Tomatoes, water melons, papayas and pink grapefruits: Responsible for their bright red color is the carotenoid lycopene. Apart from its coloring qualities, lycopene is a potent antioxidant which reduces the damaging effect of reactive oxygen species in human cells and helps promote cell protection.

With LycoVit® 10 CWD/S BASF, offers now a vegetarian lycopene formulation designed especially for beverage and food applications. The product is allergen-free, vegetarian, non-animal derived, protein-free, GMO-free, BSE/TSE-unaffected, kosher and halal. As it is cold-water dispersible, it is suitable for basically all beverages like lemonades, sports drinks, multivitamin juices, fruit-based drinks, ready-to-drink beverages, liquid supplements and meal replacements. In addition, LycoVit 10 CWD/S can be used in many foods like dairy products, cereals and nutrition bars. LycoVit 10 CWD/S is part of BASF’s “Universal Formula” range of nutritional ingredients that can be used in most countries worldwide.

BASF’s LycoVit is a nature-identical lycopene, manufactured for human nutrition. A direct-compressible powder (LycoVit 10% DC) for tablets and hard capsules as well as an oily dispersion (LycoVit Dispersion 10%) for use in soft capsules and fat-based foods have already been available for some time. With LycoVit 10 CWD/S, BASF extends its product range to help its customers to cover even more innovative applications for Lycopene.

Sound scientific evidence for health benefits as an antioxidant and in prostate health exists for BASF's LycoVit. In clinical studies it was shown that intake of LycoVit supplements can reduce oxidative damage in white blood cells of older women, and it can inhibit progression of age-related prostate enlargement in men.