Many functional beverages use ingredients that are great for you—but may lack appealing taste. Not only does honey mask the unpleasant flavor of these ingredients, but it also brings familiarity to functional products that people may otherwise be unfamiliar with. 

Malt Products Corporation (MPC), a manufacturer of malted barley extract and other natural, nutritious sweeteners, has incorporated a state-of-the-art brewing module at its primary manufacturing facility in Dayton, Ohio.

Sugar reduction continues to be a primary topic in the wake of sugar's association with health conditions including obesity, diabetes and even oral health.

The company unveiled its latest Sweets Collection, a compilation of inspirational, sugar-free candies that contains authentic flavors from around the world.

A leader on trends in the food industry, Liz Moskow has teamed up with Spoonshot, an emerging food intelligence platform to identify the leading-edge culinary trends that will impact menus, product development, and consumer behavior into 2022.

Breakthroughs in ingredient technology have produced a number of new sweetener systems and custom proprietary blends.

Sigma Syrup provides superior taste and overcomes solubility challenges encountered when using other stevia sweeteners in products, which are high in sweetness intensity, such as syrups and liquid tabletop sweeteners.

Ingredion and SweeGen were the first suppliers to commercialize Reb M by bioconversion in early 2017. Reb M is a non-caloric stevia sweetener that provides sweetness with a clean, sugar-like taste and enables food and beverage manufacturers to reduce sugar, without sacrificing taste.

Compared with traditional molasses, Golden Trim is smooth and with honey overtones and caramel notes. True to its name, it is also lighter than most molasses products. 

The $50 million fermentation facility is located in Blair, Neb., and is operated by Cargill. It produces highly sought-after, sweet-tasting molecules, such as Reb M and Reb D used to make EverSweet, and gives food and beverage manufacturers an even more scalable, sustainable and low cost-in-use solution than if these molecules were extracted from the stevia leaf.