sweetener
Global sugar production to accelerate in 2017/18
Informa’s Agribusiness Intelligence has released its latest predictions that the worldwide sugar market is to experience a record year of production to 192 million tonnes by the end of this season.
Lampados unveils new facility for 3D sweetener production
Lampados International is completing a new plant expansion for the production of Liteez, a vegan, egg-free 3D meringue kiss sweetener for hot drinks.
Layn opens European facility to strengthen natural sweetener innovation
Producer of natural sweeteners, flavours, and botanicals Layn has announced the opening of its European office in Savona, Italy.
The stevia story
Mary Quinlan looks at the problems associated with RA purity and how these can be overcome with certain sweeteners
Green Cola launches in the UK
A new UK company is rivalling leading cola brands with the launch its Green Cola product, sweetened with stevia and caffeinated with green coffee beans.
Tate & Lyle celebrates oldest starch production facility
Speciality food ingredients producer Tate & Lyle is this year celebrating the 150-year anniversary of its Koog aan de Zaan (Koog) production facility in the Netherlands.
Stevia distribution partnership
Tate & Lyle and Sweet Green Fields have entered into an exclusive partnership to deliver stevia ingredients and solutions to customers around the world.
Natural sweetener breakthrough
Food technology company Unavoo, in partnership with its investor ED&F Man, is launching a new product that will fully eliminate added sugar and artificial sweeteners from food and drinks.
Taiyo extends its Sunfiber portfolio
Geneva, Switzerland, Vitafoods Europe (Hall 4, Booth C 39) – Taiyo will present new additions to its Sunfiber portfolio, an all-natural, soluble dietary fiber that can now also be used as a sweetener. The Sweet-Sunfiber compound contains an Isomalto-oligosaccharide whereas the Sunfiber-Matcha Honey variant promotes natural sweetness with a green tea tang. Both combine the […]
Taiyo extends its Sunfiber portfolio
Geneva, Switzerland, Vitafoods Europe (Hall 4, Booth C 39) – Taiyo will present new additions to its Sunfiber portfolio, an all-natural, soluble dietary fiber that can now also be used as a sweetener.
Guilt-free indulgence
This week’s blog is coming to you from Cologne, Germany, where I am currently walking the halls of this year’s ProSweets and ISM trade fairs.
Custom ingredient for drink
PureCircle has introduced Sigma-Beverage, its latest stevia ingredient that is specifically optimised for beverage formulations.
Round-Up: Ingredients
Here is your weekly round-up of ingredients news. Next week’s round-up will focus on packaging news.
Cargill to increase European sweetener options
Cargill is to invest €35 million ($37.7m) to increase its sweetener options across Europe in anticipation of the end of the European sugar quotas in October 2017.