Appetite Starts with Color

Our carotenoids provide warm, appetizing golden, orange, or reddish tones that signal richness and freshness in snacks and other savory products such as soups, sauces, and ready meals. These colors often mimic those of cooked or roasted foods (e.g., golden cheese, grilled meats, baked pastries), which consumers instinctively find more appetizing.

Our carotenoids provide standardized product color to ensure a uniform appearance across batches, which is especially important for processed savory foods where visual consistency builds brand trust. Moreover, they meet the growing demand for clean label colors in the food industry.

DIVI’S COLORATION RANGE FOR SAVORY PRODUCTS

Our carotenoids are encapsulated in a spray-drying or beadlet process which protects the actives during shelf life. Our carotenoid forms provide ease in handling and flexibility for processing.

Thanks to their stabilized formulation, our carotenoids offers superior coloration performance in savory products, allowing appealing products without compromising on natural aspect*.

DIVI’s carotenoids: An appetizing color palette

  • Beta-Carotene: Yellow to orange color range, used in margarine, spreads, dressings, soups, broths, bouillons and savory baked goods

  • Apocarotenal: Orange to reddish-orange color range, used in processed cheese, cheese sauces, seasoned coatings and savory snack flavors
  • Lycopene: Bright red to pinkish-red color tone, used in tomato-based sauces, ketchup, condiments, meat substitutes and plant-based products
  • Lutein: Pale yellow color tone, used in pasta, noodles, bakery items with savory fillings and egg-based dishes

DIVI’S COLORATION SOLUTIONS FOR PASTA

A uniform color contributes to the perception of pasta as an excellent quality product. Consumer expectations of pasta color is highly subjective, influenced by cultural context and personal experience. Our carotenoids make it possible to obtain the desired color according to market demand.

Our team of experts has years of experience in coloring and color matching. They will work with you to develop the formulation best suited to your needs.

HIGH PERFORMANCE IN APPLICATIONS

We formulate our carotenoids to offer superior performance in a variety of savory products:

  • Wide range of colors possible, from light yellow to dark red
  • Reproducible color shade
  • Appropriate texture
  • Superior stability during processes like cooking, drying and frying
  • No sensory impact

DIVI’S INGREDIENTS FOR VEGAN DIETS

In recent years, veganism has gained in popularity. Beyond this movement, more and more consumers want to avoid ingredients derived from animals. To help food producers meet this demand, our range of ingredients includes many alternatives suitable for a vegan diet. Please consult our catalog for a detailed list of products or contact us for more information.

Ingredient portfolio for vegan diets

Our range of vitamins and carotenoids includes many forms suitable for vegan diets, as well as plant-based alternatives.

Less additives and excellent performance

In order to help our customers meet consumer demand for less additives, we offer product forms that are formulated with healthy oils and contain no added sugar, no synthetic antioxidants and no silicon dioxide.

DIVI’S “FREE-FROM” INGREDIENT RANGE

Consumer demand continues to evolve towards products containing as few additives as possible. In order to help our customers meet this need, we have developed high quality ingredients formulated with less additives. Our various Novel Application product formulations can be used either in supplements or to fortify and color a variety of liquid and dry foods and beverages.

DIVI’S SILICON DIOXIDE-FREE INGREDIENTS

To answer increasing consumers’ concern about the potential safety issues of nanoparticles on health, we developed product forms which are nanoparticle free. Our state-of-the-art technical capabilities enable us to produce spray-dried products without addition of silicon dioxide. These products show similar flowability performance and characteristics to conventional spray-dried products.

Silicon dioxide-free ingredients for foods

To help our customers target consumer demand for additive-free foods, our range also includes silicon dioxide-free product forms.

Request FOOD formulations

We leverage our ingredient and application expertise to prepare standard formulations that support you in your product development. Request the formulations you need today and consult this list regularly. It is frequently supplemented with new formulations.

Can not find what you are looking for? Do not hesitate to contact us. We will develop a formulation suitable for your application.

Divi’s customized support for food manufacturers

We offer versatile and personalized solutions to help food manufacturers achieve their objectives in terms of innovation and product development:

Customized product development and stability testing in all applications

Customized ingredient solutions in liquids, beadlets and powder forms

Analytical testing from basic physical properties to sophisticated analytics

Comprehensive regulatory expertise for all major markets

Tailor-made solutions for specific needs

At Divi’s Nutraceuticals, we listen to our customers and understand their needs. We offer versatile and personalized solutions to help them achieve their objectives in terms of innovation and product development. In addition to our extensive portfolio, we can adapt our product formulations and solution concentrations to fit the individual needs of our customers.

* Regulatory Info

Beta-Carotene

EU: Beta-Carotene (E160a) needs to meet specifications in Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012. Addition at “quantum satis” level considering GMP.

USA: Beta-carotene is a direct food substance affirmed as generally recognized as safe. As per 21 CFR 73.95 the color additive β-carotene may be safely used for coloring foods generally, in amounts consistent with good manufacturing practice, except that it may not be used to color those foods for which standards of identity have been promulgated under section 401 of the act unless added color is authorized by such standards.

Apocarotenal

EU: The use of apocarotenal (E160e) as a food additive in the EU is determined by Reg. 1333/2008, specifying the respective food categories and maximum levels. Depending on the respective food category, the use of apocarotenal may be authorized as part of the group III additives where combined maximum limits apply or as individual additive, specified by an entry under E160e.

USA: The color additive [beta]-apo-8’-carotenal may be safely used for coloring foods generally, subject to the following restrictions: 1) The quantity of [beta]-apo-8’-carotenal does not exceed 15 milligrams per pound of solid or semisolid food or 15 milligrams per pint of liquid food. 2) It may not be used to color foods for which standards of identity have been promulgated under section 401 of the act unless added color is authorized by such standards. Labeling: Beta-apo-8’-carotenal (Color). Uses and restrictions: 21CFR73.90

Lycopene

EU: Lycopene (E160d) is permitted for food use in the EU as a color or nutritional ingredient.

USA: Lycopene can only be used as a nutritional ingredient in the USA.

Lutein

EU: Lutein (E161b) is permitted for food use in the EU as a color or nutritional ingredient.

USA: Lutein can only be used as a nutritional ingredient in the USA.