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17 Jan 2022 --- Lycored has opened a new processing plant in New Jersey, US, which is set to maximize both the quantity and quality of its ingredients. The global wellness company will be using the facility for its carotenoids, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and real food ingredients.

“This was a necessary response to the growing demand we’re seeing for carotenoid ingredients, in particular in the field of beauty-from-within, but also areas like immunity. It will  help us maximize the purity, efficacy and shelf-stability of our ingredients,” Zev Ziegler, head of global brand and marketing, health, Lycored, tells NutritionInsight.

“Our Branchburg facility boasts formidable milling and blending proficiency with state-of-the-art technology. It allows us to optimize nutrient efficacy and bioavailability while providing innovative formulations perfectly tailored to our customers’ requirements,” says Shirley Cohen, Lycored CEO.

The plant is slated to enable Lycored to maximize the purity, efficacy and shelf-stability of its ingredients while exponentially increasing output capacity. The company’s motto in the announcement is “when you prioritize quality in every step of the journey, all health breaks loose.”The new plant seeks to exponentially increase output capacity.

Opportunities in technology The processing facility provides advanced capabilities for milling, blending, drying and coating, with extensive opportunities for customization. In addition, the site features an application lab and production line supporting taste application development. 

“These technologies allow us to craft custom coating and layering systems that optimize nutrient efficacy and bioavailability while protecting them for maximum shelf stability,” the company notes. 

“The first steps for any of our products are the careful extraction of raw ingredients to ensure maximum potency and quality and then creating the right mix of synergistic compounds to elevate their effects,” Lycored adds.

Streamlining quality nutrients The Branchburg facility is FDA-registered, cGMP-complaint and NSF-certified. It is allergen-free, with temperature- and humidity-controlled environments.

Lycored’s new plant follows a previous multi-million dollar move to double its lycopene production. The three-year investment targeted new lines, equipment as well as process and supply optimization strategies in a bid to harvest “record volumes” of tomatoes.Companies are more keen to meet consumer sustainability demands.

Sustainable production The company highlights it has invested heavily in a vertically integrated system to carefully control the entire journey from seed to supplement for its key products. Lycored notes it has taken a number of steps to “dramatically reduce waste and preserve resources.”

Some of the measures include reduced reliance on energy and transportation, AI-powered planting and harvesting systems, as well as single-solvent tomato oleoresin extraction that reduces water use.

This allows Lycored to maximize wellness and efficacy, minimize waste and take care of the earth along the way, it underscores. 

Companies across industry are moving toward greater sustainability. DSM recently announced its business restructure, committing to a series of new quantifiable measures targeting sustainability. Chr. Hansen also launched a new program aiming to reduce its carbon footprint by 2030.

The move toward more care for the planet reflects a broader turn toward sustainability as “Shared Planet” leads  Innova Market Insights’ Top Ten Trends for 2022.

This feature is provided by FoodIngredientsFirst’s sister website, NutritionInsight.

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Lycored is a global leader in lycopene-based color and taste enhancing ingredients for food and beverages, from nature. Fully vertically integrated, Lycored’s colorants are proven for stability in beverages, plant based meats, UHT dairy,  coated confectionery and gummies, fruit preparations for yogurts and surimi seafood. Lycoreds super stable colors (red to yellow to orange) are pH independent, taste neutral, stable to temperature, light and typical processes and are non-GMO, allergen free, vegan, kosher and halal.

Lycored – the global leader in natural carotenoids

Lycored is the global leader in natural carotenoids for food, beverage and dietary supplement products. Established in 1995, we develop and supply ingredients in four main market areas: colorings, taste & texture enhancers, active health & wellness, and nutritional premixes.

Natural colorings are a must for any food and beverage manufacturer but they can be difficult to work with, since they sometimes produce inconsistent results. With our Tomat-O-Red® and Lyc-O-Beta® natural red, orange and yellow colorings, you can be confident of achieving the authentic appearance you desire in your products time after time. Tomat-O-Red® is created using tomato derived lycopene and offers a more technically sound red coloring alternative to unstable beetroot and anthocyanins, and also carmine, which is not vegetarian-friendly. Lyc-O-Beta® is sourced from Blakeslea trispora, a beta-carotene-rich, allergen-free natural fungus cultivated by Lycored. Both color ranges are available in liquid form and Lyc-O-Beta® is also available as a water-soluble powder. They are approved for use as food colorants in the EU, US, Japan and Australia. They are also certified Kosher and Halal, non-GMO, vegetarian and are heat, light and pH stable.

Great taste is what keeps consumers coming back for more – and it’s within easy reach with Lycored’s portfolio of ingredients for natural taste and texture improvement, all of which qualify for a simple foodstuff declaration on the label – just ‘tomato’. Within the range, SANTE offers a balanced roundness, intensity and lingering flavour in almost any food application, while our new Dry Tomato Pulp combines an authentically fresh and vibrant red color with a stable texture for red sauces (including pasta sauces), ketchups and soups. Our Lyco-Fibers are an excellent way to naturally modify pulpiness, viscosity and mouthfeel, with declarable fiber content, in sauces, soups and meat products.

For Lycored, nutrition isn’t complicated – it’s natural. It all just starts with a seed – our seed. At the heart of our business is our hero ingredient, Lyc-O-Mato®, a patented tomato extract that’s rich in lycopene and a range of other phytonutrients, including phytoene, phytofluene, beta-carotene, tocopherols and phytosterols. Scientific research has shown that the phytonutrient complex in Lyc-O-Mato™ works in synergy with the natural lycopene to offer powerful antioxidant activity and health benefits.

Lycored also offers nearly 400 fully approved active ingredients suitable for use in pre-mixes. They can enhance the nutritional profile of products and create new positioning opportunities across a range of sectors, including infant formula, dairy, bakery and other staple foods. We’ll create a bespoke pre-mix formulation for your product from our extensive portfolio of vitamins, minerals, botanicals and other functional ingredients, all of which come from trusted and traceable sources. We’ll also ensure encapsulation and delivery methods are optimised for your application, so you can be confident that your end-product will perform just as intended.

We like to play in the dirt

At Lycored we’re proud to say that we know where all of our ingredients come from. They’re carefully grown on lush farms, where our farmers let nature work its magic. After harvesting, we apply gentle processing techniques to extract the active compounds from the raw material, which we use to create our unique and natural ingredient formulations. But we don’t just supply ingredients. We also like to share our expertise and work closely with our customers to support them in using our ingredients to create great products that will really resonate with consumers.

Contact us today to find out more about the fantastic potential of Lycored’s natural ingredients. Discover the World of Heart + Soil. http://www.lycored.com

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