Our carotenoid and vitamin portfolio includes product forms that have been specifically developed to deliver the best performance in dairy applications, offering a wide color palette combined with nutritional benefits. We help dairy producers to answer consumers’ growing demand for clean-label, gluten-free, low-calorie and low-sugar products with additional functional benefits.

DIVI’S SOLUTIONS FOR DAIRY

Our spray-dried powders and microencapsulated ingredients offer many advantages in dairy applications:

  • Ease of manufacturing due to excellent flowability

  • Superior dispersibility

  • Excellent stability during pasteurization and UHT treatment

  • Excellent stability throughout the shelf life

  • Excellent color and pH stability

  • Repeatable color shade

  • No sedimentation

  • No sensory impact

DIVI’S COLORATION RANGE FOR DAIRY

Consumers are highly concerned about the effects of artificial dyes and are looking for other options.

We offer a wide range of carotenoids that can be used as healthy colors in a variety of dairy products*. Our coloring solutions help you to develop products with colors ranging from light yellow to red, through oranges and pinks, while in most cases adding health benefits to your products.

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.

DIVI’S COLORATION RANGE FOR CHEESE

Our coloring solutions will enable you to obtain cheeses with appetizing colors ranging from light yellow to dark orange.

We offer a wide range of carotenoids – in particular apocarotenal and beta-carotene – which can be used as healthy colors in a variety of cheese products*.

DIVI’S FORTIFICATION SOLUTIONS FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS

We have developed vitamin solutions that can be used to fortify dairy products with optimal technical properties such as good dispersibility and excellent stability.

Contact us for more information. Our technical experts will help you select the right formulation for your product.

DIVI’S FORTIFICATION SOLUTIONS FOR PLANT-BASED DAIRY ALTERNATIVES

The consumption of dairy alternatives has increased significantly in recent years. Our portfolio includes ingredients that can be used to fortify dairy substitutes and are suitable for vegetarian and vegan diets.

Contact us for more information. Our technical experts will help you select the right formulation for your product.

Ingredient portfolio for vegan diets

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

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.

Request dairy 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.

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.

Microencapsulated ingredients for fine powders

We use an exclusive microencapsulation process to produce MiniBeads, which are about 30% finer than regular beadlets for superior uniformity in fine powders like premixes.

DIVI’S UNIQUE MINI BEADLETS

For all fine powders where uniformity is a key performance parameter, we use a new cutting-edge technology to make unique mini beadlets. Our MiniBeads provide excellent stability and grant excellent uniformity in a range of applications.

Divi’s INGREDIENTS for DAIRY PRODUCTS

We offer a large range of spray-dried powders, beadlets and emulsions in different concentrations for use in a variety of dairy and dairy alternative products:

Divi’s customized support for dairy manufacturers

We offer versatile and personalized solutions to help dairy 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

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

Canthaxanthin

EU: Canthaxanthin is not permitted in the EU as a direct food color.
USA: The color additive canthaxanthin may be safely used for coloring foods generally subject to the following restrictions:
(i) The quantity of canthaxanthin does not exceed 30 mg per pound of solid or semisolid food or per pint of liquid food; and
(ii) 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.

Lycopene

EU: Lycopene 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 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.