EPAX® fish oils
Due to the pollution of the oceans with heavy metals such as mercury as well as pesticides and other pollutants, sea fish – and thus omega-3 capsules – can be contaminated with these pollutants. For this reason, FormMed uses the very pure fish oils from Epax AS.
Pesticide and heavy metal content in fish – FormMed fish oils beneficial compared to fish consumption
Fish is heavily contaminated with pesticides and heavy metals depending on the fish species and origin of the fish. For example, tuna and herbs are up to eight times as heavily loaded with lead as saithe, herring or trout. Fish oils from FormMed, on the other hand, are subject to specified maximum levels of pollutants which are far below the limits of dubiousness. These limits are also legally regulated and strictly controlled. For example, FormMed guarantees the following maximum levels:
- Dioxins, furans and dioxin-like PCBs:
- Mercury:
- Lead:
- Cadmium:
As a rule, these maximum levels are clearly undercut by FormMed. Because FormMed fish oil capsules contain concentrated omega-3 fatty acids, a much lower intake of capsules is necessary than to fish in order to reach the therapeutically meaningful amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. FormMed also uses premium fish oils from EPAX ® . These fish oils are subjected to several cleaning steps, which effectively filter out heavy metals and organic foreign compounds.
Therefore, the patented EPAX ® manufacturing process guarantees the highest quality in terms of purity:
- Highest quality tested for environmental impact
- Highest quality and cleanest fish oil on the market
- 100-1000 times lower pollutant loads compared to an equivalent amount of fish in the omega-3 content.
Conclusion
The intake of possible pollutants per gram of omega-3 fatty acids in Omegaform ® 375 epa-koncentrate + is lower by a factor of 5 to 300 compared to the natural consumption of fish. If, as a comparison, the maximum values are not added, but the actually measured values, a relief of heavy metals and pesticides results from a factor of 100 to 1000 compared to the natural diet. So you can be sure to get the best quality with FormMed fish oils.
