Our feel-good line-up
Food & Beverage market
For over 35 years Cognis has pioneered the development and production of natural sourced ingredients. Take a look at our highlights:
Tonalin® CLA — conjugated linoleic acid
Proven purity and efficacy: our Tonalin® CLA conjugated linoleic acid is the ideal active ingredient for supplements with the wellbeing benefits of body-shaping, beauty and protection. Cognis transforms linoleic acid derived from natural safflower oil into CLA using a patented process that guarantees superior quality and ensures a high content of the essential bioactive substance. Studies have shown that CLA reduces body fat mass by as much as ten percent, while at the same time preventing the yo-yo effect. Tonalin® CLA is the most thoroughly researched and tested CLA on the market, enabling you to make verifiable benefit claims. Help your customers achieve the figure they’ve been dreaming of — they’ll love you for it.
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Vegapure® — plant sterol and sterol esters
Heartfelt wellness: our Vegapure® plant sterols and sterol esters are proven cholesterol reducing agents that enable you to offer your customers scientifically backed well-being benefits. Based on internationally leading expertise in plant sterols, Cognis delivers
top-quality heart-health ingredients in oil-soluble or water-dispersible form, enabling you to easily integrate them into your manufacturing process. Whatever delivery form you choose, we can help you enhance your products with verifiable cholesterol-reducing properties. And fulfill a market demand that’s very close to your customers’ hearts
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Omevital™ — omega-3 fatty acids
A sea of vitality: our Omevital™ omega-3 fatty acids are highly valuable bio-marine nutrients that offer several highly researched benefits, including protection of the heart and the cardiovascular system, and anti-inflammatory properties. In fact, the global scientific community strongly recommends their regular intake. Cognis uses state-of the-art production technologies to meet the highest purity standards. And now we have further improved the sensory profile of omega-3 fatty acids, eliminating reflux, for example. Profit from the growing international wellness demand supported by concrete government recommendations, with products that speak to the hearts and minds of your customers
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Xangold® — lutein esters
Looking good: our Xangold® lutein esters help enhance skin appearance. Cognis derives these beneficial antioxidants, from the marigold flower. These claimable benefits open up great potential for your business, especially in light of the fact that people are living longer. But the positive contribution of our natural lutein esters to good-looking skin makes them appealing to people of all ages. Available in powder or oil form, they are suitable for a wide variety of applications. See what they can do to help your products keep looking good.
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Plantalin™ — plant extracts
A growing trend: our broad selection of high-quality Plantalin™ plant extracts offers an expanding spectrum of wellness benefits. The offering ranges from extracts that soothe the skin, boost the immune system and support inner balance, to ingredients with calming and energy-boosting effects. These water-soluble plant extracts are ideal for various delivery forms, especially beverages. Take advantage of our plant-based wellness concepts and enhance your products with the treasures of nature’s garden.
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Covitol® — natural-sourced vitamin E
Natural wellness: our Covitol® range of vitamin E offers this well-known and recognized nutrient in a naturally sourced form. As a worldwide market leader in natural-sourced vitamin E, Cognis has the know-how to help you put wellness benefits such as cell care, skin protection and support of brain functions into your products. And since natural vitamin E has been found to be twice as effective — in terms of absorption and retention — as its synthetic counterpart, we give you a decisive competitive edge. Put the natural wellness of our vitamin E into your products and harness the power of one of the world’s most popular nutrients.
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Betatene® — natural- mixed carotenoids
The color of well-being: our Betatene® natural mixed carotenoids are as rich in wellness as their sources are in color. Along with the familiar effect of helping people get a beautiful tan, these important feel-good ingredients can help avoid sun damage, serve as antioxidants and support the immune system. Cognis derives natural mixed carotenoids from nutrient-rich microscopic algae. We offer them in oil suspensions as well as in waterdispersible powders. Transform your products with our natural mix of five carotenoids — and profit from the color of wellness.
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Spongolit® — aerating emulsifiers
Light and delicious: our Spongolit® aerating emulsifiers ensure consistently appealing and stable volume and crumb structure in all kinds of cakes. Designed for whipped batters, Cognis aerating emulsifiers are available in paste or spray-dried powder form and allow you to mix all components at the same time. They are ideal for large-scale cake manufacturers, small bakeries and even home-bake cake mixes. That means whatever type of cake business you operate, Cognis can help you streamline processes and enhance your products — and sales.
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Lametop® — DATEM emulsifiers
Four decades of perfection: our Lametop® range of DATEMs (diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides) have been improving dough handling, volume and crumb structures of yeast-raised baked goods for 40 years. Cognis has continued to optimize these high-performance emulsifiers, which are suitable for breads, rolls, croissants and similar products. Today, Lametop® delivers an even better cost-benefit ratio, enabling you to offer a superior product at the same manufacturing cost. Your benefit: consistently appealing baked goods that leave your competition behind.
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Lamequick® — whipping agents
Sensationally smooth, luxuriously light: our Lamequick® whipping agents give spoonable foods and cake fillings an irresistible mouthfeel that puts a smile on peoples’ faces. Ideal for yogurts, aerated desserts and ice creams, these highly advanced ingredients significantly enhance eating pleasure. And they’re versatile: as a leading supplier of whipping agents, Cognis can help you take advantage of Lamequick® spray-dried powders to develop unique, new food concepts. And give your customers the convenient feel-good experience they want.
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Nutrilife® — bakery enzymes
Excellence meets cost-effectiveness: our Nutrilife® bakery enzymes deliver proven product- and process-enhancing properties. Baked goods manufacturers the world over rely on our enzymes for improved dough qualities, reduced fermentation times, better machinability, higher volume and — if required — even longer freshness. We also offer special variants for crackers, which help avoid dough shrinkage and improve volume and texture. Nutrilife® ingredients not only boost performance, they can also replace more costly enzymes or sulfites. Profit from a proven improver.
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Delios® — medium-chain triglycerides
A world of benefits: our Delios® mediumchain triglycerides (MCT) offer a range of sensory and nutritional benefits. More easily digestible than conventional vegetable oils with long-chain fatty acids, MCT oils are well recognized by the medical profession— especially with regard to infant nutrition. They even allow absorption by the intestine without being hydrolyzed. Along with their nutritional applications, our MCT oils offer excellent oxidative stability and low viscosity, making them ideal for flavor diluents, coatings or release agents for various products such as confectionery and baked goods. With nutritional and quality benefits like these, Delios® medium-chain triglycerides can give your product the edge you need to succeed.
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