Tag: sweet
Asia Pacific: Industry, restaurant release festive dessert with less sugar
Tate & Lyle has helped chefs at Asian foodservice group, TungLok, to transform the health credentials of its range of Nian Gao (year cake)...
Americas: Artificial sweeteners may be cancer-fighting in the future, say researchers
Artificial sweeteners are used in diet drinks and foods but also could someday be used as treatments targeting carbonic anhydrase IX (CA IX), a...
Middle East: Sweetener company expands plant
Lampados International is completing a plant expansion to produce Liteez, a vegan, egg-free three dimensional (3D) meringue kiss sweetener for hot drinks.
The facility...
Europe: Hain Celestial company buys sweeteners firm
One of Hain Celestial Group's wholly-owned subsidiaries has acquired Clarks UK, The Natural Sweeteners Company.
The company produces natural sweeteners under the Clarks brand, including...
Americas: Innovate to avoid ‘villain’ sugar, report
Sugar, just like starch, is a carbohydrate but tops the dietary villains list due to growing health concerns over obesity, diabetes and heart disease,...
Americas: The young still like their sweet drinks, report
Although children and adults drank less sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) from 2003 and 2014, researchers find consumption remains high among adolescents and young adults, and...
Europe: More consumers are mindful of their sugar consumption, report
Concern about sugar is on the rise globally, with nearly half of 8,000 respondents say they are more concerned about overall sugar consumption than...
Asia Pacific: PureCircle launches tool on stevia combinations
PureCircle launches the Sigma-Xcelerator product development tool to provide custom stevia ingredient combinations that maximize product taste alongside other customer requirements, such as sugar...
Asia Pacific: Layn Corp expands facilities in China
Layn Corp, a global producer of natural sweeteners, flavors, and botanicals, has opened its Global Innovation Center in Shanghai and a production facility in...
Americas: 28 stevia ingredients Non-GMO approved
Stevia ingredient company Sweet Green Fields (SGF) has achieved Non-GMO (genetically modified organisms) Project verification for 28 of its stevia ingredients, making it the...