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Festive hot drinks loaded with sugar and calories
Research of the UK’s biggest coffee shops has found that some seasonal lattes and hot chocolates contain up to three times the recommended daily allowances for sugar, and more calories than a Dominos pizza.
Tate & Lyle to showcase latest ingredient innovation at Gulfood 2019
Tate & Lyle, a provider of food and beverage ingredients and solutions, is exhibiting at this year’s Gulfood Manufacturing where it will be showcasing its latest range of solutions designed to help manufacturers in the Middle East and beyond meet the latest consumer food and drink trends.
Cargill introduces sugar reduced chocolate capabilities to customers
$5 million investment in Belgian Mouscron site to meet market demand for sugar reduced chocolate
BNF updates healthy hydration guides
The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) is highlighting the importance of healthy hydration through a series of guides on drinks choices for different age groups.
Kells creates reduced sugar cake mix range
Kells has reformulated its cake mixes to conform to Public Health England’s (PHE) targets for manufacturers to reduce sugar by 20% across items sold.
Campaigners call for ‘calorie levy’ on unhealthy foods
Campaigners are calling on the government to introduce a calorie levy on processed foods in a bid to reduce levels of obesity and other health issues.
Better Juice to build pilot plant for low-sugar orange juice
FoodTech startup Better Juice has partnered with orange juice producer Citrosuco to set up a pilot plant for low-sugar orange juice.
Nestlé creates new chocolate using just the cocoa fruit
Nestlé has revealed it has created a chocolate made entirely from the cocoa fruit, using the beans and pulp as the only ingredients.
Sugarwise aims to reduce amount of sugar in schools
The School Food Standards, that all British Schools must adhere to, currently place no limit on the amount of sugar children consume while at school.
Fruit purees offer solution for FDA’s ‘Added Sugar’ hurdle
Fruit purees are emerging as a viable solution for US food companies as they work towards complying with new rules on the labelling of sugar.
Sweeterra performs the same as conventional sweeteners
Comet Bio has demonstrated its Sweeterra line of sweeteners are a comparable substitute for commercial syrups.
FDA excludes allulose from sugars and added sugars listing
From now on it will continue to be included in the carbohydrate line of the Nutrition Fact Panel and labelled simply as Allulose in the ingredients list.
Good for you malted extracts
Malt Products Corporation (MPC), will feature a variety of products from its MaltRite and OatRite portfolios at this year’s IFT.
New searchable UK composition of foods website
Food Databanks, in collaboration with Public Health England, has launched a new UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID) searchable website.