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Will stevia live up to the great expectations? Now that FDA-affirmed GRAS has been achieved, will it meet manufacturers’ and consumers’ exacting demands? The beverage giants are off the blocks... |
04-Jan-2008 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has no plans in the near future to establish a definition of the term 'natural', saying it has other priorities for its limited resources.
02-Jan-2008 - Coca-Cola and Cargill will move to introduce their stevia sweetener product in countries where the ingredient is already approved, the firms have confirmed.
21-Dec-2007 - A new 'all natural' sweetener blend for baked goods claims to be able to replace sugar on a one to one basis without compromising the sweetness or structure of a product.
23-Oct-2007 - No sweetener currently available on the market has proven to be a fully satisfactory replacement for sugar, but the emergence of stevia could rekindle hope, according to Freedonia. The analyst examines the sweetener market in the second of a series of exclusive articles contributed to FoodNavigator-USA.com by global market research firms.