Are biotechnically manufactured vitamins just as healthy as conventionally produced vitamins? Yes. Biotechnically and conventionally manufactured vitamins are absolutely identical chemically.
What are vitamins produced at BASF used for? Vitamin B2 is used as a food supplement. It is used in multivitamin tablets, but also in foods such as vitamin drinks, milk powder, and cereal products. Vitamin B2 also plays an important role in animal nutrition.
What advantages do the methods of white biotechnology offer? In classical chemical synthesis, the desired substances are produced in many manufacturing steps. Instead, in white biotechnology we use fewer or even only a single biological process, e.g. fermentation with the aid of a microorganism. In this manner, the production is on the whole less complicated, more efficient and more effective.
What happens when microorganisms which have been modified by genetic engineering get into the environment? In fermentive processes BASF only uses microorganisms of Biosafety Level 1 in closed systems. Microorganisms of Biosafety Level 1 do not represent any risk for people or the environment.
