Vitamin E

by Lynnsy
(Syracuse, NY)

I am using Natpro currently and I was reading about Vitamin E and it looks as though sometimes Vit E is made from Wheat Germ Oil. I am allergic to gluten and your company had assured me earlier that there is no gluten in Natpro. However in your list of ingredients, under the Vit E, (dl-alpha tocopherol) you say that it is not made with vegetable oils because it has a tendency to go rancid but it doesn't say what it is made from so I was just curious if you could let me know if it is made from wheat germ oil.

Thanks

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Oct 22, 2011
 Vitamin E
by: Wray

Hi Lynnsy The leaflet actually says?. "dl-alpha tocopherol - vitamin E - all emulsions made with vegetable oils have the potential to go rancid. For this reason dl-alpha tocopherol is used as it?s an in vitro antioxidant" This doesn't mean the vitamin E will go rancid, but the oil in the cream. All emulsions need an antioxidant to prevent this. Although caprylic/capric triglycerides, the oil we use in the cream, is remarkably stable, so we could possible do away with an antioxidant. Yes, natural vitamin E can be extracted from wheat germ oil. But this doesn't act as an in vitro antioxidant, but as an in vivo antioxidant, ie it's the one we take. It cannot be used to stop the oil in the cream from oxidising. Natural vitamin D is d-alpha tocopheryl acetate. We use dl-alpha tocopherol, this is a synthesised form and can be used as an in vitro antioxidant. Take care Wray
Oct 27, 2011
 Clarification
by: Lynnsy

Hi Wray,
thanks for your response, but I'm totally confused by your answer. Are you saying that the vitamin E that you put in this cream does come from wheat germ oil?

thanks, Lynnsy

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