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Human Nutrition

High-quality vitamins for your nutrition products

Reliable, high-quality vitamins built on decades of expertise.

With more than 50 years of experience in vitamin manufacturing, we are recognized for providing high-quality vitamins for foods, beverages, dietary supplements and pharmaceutical applications.

We offer

  • high-grade oily vitamin products
  • microencapsulated vitamin powders with excellent stability and performance in application

Our vitamins are essential micronutrients for use in dietary supplements (e.g. multivitamin mineral tablets, soft gels) and functional nutrition (e.g., sports bars, wellness drinks, ACE juices) providing a broad range of consumer benefits. 

Our vitamins are food additives for use as antioxidants (DL-alpha-tocopherol) or as colorants (riboflavin) in many types of foods or beverages.

In addition, we provide vitamins for the fortification of staple foods for enhancing their vitamin content (e.g., vitamin A, D3, B2) and striving to improve micronutrient intakes across population groups worldwide.

To help you make the most of our high-quality vitamin portfolio, we provide expert technical guidance on product applications as well as 24/7 support via our digital assistants. This support helps you optimize formulations, improve process efficiency and gets you access to relevant documentation whenever you need it.

Our benefits at a glance

  • Quality
    Industry‑related quality standards, including FSSC 22000, Pharma GMP Part II for selected products, and adherence to a strict quality monitoring program. 
  • Reliability
    Reliable in what we do from production to the point of delivery. Safeguarding reliable manufacturing by using BASF´s production Verbund (citral value chain).
  • Performance
    High‑quality products with excellent stability that show consistent performance in relevant applications.
  • Sustainability
    Round table on sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification on product level (for selected products, as applicable).

Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) annually calculated according to industry standard.1

Benchmark2 calculated for Vitamin A Palmitate 1.7 Toc shows >20% lower PCF than global market average and > 40% lower PCF than Outside-Europe average.

1 BASF calculates Product Carbon Footprints according to the Together fo Sustainability Standard (TfS) and ISO 14067; 2 TÜV-Rheinland certified calculation

High‑quality formulations through microencapsulation

Vitamins get embedded in a protective matrix enabling their use in many applications. Our beadlet and spray-dried powder formulations are produced using advanced microencapsulation technologies and offer:

  • High stability and reliable performance to support optimal nutrient supply.
  • Easy handling thanks to well‑designed product properties and convenient packaging sizes.
  • The benefit of decades of expertise in vitamin formulation development.
BASF Human Nutrition - Our Commitment: Reliability - Quality - Performance - Sustainability

Your benefits at a glance

  • Quality: Industry-related quality standards (FAMI QS, FSSC 22000, HACCP; GMP)
  • Reliability: Flexibility in delivery regarding time and quantity from own local production and warehouses
  • Performance: Proven high-quality products with consistent performance
  • Sustainability: Product Carbon Footprints for specific vitamin A and E products at least 20% better than global market average
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High-quality beadlet formulations produced by microencapsulation

  • High stability and performance to enable optimum supply
  • Easy handling due to comfortable packaging sizes and product properties
  • You benefit from our decades of experience in vitamin formulation development

Our vitamins portfolio

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Vitamin A
Vitamin A (retinol) is an essential micronutrient, which is naturally found in foods of animal origin such as liver, meat, fish, eggs and dairy products or as its carotenoid precursors in plant foods. In humans, vitamin A is required for light perception and normal vision.
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Vitamin B2
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is an essential micronutrient naturally contained in eggs, meat and dairy products. Plant-derived foods such as nuts, vegetables and grains contribute small quantities to vitamin B2 intake.
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Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 ­(cobalamin) is an essential micronutrient, which is naturally found in foods of animal origin such as meat, fish,­dairy products and eggs. Plant-based diets are usually low in vitamin B12­ content unless they are fortified. In the human body, vitamin B12 is a cofactor for enzymes that are involved in the metabolism of cells.
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Vitamin B5
Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) is an essential micronutrient. It is widely found in foods of plant and animal origin such as meat, dairy, grains and vegetables.
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Vitamin D3
Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is an essential micronutrient found only in a few foods. The best dietary sources are fatty fish and liver, while small amounts are contained in meat, dairy and eggs. Dietary intake of vitamin D3 is crucial to health and well-being, when the production of vitamin D3 in skin is insufficient. 
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Vitamin E
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) is an essential micronutrient which is found in a variety of foods of plant and animal origin mainly in nuts, seeds and vegetable oils. Vitamin E is well known as an antioxidant that helps protect cells against oxidative stress.
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Vitamin K1
BASF offers a vitamin K1 that is protected by encapsulation for use in dietary supplements, functional foods and vitamin mixtures.
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