Healthy Oils

Our Healthy Oils platform works with output traits that improve components of a plant – such as oils, proteins or enzymes – making end-use products more nutritious or healthful.

Where the customer for most agricultural products is a farmer, the customer for healthy oils could be a food processor, food manufacturing company, food service company or general consumer.

Dow AgroSciences has used conventional breeding techniques to enhance the ability of canola and sunflowers to produce oils with zero trans fat, the lowest level of saturated fat, and uniquely high levels of "heart-healthy" monounsaturated (omega-9) fat. Omega-9 Oils are being quickly adopted by companies who want to produce low-saturated fat foods for a health-conscious consumer.

Our ability to develop superior healthy oils creates benefits for the entire food value chain. It adds premiums for growers, processors and food companies who want to differentiate their products; and it adds value for the consumer who is demanding greater health benefits while maintaining the same great taste of their foods.