Trendspotting at IFT First 2022: Sugar reduction... 'What consumers look at on the label in the US is calories, then sugar’

By Elaine Watson

19-Jul-2022 - Last updated on 19-Jul-2022 at 16:40 GMT

From more efficient production of rare sugars tagatose and allulose (and intriguing new possibilities with D-allose), to ‘enhanced’ sugars, and a mystery disaccharide that behaves like sugar, but is metabolized very differently, check out part one of our IFT First highlights gallery. Best viewed on a laptop!

Trendspotting at IFT First 2022: Sugar reduction... 'What consumers look at on the label in the US is calories, then sugar’

Bonumose gears up for commercial production of rare sugar tagatose this fall: ‘It really does stand apart in terms of its taste and its functionality’

Tate & Lyle: ‘What consumers look at on the label in the US is calories, then sugar’

Tate & Lyle: Monk fruit popular in kids’ products, Reb-M production ramping up

Icon Foods: 'Zero sugar seems to be the call out of the day on product labels'

Sweegen: 'Brazzein is extremely soluble and extremely resistant to acid and heat'

Apura Ingredients: Reb M via bioconversion… ‘Some companies accept it as a natural plant extract and others push back and say no, it is modified’

Ingredion: Allulose still hot, fermentation will unlock price ‘substantially’ for Reb M

Supply chain: ‘Everybody's frustrated and exhausted’

ReSugar: Novel disaccharide in the works

B.T Sweet (Cambya): Plant-based sugar reduction strategy

DouxMatok: It’s sugar, but not as we know it, Jim…

Codexis: Optimizing sweetener production through enzymes

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