Manufacture

Udo pioneered technology that allows seeds to be cold pressed in a light & oxygen free environment. This ensures that the delicate fats are kept safe during their extraction. He packages the oils in amber glass bottles that are nitrogen flushed and then placed in boxes in the fridge. No heat, light or oxygen = No damage.

Everything that can be done to ensure that the fats are kept in their most healthy state is done.

Dr Erasmus looked at how the fats interacted in the body - too much of one leads to deficiency of the other, highlighted by todays omega 6 heavy Western diets. Over time he came to the decision that a 2:1 ratio of omega 3:6 EFAs was the one that worked best. He took this ratio and added to it the healthy fats from coconut oil and the omega 9’s from other seed sources, and soy lecithin for it’s role in membrane health – the result, Udo’s Choice® Ultimate Oil Blend.

Enjoyed every day, Udo’s Choice® Ultimate Oil Blend gives you all of the good fats your body needs, without any of the bad fats it doesn’t. It is also high in “minor ingredients” from the seeds that benefit health – phytosterols, octacosanol, vitamin E, carotene, waxes and lignans.

How the cooking oil industry does it

In an attempt by industry to make fats last longer on the shelves, and to be able to remove the taste from oils intended for cooking, extensive processing techniques were developed. Starting with the pressed oil from a seed, a long chain of destructive processes allowed manufacturers to create oils that were virtually tasteless, and could sit on a shelf for years at a time without “going bad”.

This processing strips all the life out of these oils – and health giving fats are transformed into trans-fats, cyclised fats, oxidized fats, polymerized fats, and more. These fats are foreign to our bodies, and we struggle to digest and use them. They interfere with the metabolic pathways of the good fats we eat. They are the fats that can kill us.