Product recognized as one of the "100 greatest innovations of 2020"
December 8, 2020
PurecaneTM a pioneering clean sweetener from Amyris, Inc., a global science and technology leader of pure, sustainable ingredients for the Health & Wellness, Clean Beauty and Flavors & Fragrances markets, announces it is a recipient of a 2020 Popular Science "Best of What's New Award" in the Engineering category.
Malt Products Corporation (MPC), a manufacturer of malted barley extract and other natural, nutritious sweeteners, has recently experienced a surge in demand for its OatRite™ oat extract as an attractive sweetener for the burgeoning oat milk market.
Company's position as a leading global provider of sugar reduction and clean label solutions strengthened by acquisition of stevia sweetener solutions business
December 1, 2020
Tate & Lyle PLC, a leading global provider of food and beverage ingredients and solutions, announced the acquisition of Sweet Green Fields (SGF), a leading global stevia solutions business.
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.
In 2020 consumer survey, honey surpasses white sugar for the first time
November 19, 2020
The National Honey Board Consumer Attitudes & Usage Study 2020 asked consumers to choose their favorite sweetener from several common ones, including white sugar, brown sugar, several non-calorie sweeteners, raw sugar, monkfruit, and maple syrup. Honey came out on top for the first time.
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.
Winning brands included Pepperidge Farm, Simple Mills, Godiva, Teakoe and Green Bee
September 10, 2020
The National Honey Board’s annual Queen’s Choice Awards results are in, and brands small and large took home honors as the best food and beverage products made with honey in the last year. Winning brands included Pepperidge Farm, Simple Mills, Godiva, Teakoe, Green Bee and more.
SweeGen offers sugar reduction solutions in Australia and New Zealand with FSANZ Approval of next-generation Stevia Sweetener Reb E.
July 30, 2020
Sugar reduction solutions company SweeGen announced Food Standards Australia, New Zealand (FSANZ) has assessed and approved Bestevia® Reb E stevia sweetener as a food additive, stated in Application A1183, published on July 28, 2020.