About Lycopene

Lycopene, a member of the carotenoid family, occurs naturally in a number of fresh fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, watermelon, pink grapefruit and papaya.

It is an oil soluble red pigment with demonstrated strong antioxidant properties. As a powerful antioxidant, lycopene is thought to protect the body from harmful free radicals*.

Lycopene can also be used as a food colorant, helping food manufacturers in their transition to clean labels**.

Divi’s Lycopene

As an expert in the formulation of carotenoids, Divi’s offers a wide range of lycopene forms for supplements, but also for fortification and coloration of a variety of foods and beverages.

Divi’s lycopene microencapsulated, directly compressible beadlets and suspensions exhibit excellent performance in applications:

  • Excellent uniformity

  • Superior stability in both liquid and dry applications

  • Consistent color shade in food preparations

  • Beadlets for easy handling and direct compressibility

Silicon dioxide-free lycopene for foods and beverages

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

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.

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Microencapsulated lycopene for premixes

Divi’s uses 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.

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A variety of applications

Divi’s lycopene portfolio includes different concentrations and formulations which can be used in a large range of supplements, foods and beverages.

Dairy

Yogurt

Bakery

Fondant

Frozen Desserts

Ice cream

Confectionary

Gummies
Jelly beans
Twizzlers

Savory

Sausages

VEGAN

Vegan sausages

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 lycopene portfolio, we can adapt our product formulations and solution concentrations to fit the individual needs of our customers.

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Divi’s Lycopene Portfolio

  • Product forms: spray-dried powder, microencapsulated beadlets and liquid suspensions

  • Matrix (or carrier) variation supports specific application functions: water or oil dispersibility, use in dry blends

Dispersibility
Function
Application
Product NameProduct CodeCold Water Dispersible Oil Dispersible Directly CompressibleColorationFortificationBeveragesFoodTablets & Hard-Shell CapsulesSoftgels
Lycopene 1% SD/SF
Spray-dried silicon dioxide-free powder
HNLY01B
Lycopene 5% DC/AF
Directly compressible animal-free beadlets
HNLY05B
Lycopene 10% DC
Directly compressible beadlets
HNLY10B
Lycopene 10% DC/AF
Directly compressible animal-free beadlets
HNLY10C
Lycopene 10% MB
Mini beadlets
HNLY10K
Lycopene 6% Sun
Suspension in sunflower oil
HNLY06A
Lycopene 10% LF
Suspension in corn oil
HNLY10A
Lycopene 10% Sun
Suspension in sunflower oil
HNLY10E
Lycopene 20% LF
Suspension in corn oil
HNLY20A

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* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Please contact us for a list of references and citations.

** Lycopene is permitted for food use in the EU as a color or nutritional ingredient. Lycopene can only be used as a nutritional ingredient in the USA.