cookie does not contain any added sugars, preservatives, or gluten.
