Articles Tagged with ''artificial sweetner''

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.

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Alternative Sweetener Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth and Forecast 2015 - 2021", global alternative sweetener market was valued at USD 11,538.6 million in 2014 and is expected to reach USD 15,466.7 million by 2021, growing at a CAGR of 4.2% from 2015 to 2021.

According to Calorie Control Council, the recent study "Diet Soda Intake Is Associated with Long-Term Increases in Waist Circumference in a Biethnic Cohort of Older Adults: The San Antonio Longitudinal Study of Aging (SALSA)" contains limitations.

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

The trend toward shorter ingredient lists and replacement of artificial ingredients is helping boost market penetration and market share

A Harvard-affiliated hospital is backing away from its decision earlier this week to promote a paper linking the artificial sweetener aspartame and cancer, now saying the evidence was "weak."

Pepsi is launching a reduced-calorie soda in Australia that uses stevia, the first time the beverage maker is using the natural sweetener in its namesake cola.

More children in the U.S. are drinking diet drinks, according to a new study using federal healthy data.

They may or may not cause cancer, but the evidence is mounting that they lead to weight gain, rather than weight loss.

New research reveals the secret ingredient of a little red "miracle fruit," which turns sour into sweet.