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We call them Macro Trends, and we’re thinking about them in the short term, and considering how they will impact things in the long term. Here are our picks for 2019.

“Gum marketers are developing fun and flavorful products and are innovating with non-caloric sweeteners, as well as stressing the potential benefits of dental and nutrition-bearing gums,” says David Sprinkle, research director for Packaged Facts.

Golden orange sweet potatoes are enveloped in spicy cinnamon and rich, dark maple with a sprinkle of brown sugar.

The new venture will combine both companies’ technologies for producing steviol glycoside products made through fermentation and will market its products under one brand name, EverSweet™.    

While past discussions about craveability generally revolved around the fundamental influences of great taste, umami has rapidly established itself as an impactful way to create delicious, savory innovations.

Despite a myriad of alternative sweeteners, reducing sugar in foods and beverages is a big challenge for product developers.

In recent years, even as sucrose has continued to score at the top of consumers’ professed ingredient concerns, nutritive sweeteners and even plain sucrose have shed many of their unwarranted negative connotations to reassert their class as sweeteners of choice for a spectrum of food and beverage formulations.

“We believe the new look and feel of our branded ingredients, and redesign of our corporate website helps to better communicate and highlight the ways Layn is leading the future of sweet,” adds Elaine Yu, president of Layn USA. “Layn delivers the broadest portfolio of sweetener platforms, proprietary formulations, and custom taste profiles to meet global formulation needs.”

Simplistica ingredient systems are optimized solutions from TIC Gums that leverage the best technologies hydrocolloids, starches, plant proteins and sweeteners have to offer.

Ranch dressing is one of the most popular salad dressings and dipping sauces in the US, yet previous efforts to get rid of MSG in this classic salad dressing and dip have been unsuccessful until now.