Cognis Nutrition & Health - Ingredient and Functional Food Solutions for New Markets

Cognis is a worldwide supplier of innovative specialty chemicals and nutritional ingredients, with a particular focus on the areas of wellness and sustainability.

The company’s products and solutions combine verified environmental compatibility, superior performance and measurable well-being that enable its customers to generate success in their markets.

Therefore, Cognis is much more than a mere supplier, since it effectively combines competence in natural-based chemistry and engineering know-how with an in-depth understanding of what is required by market consumer brands.

Natural-source ingredients for food, beverages and supplements

Along with convenience and well-being, health benefits – both physical and mental – are among the main features that today’s consumers look for in food, nutrition and health products.

Cognis’ strategic business unit Nutrition & Health offers a wide range of high-performance, natural-source ingredients to help manufacturers of consumer goods achieve success by meeting these demands.

The effectiveness of Cognis’ products, formulations and marketing concepts for food, beverages and dietary supplements is scientifically proven, and the portfolio ranges from plant sterols and plant extracts to mixed carotenoids and products for active body composition management. The main areas of application are:

• Food ingredients
• Functional food
• Dietary supplements
• Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

Natural source ingredient brand supplier and strategic partner of source ingredients

Cognis Nutrition & Health is a preferred supplier and strategic partner of many leading international brands. Its strengths include:

• Using natural feedstocks and sustainable processing methods while enforcing strict controls on its supply chain for high-purity products
• Providing added health benefits that are scientifically proven in clinical studies
• Offering comprehensive technical support to help customers resolve issues associated with large-scale production quickly and effectively
• Tailor-made, market-ready solutions for manufacturers
• Co-marketing initiatives and products backed with benefits and messages of proven effectiveness

Newtrition™ - blended active ingredients

Newtrition is the umbrella term for Cognis’ range of individual and blended active ingredients for use in the manufacture of innovative functional foods, beverages and dietary supplements.

The approach means providing innovative marketable health claims for food and health ingredients aimed at promoting health and well-being through nutrition. With Newtrition, Cognis helps food, beverage and supplement companies add proven claims about the efficacy of a specific product as opposed to a generic substance - which can be a major selling point for manufacturers.

Functional food solutions and supplements

Cognis has developed a series of concepts to help its customers identify market opportunities, select the most suitable health ingredients and successfully position their products. Fulfilling the latest market demands and compliant with regulatory standards, they offer a broad variety of innovative product formulations. Examples include:

• Functional food solutions for health and wellness in dairy products, e.g. aiming at mental power, heart health, beauty and sun protection from within, or fat loss solutions
• Food supplements for beauty from within, e.g. aiming at stress reduction; daily skin protection; sensitive skin; anti-cellulite; anti-aging; or sun protection

Products to 'boost' the health benefits of food, beverages and supplements

Cognis delivers high-purity products that enhance consumer’s well-being and reflect the Newtrition approach - whether these associated products are taken in form of capsules and powder or are incorporated in attractive items such as margarine, yogurt drinks or cereal bars. Currently, the portfolio includes four natural-source ingredient brands:

• Tonalin®: conjugated linoleic acid for active body composition and fat reduction
• Vegapure®: plant sterols - the natural ingredient for heart health
• Xangold®: lutein esters promoting eye health
• Omevital™: marine omega-3 fatty acids and fish oils

Further innovative product examples:

• Lamequick®: whipping agents which allow promotional 'free from hydrogenated fat' labeling on the end product
• Spongolit® EFC: aerating agents to replace trans-fatty acid rich shortenings