Tag: Sweetener
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...
Asia Pacific: PureCircle releases stevia leaf-based flavor enhancers
PureCircle releases stevia leaf-based flavor enhancers that significantly augment both vanilla and cocoa flavors.
The new products can be labelled as natural flavors on product...
Americas: AMD releases low GI, sweet ingredient
Archer Daniels Midland Company recently launched Fruit Up in North America to provide food, drink and snack developers with a new option to add...
Europe: Study proves naturality of high-purity stevia leaf extract sweeteners
New research published in the International Journal of Food Science and Technology found steviol glycosides are not altered during the extraction and purification process...
Asia Pacific: PureCircle launches stevia antioxidant product
PureCircle has developed the first commercially viable stevia antioxidant product for food and beverage companies.
While researchers have known that antioxidants are present in stevia...
Americas: Taxes affect soft drinks consumption, studies
While excise taxes to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages have not yet been enacted at the state or federal level in the US,...