Tag: sweeteners
Europe: Consumers still like things sweet, report
Across the 10 highest consuming nations for both sugar confectionery and gum, consumption is increasing, with compound annual growth rates ranging from 0.5 percent...
Europe: Cargill to grow portfolio at German site
Cargill will grow and diversify its product portfolio at its starches and sweeteners plant in Krefeld, Germany, with products such as vegetable wheat protein,...
Europe: Tate & Lyle enters stevia distribution partnership
Tate & Lyle and Sweet Green Fields are partnering to deliver innovative stevia ingredients and solutions to customers around the world.
The partnership combines Tate...
Americas: PureCircle pumps US$100M into program
PureCircle invests $100 million in its PureCircle Agronomy Program to support its goal of creating the world's largest, natural stevia supply.
This investment will...
Americas: Stevia less bitter than before, finds researchers
Cornell food scientists have reduced the sweetener stevia’s bitter aftertaste by physical – rather than chemical – means, as noted in the Volume 197,...
World: Artificial sweeteners market grows with health-conscious consumers, finds report
The demand for low-calorie food items in various verticals of food service industry has triggered the growth of artificial sweeteners market, according to a...
World: Stevia gains regulatory approval as producers need consumer buy-in, says...
The global stevia market is projected to account for US$565.2 million of the overall sweetener market by 2020, registering a compound annual growth rate...
Asia Pacific: Rising middle class is a growing market for sweeteners...
Novasep's new office in Bangkok, Thailand follows hot on the heels of its offices in China (opened in 2012) and India (2013).
Food News International...
World: Artificial sweeteners may increase glucose intolerance, metabolic disease incidences
A study reveals that certain gut bacteria may induce metabolic changes following exposure to artificial sweeteners.
Artificial sweeteners, promoted as aids to weight loss and...