The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a GRAS (generally recognized as safe) No Objection Letter for Cargill's next-generation sweetener, EverSweet™, qualifying it for use in food and beverages.

Archer Daniels Midland Company and GLG Life Tech Corporation announced a new partnership to manufacture, market, sell and distribute low-calorie stevia and monk fruit sweeteners to customers around the globe.

Along with trends toward natural and healthy ingredients, this growth will create big opportunities for each of several emerging alternative natural sweeteners, according to Lux Research.

Sugar is now the top item consumers are trying to avoid in their diets and is neck-and-neck with calories as the top item they look for on nutrition facts labels, finds The NPD Group, a leading global information company.

Anderson Global Group announced that it plans to launch its AllSweet™ Low-Calorie Sugar.

Driven by the global rise of obesity, diabetes, and other health concerns, alternative sweeteners have gained a 12% share of the $73.4 billion global market for sweeteners and 22% of its volume by sucrose equivalent (SE), according to Lux Research.

The concerns about obesity and related health problems plus sugar taxes in many countries have stimulated the market for non-caloric sweeteners.

The team is tasked with addressing all the regulatory and practical application challenges of the LiteFoods Inc. product line.