Sterols

The beauty of the pine tree is that it is a renewable resource from which we derive many valuable products. Sterols come from pine forests that are harvested and replanted with more pine trees as part of a continuous cycle. Paper mills process harvested pine trees in order to make paper and during that process, the beneficial compounds Arboris refines become concentrated as the compounds are separated from the cellulose that is needed for making paper.


These same beneficial compounds are further concentrated when rosins and fatty acids from the trees are distilled for making adhesives, inks and other products. Arboris recovers the remaining concentrates and harvests the sterols using an environmentally-responsible process.


Sterols have been proven to have cholesterol-reducing properties and in recent years have been used more commonly in foods such as spreads, juices, bread, milk, yogurt, and other products. Arboris is the world’s leading producer of natural—not genetically modified—sterols which are used primarily in heart-healthy food products.

 

General Product information

 

Purity: A 99 percent pure mixture of naturally occurring phytosterols derived from pine trees that are free of any genetic modification.

 

Physical properties: At 25oC, free-flowing white or off-white waxy solids with no distinct taste or smell.
 
Packaging: Prills or pastilles in 500 kilogram supersacks

 

 

 

Manufacturing and Quality Standards

  • Arboris’ plant in Savannah, GA is ISO 9002 Certified.

  • Arboris follows principles of food hygiene recommended by Codex Alimentarius commission and the Good Manufacturing Practices US 21 CFR 110.

  • HACCP Principles

  • Circle K Kosher certified

 

EC Regulation No 258/97

 

On April 27, 2006 the Novel Food Board of the European Novel Commission ruled that Arboris ® AS-2 ™ phystoterols are substantially equivalent to the ones authorized by the relevant Commission Decisions with respect to composition, nutritional value, metabolism, intended use, and the level of undesirable substances contained therein pursuant to Article 3.4 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients.