09.01.08
The U.K. Foods Standards Agency (FSA) has approved the AstaPure natural astaxanthin line from Algatechnologies, Kibbutz Ketura, Israel, under European novel foods legislation. The approval allows Algatechnologies to market its products for dietary supplements in Europe. The company employs high-pressure super critical CO2 extraction technology in order to produce 10% astaxanthin in an oleoresin form. Algatechnologies holds a world patent for its closed, environmentally protected cultivation system, allowing the production of a pure AstaPure astaxanthin without biological or chemical contamination.