The new chocolate products are made without artificial sweeteners
January 9, 2024
Oobli, a company known for healthy sugar alternatives, introduced Oobli Milk Chocolate bars into its growing sweet protein-powered product portfolio as well as an expanded line of dark chocolate bars.
Cargill clinical research highlights stevia’s effect on appetite, food intake and blood glucose
January 8, 2024
Just in time for consumers’ health-related New Year’s resolutions, Cargill reminds formulators of recent clinical research exploring how stevia influences appetite, energy intake and blood glucose levels.
Cargill studies the functional benefits, values and formulation approaches that drive beverage purchases
December 12, 2023
Any drink can quench thirst, but according to Cargill’s latest insight report, today’s discerning sippers are seeking multifunctional drinks that support wellbeing, enhance experiences, improve performance, align with social values and taste great.
Ingredion uses SupplySide West to highlight food, beverage solutions
December 7, 2023
Ingredion Incorporated used SupplySide West 2023 (SSW) to showcase creative new ways to add protein and fiber, reduce sugars, and help food and beverage manufacturers reimagine innovation to grow consumer preference.
Kerr by Ingredion showcases clean, simple fruit, vegetable ingredients in better-for-you prototypes
November 30, 2023
Ingredion Incorporated used SupplySide West 2023 to showcase its Kerr by Ingredion portfolio of fruit- and vegetable-based juices, purees, concentrates, essences, distillates and custom formulations (from both conventional and organic sources).
HealthTech Bioactives showcases taste modulation solutions at Fi Europe 2023
November 29, 2023
HealthTech BioActives (HTBA), a global leader in natural flavonoids and active forms of B12, invited attendees of Fi Europe to visit HTBA stand 4.0D122 on November 28-30, 2023, in Frankfurt, Germany. Visitors to the booth can meet with HTBA experts and learn more about how HTBA’s solutions can help overcome taste challenges such as sweetness enhancement and taste masking.
BENEO boosts liquid chicory root fiber production with expanded shelf life of one year
November 21, 2023
BENEO has extended a production line at its Pemuco, Chile, operation that enables processing capabilities for the production of its liquid chicory root fiber Orafti® Oligofructose LL with a significantly expanded shelf life of one year.
Creating lower-sugar alternatives to high-sugar dairy products has becomes especially important considering that, according to the CDC’s 2022 National Diabetes Statistics Report, some 130 million Americans—around one-third of the total population—have diabetes or pre-diabetes, and more than 10% don’t even know it. But the dairy industry has not been asleep at the wheel when it comes to this crisis.
The past decade has seen the rise of natural, botanical sweeteners of all types and abilities flooding the market. These plant-derived sweeteners range from zero-calorie HIS products such as stevia and monkfruit to monosaccharides like unrefined plant sugars which offer only a slight reduction in calories but bring other advantages to the table. The challenge for product formulators is to meet the demand for products with less sugar but make them as indistinguishable as possible from their full-sugar counterparts.