Ratcheting capacity
BASF Pharma (Callanish) has increased capacity more than 10-fold: From 20 tonnes to 250 tonnes per year, with omega-3 forms like EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid), DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) delivered at purities of up to 99% for the API market.
Technical director Angus Morrison said its moving bed chromatology method had potential to be used with other ingredients in the future and the company was looking into that.