For example, Bunge Oils' (St. Louis) innovation does not stop at finding trans fat alternatives. The company's new business development team has created a new vegetable oil that is considered a nutraceutical. When added to food, nutraceutical ingredients have a positive impact on health, physical performance or mental well-being above their normal nutritional value.
Bunge's DELTA SL[tm] is a randomized triacylglycerol (TAG) blend of high oleic canola oil and medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) with added phytosterols. This mixture has been clinically proven to help consumers reduce their low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and maintain a healthy weight. Research shows the oil actually inhibits the body's ability to absorb cholesterol, and that the mediumchain triacylglycerol component allows for DELTA SL to be metabolized more rapidly than traditional vegetable oils.