Products in Colorants & Pigments: Colorant & Pigment

Lucantin® Red 10% NXT is a versatile colorant and supplement designed for crustaceans, broilers, and fish. This product enhances the visual appeal of feeds with its vibrant red color. In the form of beads, Lucantin® Red 10% NXT provides a solid and convenient solution for easy incorporation into feed formulations.

Lucantin® CX 10% NXT is a colorant and supplement designed for broilers. Formulated with citranaxanthin, this product enhances the visual appeal of broiler feeds with its vibrant red color. In the form of beads, Lucantin® CX 10% NXT offers a solid and practical solution for easy incorporation into feed formulations.

Lucantin® Pink CWD, a powder formulation containing Astaxanthin, is designed to serve as both a colorant and supplement for crustaceans and fish. The vibrant pink color enhances the visual appeal of feeds, providing a natural and attractive appearance. In its powdered form, Lucantin® Pink CWD offers practicality in incorporation into feed formulations.

Lucantin® Yellow 10% NXT is a colorant and supplement formulated for broilers. The vibrant yellow color of this product enhances the visual appeal of broiler feeds. In the form of beads, it offers a solid and practical solution for easy incorporation into feed formulations. Lucantin® Yellow 10% NXT stands out for its significance in supporting broiler health and visual appeal.

Roquette Dextrose Monohydrate acts as a sweetener, pigment and flavor enhancer in various pet food and feed specialties. It has a sweet flavor (approximately 0.75 times greater than that of sucrose) and therefore improves the palatability of finished products.

ApoEplus® consists of orange-red, free-flowing beadlets containing 10% ethyl ester of β-apo-8′-carotenoic acid in a protective matrix. This yellow carotenoid is widely used in the feed industry as an additive for offering yellow pigmentation of egg yolk and poultry skin. In comparison to yellow xanthophylls from plants, ApoEplus® is in a high bioavailability form and has a higher deposition rate in egg yolk and poultry skin.

Astaplus® consists of free flowing beadlets and contains 10% astaxanthin in a protective matrix. Astaxanthin plays an important role in enhancing flesh coloration of farmed salmonids which is desired by consumers. Since salmonids lack the ability to synthesize astaxanthin de novo, the pigment must be incorporated into their diets. In some countries Astaplus® is also used for shrimp pigmentation. Astaxanthin being the most valuable microalgal compounds. Haematococcus pluvialis strain is the richest source of astaxanthin (Mezzomo and Ferreira, 2016; Zaheer, 2017). This substance gives the pinkish-red hue to the salmonids (salmons and trout), shrimps, lobsters and crabs and has an important role in their immune-system and fertility. Nutritionally, astaxanthin is the most powerful antioxidant in the nature, with role to scavenge efficiently free radicals from the human body (Koller et al., 2014).

Italfeed Spirulina Algae: Spirulina is an excellent tonic that also delivers vitamins and acts as an immunostimulant thanks to its high protein content. Furthermore, Spirulina is also regarded as an excellent natural colorant.

Caroplus® consists of red to reddish brown, free-flowing beadlets containing 10% beta-carotene in a protective matrix. Beta-carotene exists naturally in many green plants and accounts for the yellow to orange color of many different fruits and vegetables. It has a positive effect on the fertility process of cattle, breeding mares and sows. When indoors, animals might suffer from deficiency of beta-carotene and some symptoms may occur as retarded ovulation, silent oestrus, lack of fertility, embryonic death, early abortion as well as lower resistance against infectious diseases. Adding Caroplus® in the animal feed can improve fertility rate, decrease service interval, improve follicle quality and protect the mucosa.

Florafil® 93 Powder 30 gr/Kg is made from the extract of cempasuchitl flower flour (Tagetes erecta), saponified, stabilized with antioxidant and incorporated in a mixture of inert.

Mari Lut® Natural Lutein is a naturally-occurring carotenoid and antioxidant found in nature. Numerous studies have found this antioxidant to be beneficial in eye health, helping to prevent and treat a variety of eye diseases such as macular degeneration and cataracts.

2472rapb Lycopene Color 5% Powder is used as a natural food colorant to color food items like different beverages, including alcoholic and non-alcoholic, carbonated and non-carbonated, drink mixes, bakery mixes, dairy, rice, baked foods, cereals, extruded breakfast, frosting, icing, confectionery, chocolate coating, chewing gums, gelatin, snacks, fruit juice and paste, ice cream, popsicles, noodle/pasta, smoked fish/meats, pet foods and animal feeds.

1298oalb Natural Orange Color (paprika Color Water Soluble) is used as a natural food colorant to color food items like different beverages, including alcoholic and non-alcoholic, carbonated and non-carbonated, drink mixes, bakery mixes, dairy, rice, baked foods, cereals, extruded breakfast, frosting, icing, confectionery, chocolate coating, chewing gums, gelatin, snacks, fruit juice and paste, ice cream, popsicles, noodle/pasta, smoked fish/meats, pet foods and animal feeds.. Paprika oleoresin or paprika extract is an oil soluble extract from the fruits of red pepper. It is also emulsified to water soluble for food coloring applications. It’s main coloring components are capsaicin and capsorubin, both are members of carotenoids. Paprika Oleoresin or extract gives orange to red colors in food applications, depending on the use levels.

Canthaplus® consists of reddish brown, free-flowing beadlets containing 10% canthaxanthin in a protective matrix. Canthaplus® is the product of choice for the feed industry and is commonly used for egg yolk and poultry skin pigmentation. It is also used in other countries for farmed salmon and trout’s combined with astaxanthin as well as duck eggs. Canthaxanthin has also an antioxidant activity and enhances junctional communication between cells directly or through the formation of 4-oxo-retinoic acid, which is also able to stimulate the retinoic acid receptor (Amaya et al., 2014).

Extracted from marigold flowers, lutein is an excellent antioxidant and a member of the carotenoid family. Lutein is the main pigment in the macular area of ​​the retina of the human eye. It has an important protective effect on the macula in the retina and is a key nutrient element that helps the development of the eye. At the same time, lutein can also be sold as a raw material for feed coloring agents.

Florafil® HP Powder 40 gr/kg is made from the extract of cempasuchitl flower flour (Tagetes erecta), saponified, stabilized with antioxidant and incorporated in a mixture of inert.

CAPSANTAL FS is a natural pigments that makes it possible to obtain a high level pigmentantion of the broiler skin, the egg yolk and the flesh of trout and salmon.Capsantal FS is a red pigmenter, mainly based on trans-capsanthin, obtained through a highly developed process of extraction from selected varieties of peppers (Capsicum annum), carefully processed to potentiate the natural red color of their pigments.

Florafil® 93 Liquid 15 gr/kg is made from the extract of cempasuchitl flower flour (Tagetes erecta), saponified, emulsified, stabilized with antioxidant and dispersed in water.

MariZ® Natural Zeaxanthin is one of the most common naturally-occurring carotenoids and antioxidants found in nature. Numerous studies have found this antioxidant to be beneficial in eye health helping to prevent and treat a variety of eye diseases such as macular degeneration and cataracts.

XAROCOL® is a consistent, uniform, natural red pigment and provides efficient absorption with optimal dispersability and stability in the final feed. XAROCOL® gives proven benefits to Layers and Broiler species.

Avizant Yellow contains the yellow coloring xanthophyll lutein, which is obtained from the petals of the marigold flower. The flower extract is gently hydrolyzed using a process patented by Kaesler, which ensures optimal bioavailability of the oxycarotenoids. The Avizant product range for the pigmentation of egg yolk and poultry skin is characterized by a consistently high xanthopyll content, optimal bioavailability and stability.

ProFood International Paprika oleoresins (not "hot") is a natural colorant. This oil soluble paprika oleoresinis a deepred viscous liquid, bright in color with good flow property and coloration. This product does not impact “hot” taste.Paprika oleoresin is one of the pure naturalpigments. It was produced with the natural paprika as material with precise extraction, condensation, and the removal of the hot component.

Florafil® R-3 Powder 10 gr/kg are made from the extract of red chili flour (Capsicum annum), saponified, stabilized with antioxidants and incorporated in a mixture of inerts.

Alquernat Pigmentante L Premiumcontains xanthophylls, natural pigments (carotenoid) that, once absorbed, are mainly placed in skin, fat and egg yolk. It is intended for poultry products to get the right color, depending on the consumers’ preferences. It also contains pronutrients that optimize digestive physiology and the absorption of pigments from feed.

Florafil® AR Powder is made from made from red chili extract (Capsicum annum) and cempoal flower extract (Tagetes erecta), saponified, stabilized, mixed and incorporated into inert vehicles. This mixture is designed to be used as an egg yolk pigment.

Elovital Yellow contains 10% β-apocarotenoic ester (β-Apo-8’-carotenoic acid ethyl ester) and is designed to optimize yellow coloration in animal production. A unique coating process guarantees stabilization of the β-apocarotenoic ester in the product. The high stability has been proven in the pure product, in the premix and after pelleting.

Cuxavit Beta Carotene is the precursor of vitamin A, which is essential for many physiological functions in the body, such as vision, epithelial membrane development, fertility, embryonic development and the immune system. Regardless of its role as a pro-vitamin A, β-carotene has an important impact on fertility, including by stimulating progesterone synthesis. In addition, β-carotene protects the embryo from damage caused by free radicals thanks to its antioxidant effect.

1094oflg Lycopene Color oil solution is used as a natural food colorant to color food items like dairy (cheese, butter, margarine), baked foods, cereals, extruded breakfast, frosting, icing, chocolate coating, ice cream, noodle/pasta, smoked fish/meats, pet foods and animal feeds.

Elovital Red contains 10% canthaxanthin and ensures a uniform pigmentation of egg yolk. Applying canthaxanthin 10% to laying hen diets leads to significant changes in redness, yellowness and brightness of the egg yolk. Therefore Elovital Red ensures the ability to steer in different colors as indicated by the Roche Color Fan. The product has a proven stability and is therefore safe to use in a pelleting process.