Antioxidant composition for marine oils comprising tocopherol, rosemary extract, ascorbic acid and green tea extract

1. A stabilized marine oil composition comprising:

a. a marine oil; and

b. a stabilizer composition comprising:

i. at least one tocopherol compound selected from the group consisting of alpha-tocopherol, beta-tocopherol, gamma-tocopherol, delta-tocopherol, 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid, tocopherol acetate, tocopherol linoleate, tocopherol nicotinate, tocopherol sorbate and tocopherol succinate;

ii. at least one rosemary extract selected from the group consisting of carnosic acid, carnosol and rosmanol;

iii. at least one member of the group consisting of ascorbic acid, ascorbyl palmitate and ascorbyl stearate, wherein said at least one member is mixed with a vegetable oil, and wherein said vegetable oil is present in an amount of 1% or less (w/w) of the marine oil; and

iv. a catechin component comprising (I) at least one catechin extracted from green tea, and (II) a carrier which comprises a polysaccharide;

wherein said composition does not comprise polysorbate 80, monopropylene glycol or lecithin.

2. The composition of claim 1 wherein the vegetable oil is olive oil.

3. The composition of claim 1 wherein the carrier in the catechin component is maltodextrin.

4. The composition of claim 1 wherein said marine oil is fish oil or a fish oil concentrate.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said tocopherol compound is selected is from the group consisting of α-tocopherol, β-tocopherol, γ-tocopherol and δ-tocopherol or any mixture thereof.

6. The composition of claim 1 wherein component b.iii is ascorbyl palmitate.

7. The composition of claim 1 wherein said catechin comprises epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), epigallocatechin (EGC), epicatechin gallate (ECG), epicatechin (EC) or a mixture thereof.

8. The composition of claim 1 wherein said composition further comprises a citric acid ester of a mono- or diglyceride.

9. The composition of claim 1 wherein component b has been filtered through a filter having pore size in the range of 0.1-100 μm.

10. The composition of claim 1 wherein the marine oil contains at least 3% mono- and/or diglycerides by weight of the marine oil.

11. The composition of claim 1 wherein the amount of the tocopherol compound is in the range of from 0.01-20% by weight of the marine oil.

12. The composition of claim 1 wherein the amount of rosemary extract is in the range of from 0.0001-1% by weight of the marine oil.

13. The composition of claim 1 wherein the amount of component b.iii is in the range of from 0.04-0.12% by weight of the marine oil.

14. The composition of claim 1 wherein said composition comprises at least 0.1 mg catechin per gram marine oil.

15. The composition of claim 11 wherein component b has been filtered through a filter having pore size in the range of 10-40 μm.

16. A nutritional, food or pharmaceutical composition comprising the composition of claim 1 .