With just one more step remaining in the FDA approval process, bioengineering firm Monsanto is working hard to gets its new, “fish oil” soy beans onto the market (Forbes, Apr 11 2011).The beans, which have been bioengineered to contain the same omega 3 fatty acids that can be found in fatty fish oils like those from tuna, mackerel and salmon, are being touted by the company as a solution to the myriad and highly publicized issues with fish oil, such as “depleted fisheries, environmental toxins…and the radioactive water dumped into the ocean at the Fukushina-Daichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.”
Many of these complaints have been highly publicized in the past – particularly by flax seed oil producers – and have found a particularly tender ear in the vegan population, much of which has found itself unwilling or unable to consume fish oil products due to perceived ethical problems. These fish oil soy beans do present a potential solution to the issue, but at the cost of any semblance of organic growing. Interestingly enough – and of particular note to consumers – Monsanto plans to include oil from their new soy bean creations in just about everything from “baked goods and baking mixes…to vegetable products…snack foods, soft candy and soups and soup mixes.” While their intentions may be good, that is a lot of biotechnology in a lot of foods!
While the aforementioned issues are ones that plague many fish oil manufacturers, in reality they are less of an issue for salmon oil producers who use Arctic Salmon that grow far away from civilization in the Arctic Circle. Most people who are concerned about the contents of their fish oil opt to consume artic salmon oil for its purity and high degree of optimization.
To learn more about omega 3 fish oil and the best sources for it, access http://www.omega-3.us.
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