Discover the Power of Vegetable Oils for Strengthening the Immune System
The current covid-19 scenario demands heightened care not only with hygiene but also with nutrition. During this quarantine period, it is important to reflect on healthy eating habits, which serve as a boost for immunity. Thus, the recommendation is to invest in products and foods that contain natural omegas and vitamins derived from vegetable oils.
“They are rich in essential fatty acids, omegas, vitamins, and phytosterols that are indispensable to help maintain and strengthen the immune system,” explains Lilia Kawazoe, commercial manager at Concepta Ingredients, a business unit of Grupo Sabará, dedicated to developing natural and technological solutions focused on healthy, natural, and organic ingredients to serve the food, beverage, animal nutrition, and veterinary pharmaceutical markets.
Concepta’s vegetable oils are already used by the supplement and pharmaceutical industries in the production of softgel capsules, as well as by the food industry for producing cereal bars, granolas, and other foods. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to the labels of the foods you intend to consume and opt for those containing the following ingredients in their formulations:
Peanut Oil: rich in unsaturated fatty acids and high in vitamin E.
Rice Oil: high in oleic acid and gamma-oryzanol.
Borage Oil: the most abundant plant source of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA).
Safflower Oil: high in essential fatty acids.
Coconut Oil: contains medium-chain fatty acids and lauric acid.
Sunflower Oil: contains tocopherols and omegas 6 and 9.
Flaxseed Oil: one of the main plant sources of omega 3.
Sesame Oil: contains omegas 6 and 9 and vitamin E.
Black Currant Oil: rich in gamma-linolenic and alpha-linolenic acids.
Organic Açaí Oil: contains omegas 6 and 9, phytosterols, and a natural presence of vitamins.
Organic Brazil Nut Oil: contains omegas 6 and 9, phytosterols, squalene, and a natural presence of vitamins.
Organic Virgin Coconut Oil: contains lauric and myristic acids, a natural source of MCTs, and a natural presence of vitamins.
About Concepta Ingredients
Concepta Ingredients is part of Grupo Sabará and focuses on the food, beverage, animal nutrition, and veterinary pharmaceutical industries. Based on innovation and research, the company offers solutions that go far beyond the traditional line of raw materials. Its extensive portfolio ranges from ingredients sourced from Brazilian biodiversity to raw materials with added technology, capable of meeting the most specific demands of the industries it serves.
About Grupo Sabará:
With over 60 years of history, Grupo Sabará is genuinely Brazilian and recognized for its capacity for innovation and adaptation. Through its various business sectors, it operates throughout the national territory and has distribution in more than 40 countries worldwide. It specializes in the development of technologies, solutions, and high-performance raw materials aimed at the water treatment, cosmetics, animal nutrition and health, and food and beverage industries.
