TURNER Green-Lipped Mussel Lipid Extract (GLMO from Green-Lipped Mussel Oil) is an oil extracted from green-lipped mussels. The end product, in this case, is not the powder from the green-lipped mussel as many people know it, but the oil from the mussel powder, which is about 20 times more concentrated. This oil consists primarily of omega fatty acids, so-called lipids in the form of phospholipids.

New Zealander Noel Turner formulated this unique product. He was one of the pioneers in the 70's who contributed to the sustainable cultivation of the green-lipped mussel. The starting point for TURNER green-lipped mussel lipid extract, or green-lipped mussel oil, is the green-lipped mussel, which grows uniquely in New Zealand in the Marlborough Sounds and which enjoys great popularity as a delicacy under the name "TURNER green-lipped mussels" in METRO markets in Central Europe and in the USA. How Noel developed the oil from the green-lipped mussel into a dietary supplement to pack all the benefits of the green-lipped mussel into a small capsule, read here in Noel's life story (Link to Noel's Life Story).

The green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus), also known as the green-shelled mussel, is native only to New Zealand and is cultivated in aquaculture on ropes in the clean waters of the Marlborough Sounds. This fjord-like protected area is among the purest and most pristine waters in the world.

The New Zealand green-lipped mussel feeds on phytoplankton carried up to New Zealand by strong currents from the Antarctic regions. By following strict environmental management systems, the cultivation of the green-lipped mussel meets all criteria of ecological sustainability. No artificial feeds, additives, antibiotics, pesticides, or the like are used to cultivate green-lipped mussels.