Barry Callebaut responds to worldwide trend with five wholesome sugar solutions with chocolate ingredients
December 11, 2017
Sugar-related health and wellbeing concerns are high on consumers’ radar, especially amongst Millennials and health-conscious adults. They all have one thing in common: the search for good food with a better nutritional profile that doesn’t force them to compromise on taste.
Today, a wide range of sweeteners suited to snacks and baked goods has arisen to compete for a spot in formulations
November 30, 2017
Today’s consumer demands more of their snack food. They’re looking for healthy, energy-sustaining and—yes—delicious, snack and bakery choices, sometimes to even replace a regular meal. These needs don’t necessarily leave out the use of cane sugar, but this pure sweetener comes with challenges of its own, including periodic price fluctuations.
Carolina Innovative Food Ingredients’ entire sweet potato ingredient portfolio is now Non-GMO Project Verified
November 28, 2017
Carolina Innovative Food Ingredients (CIFI) proudly announces that its entire portfolio of sweet potato-based dehydrated, liquid, and syrup ingredients has obtained Non-GMO Project Verified status.
In the decade between 2003 and 2014, the percentage of kids enjoying a daily sugar- or similarly calorically sweetened beverage fell from nearly 80% to under 61%, and the number of adults doing the same fell from almost 62% down to 50%.
Ingredion VERSASWEET low-sugar glucose syrups help decrease sugar on labels
October 6, 2017
Ingredion Incorporated offers a new line of low-sugar glucose syrups. VERSASWEET™ low-sugar glucose syrups help manufacturers of confectionery, dairy, ice cream and baked good products achieve reduced grams of sugar on the Nutrition Facts panel by formulating with low-sugar corn- or tapioca-based glucose syrups that—compared to standard glucose syrups—have a lower percentage of mono- and disaccharides, also called DP1 + DP2.
Steviva offers the industry’s first “plug-in” ice cream mix that is low in sugar and carbs, high in protein
September 6, 2017
Steviva Ingredients will use Supply Side West, Booth #C130, to showcase its new HiPro® Ice Cream Dry Mix, a very timely new product introduction for the dairy industry. The Supply Side West exhibition will be September 27-28, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
These offerings add to CIFI’s portfolio of sweet potato-based ingredients that serve as nutritious additions or replacements in a variety of food and beverage applications.
Significant changes in consumer behavior having major impact on demand for high-intensity sweeteners
June 6, 2017
The high-intensity sweetener (HIS) market is a study in contrasts between Western and Eastern consumers—with one going sour, while the other stays sweet. Although new, natural sweeteners like stevia extract are gaining ground, consumption of high-intensity sweeteners as a class is growing at a negligible rate in North America and Europe, due, in part, to the decline in carbonated soft drink consumption in these regions. In contrast, demand for the entire range of high-intensity sweeteners remains strong in Asia, according to new research from IHS Markit (NASDAQ: INFO), the leading global source of critical information and insight.