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BASF Lucarotin® in Beverages

Who has not succumbed to the call of a good lemonade? This refreshing and sparkling drink with acid colors certainly accompanies our hottest summers. But a lemonade can only be orange or yellow, right? Two BASF products make this possible!

Which BASF products are involved?

Lucarotin 1% CWD/ Yellow and Lucarotin 10% CWD/ Orange, two coloring agents for beverages.

These two agents give lemonade its unique bright color.

Yellow lemonade is inspected on the light shelf in BASF’s beverages laboratory in Ludwigshafen. BASF develops and analyzes special carotenoid mixtures for the beverages industry. The micronutrients give carrots and tomatoes their natural orange and red color. In Ludwigshafen, BASF produces nature-identical carotenoids to color and fortify lemonades, fruit drinks, multivitamin and ACE juices.