Fungal-derived oil rich in arachidonic acid (ARA), added to infant formula alongside DHA to mimic breast-milk fatty acid profile.
Is Mortierella Alpina Oil (ARA) safe?
Mortierella Alpina Oil (ARA) has no known health concerns in the amounts typically used in food.
Score impact:
No penalty on the FoodsScan score (FoodsScan scores run 0–100, where 100 is best.)
Found in 1 of 12,419 analysed products in the FoodsScan database.
Also known as
Mortierella Alpina Oil (ARA) is also known as ara oil, arachidonic acid oil, mortierella alpina oil, oil from mortierella alpina, ulei din mortierella alpina — these all refer to the same ingredient.
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