Phytosterol Ester

1. Product Introduction

Phytosterol esters is a kind of light yellow oily paste with typical fatty odor and taste at ambient temperature, and it will turn to be clear oil above 50ºC/122°F. It is obtained by esterification of free plant sterols with fatty acids. It has a significant effect of lowering serum cholesterol, so it can widely be added into food and dietary supplements. It can also be used in cosmetics serving as the skin care nutrient,humectant and emulsifier.

Plant Phytosterol Ester (Pine)

2. Product Specification

Source	Pine
Feature	paste
Sterol ester & free sterol	≥ 97%
Sterol ester	≥ 90%
Free sterol	≤ 6%
Total sterol	≥ 59%
Appearance	White Creamy (paste, at ambient temperature)
Odour	None or little
Taste	Little to none

3.Product Feature and Application

①Applied in food field, it is added into kinds of beverage, liquor and foods as functional food additive;

②Applied in health product field, it is widely added into various kinds of health products to prevent chronic diseases or relief symptom of climacteric syndrome;

③Applied in cosmetics field, it is widely added into the cosmetics with the function of delaying aging and compacting skin, thus make skin much smooth and delicate;

④Applied in pharmaceutical field, it is widely added into the medicine which can be used in treating chronic diseases such as cardio-cerebrovascular disease, kidney disease,diabetes mellitus.

Plant phytosterol ester (Pine) application