The present invention relates to formulations of a pharmacological effective fat-soluble active ingredient with a high bioavailability of said fat-soluble active ingredient as well as to their manufacture and use as dietary supplement, food, feed, personal care product and/or pharmaceutical. Such formulations are those which when dissolved, dispersed or diluted in/with water have an extinction E1/1 at a wavelength in the range of from 200 to 800 nm, preferably in the range of from 250 to 600 nm, more preferably in the range of from 250 to 500 nm, more preferably in the range of from 370 to 485 nm, of ≧380, preferably of ≧600, most preferably ≧900. In preferred embodiments of the formulations of the present invention such formulations show an extrusion loss of fat-soluble active ingredient of ≦30% when pressed to tablets.