Batory Foods introduces Sweet Essentials line of interchangeable, high-intensity sweetener blends
February 24, 2021
Batory Foods, a national sales and supply chain management solutions provider of commodity and specialty food ingredients, introduces Batory Sweet Essentials™, a new line of five scientifically-developed high intensity sweetener blends that are sucrose replacers. They are created for optimum performance in sugar reduction and replacement.
Move will bring lower-cost, plant-based sugar alternatives to the market
February 17, 2021
American Sugar Refining, Inc., a member of ASR Group, made a strategic investment in Bonumose, Inc. to produce and commercialize lower-cost, plant-based alternative sweeteners tagatose and allulose as part of ASR Group’s strategy to provide a variety of products to meet the wide range of consumer needs.
Consumers' continued pursuit of more healthy alternatives to their favorite indulgences has led to a rise in the use of natural high-intensity sweeteners, ultra-low-calorie 1:1 drop-in sweeteners, and natural sweetness enhancers.
Through joint development agreements, Ocean Spray and Amai Proteins say they plan by 2022 to develop and introduce a cranberry juice with at least a 40% sugar reduction
February 10, 2021
Through joint development agreements, Ocean Spray and Amai Proteins say they plan by 2022 to develop and introduce a cranberry juice with at least a 40% sugar reduction.
Optimized sodium, sugar levels and increased label transparency advance Smithfield's mission to produce good food in a sustainable way
January 29, 2021
Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced companywide health and wellness goals as part of its wide-ranging commitment to sustainability and continuous product improvement. By 2025, the company will reduce sodium and sugar by 10% and embrace clean labeling across its portfolio. The new goals are part of Smithfield's new standalone Health and Wellness pillar and expanded sustainability program.
Companies plan to develop cranberry juice with at least a 40% sugar reduction
December 9, 2020
As part of Ocean Spray's commitment to bringing healthy products to the market, the agricultural cooperative owned by more than 700 farmer families announced a partnership with Amai Proteins in an effort to incorporate healthy, sweet proteins into the product portfolio.
Consumer commitment to reduce sugar consumption continues to drive industry opportunities to develop non-nutritive sweeteners that perform and taste like table sugar. Blending nutritive sweeteners with high-intensity sweeteners (HIS) has become the standard, with stevia being the common go-to, typically in blends with everything from corn-derived sucrose or dextrose to maltose or tapioca sugar, or recent arrivals like coconut sugar.
As clean-label zero-calorie natural sweeteners continue to be attractive to consumers, SweeGen announced the expansion of its natural sweetener portfolio with the commercial production of Bestevia® Reb I, a next generation high-purity stevia sweetener and flavor unique to SweeGen.
Originating in China around the first century B.C., citrus was a bridge from East to West, where aromatic varieties were introduced to the world as both a zesty flavor and an immunity boosting medicine. With its history rooted in Asia, citrus fruits today have reached all corners of the world. Home to more than 25 citrus varieties, Japan’s citrus offers diverse profiles for the global consumer.