The approach by some food and drink manufacturers to replace sugar with high-glycaemic alternatives is “borderline misleading” to consumers, the director of a global ingredients company has claimed.
A number of industry players are “cheating” consumers by making ‘no sugar’ claims, despite using carbohydrates that are even more glycaemic than sugar, according to a Beneo representative.
Breakfast cereal manufacturers and frozen pizza suppliers have access to cartoning technology that can slash changeover times and maintain consistently high yields, courtesy of Bosch Packaging Technology.
Beneo's sweetener Palatinose confers weight management and fat burning benefits more effectively than higher glycaemic sugars, according to recent studies the firm commissioned.
Adding trehalose to mashed potato could stop shepherd’s pies and other prepared foods from forming pools of water as they defrost, enabling some products currently supplied chilled to be frozen.
Ingredients supplier Cargill is seeking EU approval for Xtend Sucromalt, its newest slowly digestible sweetener.Derived from sucrose and maltose, the...
Consumers will by now probably be familiar with the concept of low-carb pasta, but Italian pasta manufacturer Pasta Lensi has gone one stage further...
Carbohydrates have come under fire in recent times for their unhealthy image. Susan Birks reports on the switch by manufacturers to new high-fibre, low-glycaemic and prebiotic alternatives
