An oil that stays on the spoon
At room temperature butter oil is soft and cod liver oil is liquid. By adding a small amount of silicon dioxide, Green Pasture turns them into a gel that stays on the spoon and does not run off. That makes it easier to dose half a teaspoon, also for children.
Pure, without flavouring
The natural version contains only fermented cod liver oil, butter oil and silica, without cocoa, cinnamon or sweetener. The taste is that of fermented cod liver oil, slightly softer because of the butter oil. If you prefer a bit of flavour, choose the chocolate or cinnamon version.
Vitamin A and pregnancy
Cod liver oil contains retinol, a form of vitamin A of which too much can be harmful to the unborn child. Green Pasture does not state the amount, because it differs from batch to batch. So during pregnancy or when trying to conceive, only use the gel after consulting your midwife. Do not combine it with other supplements containing vitamin A.
Green Pasture fermented cod liver oil and butter oil gel
Green Pasture's Blue Ice Royal Blend Gel is a blend in the natural flavour consisting of one third X-Factor Gold Concentrated Butter Oil and two thirds Blue Ice Fermented Cod Liver Oil. The cod liver oil is obtained from the livers of sustainably wild-caught, MSC-certified Alaskan cod, and the butter oil comes from grass-fed cows. The product is naturally rich in vitamins A and D and in omega-3 fatty acids such as EPA and DHA. The blend is also available in capsule form.
The importance of vitamins A and K
Green Pasture's cod liver oil is unheated and naturally contains both the omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA and vitamins A and D. Although people sometimes think that too much vitamin A is harmful, it is in fact good to realise that many people probably get too little rather than too much of this important vitamin, particularly children and women who are expecting. Vitamin A contributes to the normal process of cell specialisation and to the maintenance of normal vision, normal skin and normal mucous membranes, and to the normal function of the immune system. Vitamin D contributes to the normal absorption and utilisation of calcium and phosphorus, to the maintenance of normal bones, teeth and muscle function, has a role in the process of cell division and contributes to the normal function of the immune system. EPA and DHA contribute to the normal function of the heart, and DHA to the maintenance of normal brain function and normal vision, with a daily intake of 250 mg. Green Pasture's concentrated butter oil is made using an unheated centrifuge process. The oil is naturally rich in vitamin K, which contributes to normal blood clotting and to the maintenance of normal bones. Butter oil also contains fatty acids such as butyric acid, lauric acid and CLA.
Weston A. Price and Activator X
Weston A. Price was a dentist and researcher who travelled the world about a hundred years ago to study traditional diets. He described the high vitamin content of butter oil made from the milk of cows that eat fast-growing grass in spring. In this butter oil he found a substance he called Activator X, which today is often associated with vitamin K2. Price also believed that butter oil and cod liver oil complemented each other. Green Pasture took that idea to heart and started making butter oil itself, and later also fermented cod liver oil and blends of both.
Benefits
A blend of natural, unheated cod liver oil and butter oil produced the traditional way. Cod liver oil made from sustainably wild-caught, MSC-certified Alaskan cod. Source of vitamins A, D and K and omega-3 fatty acids, including EPA and DHA. Green Pasture works with the Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF).
The best of both worlds
According to Weston A. Price, the combination of cod liver oil and butter oil is more beneficial than either on its own. Green Pasture's butter oil is made from the milk of cows kept on pastures with fresh, fast-growing grass. That milk is processed into butter oil using a centrifuge process, without heat. The cod liver oil is fermented the traditional way without synthetic additives and carries the MSC label, partly thanks to the sustainable fishing techniques of fishing partner Alaskan Leader Seafood.
Essential fatty acids of sustainable quality
Green Pasture is the only company in the world to use a centuries-old, traditional, very mild fermentation technique for its cod liver oil products, which makes it possible to avoid the use of heat and to preserve the natural antioxidants in the oil. The cod liver oil is continuously tested by independent third parties and meets modern requirements for quality and purity. Green Pasture works with the Weston A. Price Foundation and received the MSC label for its Fermented Cod Liver Oil, an ecolabel awarded to only a handful of fish oil companies worldwide.
About Green Pasture
Green Pasture was founded in 2003 by Dave and Barbara Wetzel. A few years earlier, the couple had decided to leave city life behind with their children and start a dairy farm in Nebraska. When Dave came across Weston A. Price's ideas about vitamin-rich butter oil, they decided to make butter oil themselves from the milk of cows on fast-growing grass. In 2007 Green Pasture expanded its product line with fermented liver oil from MSC-certified, wild-caught cod and skate.
