3 Feb 2010 --- DHA omega-3 innovator Martek Biosciences Corporation announced that it's flagship product, life'sDHA, is featured in WhiteWave Foods Company’s latest product offering, Horizon Organic Lowfat Chocolate Milk Plus DHA. This latest addition grows the WhiteWave Foods life’sDHA portfolio to four product lines offering brain, heart and eye benefits to the whole family. Horizon Organic Lowfat Chocolate Milk Plus DHA in half gallons are now available at supermarkets and natural food stores nationwide.

“We are pleased to see the Horizon brand expand its life’sDHA portfolio with healthy, convenient products for the whole family,” said David Abramson, Martek president. “life’sDHA is now even more widely available to consumers who want to incorporate a trusted, vegetarian source of DHA into their diets for brain, eye and heart health benefits.”

"The addition of life’sDHA, a trusted source of DHA Omega-3, to our chocolate milk is further proof of Horizon’s commitment to offering healthy food options to families,” said Tyler Holm, commercial director for Horizon. “Martek is a valued partner and we are pleased to be working together to bring consumers this health-enhancing innovation in one more Horizon product that is both good for you and delicious."

DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) omega-3 is a long-chain omega-3 fatty acid that serves as a primary building block for the brain and the eyes and supports brain, eye and cardiovascular health throughout life. There is a large and growing body of scientific evidence demonstrating that people of all ages, from infants to aging adults, benefit from an adequate supply of DHA omega-3 in the diet. Scientific reviews highlight the importance of DHA omega-3 in proper brain and eye development and function. Yet despite its importance, Americans have among the lowest dietary intakes of DHA omega-3 in the world.

Fish are often incorrectly thought to be the only source of DHA omega-3. However, life'sDHA offers a trusted, vegetarian form of algal DHA that contains no oceanic pollutants and toxins. Fish are an abundant source of DHA because of the DHA-rich microalgae in their food chain; life'sDHA is derived from microalgae and produced in an FDA-inspected facility, from start to finish, using a sustainable source that does not deplete ocean resources. life'sDHA is found in numerous foods, beverages and supplements for people of all ages. It is also the only source of DHA used in U.S. infant formula and is available in more than 95 percent of the formulas on the U.S. market.