sweetener
Artificial sweetener trends revealed
Technavio has announced the top four emerging trends impacting the artificial sweetener market in the UK to 2019.
Relaxation drinks
Premium relaxation beverage brand Tranquini is now available in 16 countries across three continents.
Innovation at Anuga
Innova Market Insights has published a review of the most innovative product launches seen at last month’s Anuga show, held in Cologne, Germany.
Germans need stevia education
28% of sugar and sweetener users in Germany believe stevia is good for their health
Stevia missing a trick in confectionery
With ongoing concerns about health and the reduction of sugar in the diet, the sugar-free confectionery market should be booming. This is particularly in the face of ongoing technical developments that have improved sensory properties and the appearance of new sweeteners and other ingredients with a more natural image. Yet sugar-free lines accounted for less […]
Stevia market registering robust growth, says report
Future Market Insights’ (FMI’s) recent report Global Stevia Market – Market Analysis and Opportunity Assessment, 2014 – 2020 focuses on emerging regions and delivers insights into the global stevia market. According to the report, the global stevia market is projected to grow at a single digit CAGR during the forecast period, accounting for $565.2 million by 2020. Shifting […]
Sucrose replacement
Sensus research has revealed that inulin can replace sucrose in food recipes, providing new opportunities for food manufacturers to create tasty, healthy products that consumers demand. Based on a survey of more than 800 UK consumers, Sensus discovered that the demand for healthy, good-tasting food is on the rise and that consumers are willing to […]
It’s all coming up caramel
According to market research, 2013 saw in the region of 26,000 new food and beverage products containing natural colours launched to the global market as part of the ‘clean label’ trend.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Sustainability
Sense and sensibility
I have just received an invitation to tour a sensory testing lab next month and I am looking forward to it already – I will learn if I have the sensory acuity to be a sensory taste panelist.
EU isoglucose market: the future looks sweet
According to a new report from Rabobank, Will Starch Grains Beat Sugar?, the impending change in EU sugar policy in 2017 could trigger a shift from sugar to isoglucose usage. Rabobank believes that isoglucose production could take off, particularly in grain and starch-rich but sugar-poor countries such as Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. At the same […]
Time for a tonic
Fentimans has launched the new 19:05 Herbal Tonic Water – adding to its range of mixers. The name is said to refer to the time when many people open a tonic for their evening drink, as well as the year in which Fentimans was founded. The Herbal Tonic Water’s blend of traditional British herbs and […]
DSM announces fermentation-based sweetener platform
DSM, the global life sciences and materials sciences company, has announced that it is well on its way to build a high intensity sweetener platform based on fermentation. DSM states that as the global consumption of Stevia as a sweetener is rapidly growing, it’s time for the introduction of steviol glycosides produced through fermentation, a […]
Tackling health challenges
The International Sweeteners Association recently hosted a conference in Brussels titled “Why low calories count: the effective use of low calorie sweeteners in today’s diet and lifestyle choices”.
May 2014
Product Focus: Organic and Fair Trade Ingredients: Sweeteners, Allergens Packaging: Liquid filling Processing: Mixing and blending, Dairy processing