Enriched foods have a bright future - Moy Park and supermarket Waitrose are marketing the first omega-3 enriched poultry meat. Photo: Joris Telders
The British supermarket Waitrose has introduced what it calls “the UK’s first chicken that is a source of omega-3.” The omega-3 chicken is produced by Moy Park, one of the largest chicken companies in Europe and part of the Brazilian meat giant JBS, on a number of family farms in Northern Ireland. The project has taken a decade to bring to market.
The chickens are enriched with the omega-3 fatty acids by feeding the birds a diet containing an algae – the family of aquatic pla
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