Nestlé claimed it has cut 2.6 billion (bn) teaspoons of sugar and more than 60bn calories from its products since 2015, as it takes steps to meet its pledge to cut sugar across its confectionery portfolio by 10%.
A leading producer has claimed its functional syrups range offers manufacturers “huge potential” after new figures projected double-figure category growth.
Sugar reduction campaigners have praised the Coca-Cola Company’s (CCC’s) refusal to drop the natural sweetener stevia in its Glaceau Vitaminwater in the UK, as it has done in the US.
More negative online discussions surround aspartame than other sweeteners, as consumers become embroiled in the bitter debate surrounding the health benefits offered by sugar alternatives, a new study has claimed.
Major soft drinks companies are gearing up to launching products with half the calories of current versions, thanks to proprietary technologies just hitting the market from ingredients developer Cargill.
The dynamics at large in the sweeteners market are similar to those in a football club. As on the football pitch, in the sweeteners market there is rivalry as each player strives to shine as an individual. But teamwork or combinations of sweeteners is...
Cargill Health & Nutrition is working with a number of UK food manufacturers so that products containing its natural Stevia-based high-intensity sweetener Truvia can be launched soon after it receives approval for use in the EU. Approval is expected...
The New-Zealand-based firm driving the commercialisation of an intense natural sweetener from monk fruit (luo han guo) is seeking clearance to market it in the EU following successful trials with some of the world’s leading food and drink manufacturers.
British Sugar has joined forces with natural sweeteners firm PureCircle to develop new bulk sweeteners combining sugar and extracts from the stevia leaf.
EU approval for natural sweeteners from the stevia leaf has moved one step closer after scientists at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) gave them a clean bill of health.
Stevia-based sweeteners could suffer the same negative publicity that aspartame has unless suppliers of the ingredient, which has received qualified...
Manufacturers keen to use extracts of the much-hyped stevia leaf as a sweetener are unlikely to get the green light from EU regulators for at least a...
Amid the hype surrounding the new natural, no-calorie sweetener, John Dunn speaks to PureCircle, the company that got in first in the rush to the production line
Aspartame and sucralose could face some serious competition by the end of the decade if a more 'natural' rival gains approval for use in food in the...
Rebiana, a plant-based zero-calorie sweetener being developed by Cargill and Coca-Cola, should have greater consumer appeal than other high-intensity...