In recent years, sugar has emerged as the primary scapegoat for unwanted weight gain and a litany of chronic diseases, and while science does not support all the allegations against the ingredient, consumer “perceptions can become reality in the form...
Demand for fizzy water shows no signs of slowing, but consumers’ mounting concerns about single-use packaging and artificial flavors used by some RTD options is creating an opportunity for home carbonation systems that the creators of the soon-to-be launched...
Tampico Beverages, a brand of juice drink concentrates that's been around since 1989, has introduced a zero sugar option for its value-oriented consumer audience.
Kids’ products can often be divided into two groups, claims Chobani chief marketing and commercial officer Peter McGuinness: fun products that parents don’t feel great about buying, and ‘worthy’ products designed to appeal to parents but which lack appeal...
While most entrepreneurs make their own luck through blood, sweat and tears; serendipity also helps, says Clear/Cut Phocus CEO Tom O’Grady after a chance encounter in a bar in St Thomas helped propel his caffeinated sparkling water brand onto the radar...
Are zero calorie sweeteners fueling, rather than fighting, the obesity epidemic by meddling with our metabolism or negatively altering our gut bacteria, as some critics claim? Or do they remain invaluable – and exhaustively tested - tools in the formulator’s...
60-second interview: Carol May, chairman and CEO, Wisdom Natural Brands (Sweetleaf stevia)
If fat is back with a vengeance and protein remains on trend, sugar is now public enemy number one for many consumers, who want to cut down, but remain suspicious of the ‘natural’ credentials of some alternatives. FoodNavigator-USA caught up with Carol...
'Keto' products -- from coffee creamers and ice cream to cheddar crisps and on-the-go nut butters -- are no longer a niche find for consumers, but is it wise to market a product solely around the keto diet, even it ticks all the right macronutrient...
While the sugar-free kids’ beverage company Hapi Drinks was the only one of the 10 startups in PepsiCo’s Nutrition Greenhouse North American’s inaugural class to receive the coveted $100,000 grant awarded by the accelerator, all of the participants –...
Coca-Cola Coffee and Coca-Cola Energy could spearhead the evolution of brand Coca-Cola, as beverage categories continue to blur and Coca-Cola looks to maintain momentum for its flagship brand.
'The number one consumer driver is natural or clean label, followed by glycemic index and keto friendly...'
Are sugar alcohols losing their luster, will allulose take off, and is stevia still hot? FoodNavigator-USA caught up with Icon Foods, Cargill and Beneo to explore formulation trends as brands come under increasing pressure to reduce sugar and keep labels...
Low-sugar confectionery startup SmartSweets is primed for solid expansion into mass and grocery this year, a move its founder says should bring Gen Y and Z back to the candy aisle.
Alarmed by the exponential increase of adults diagnosed with type II diabetes and disproportionate toll the chronic disease takes on food insecure individuals, a regional health care provider and food bank serving Pennsylvania decided to test whether...
FDA draft guidance allowing allulose to be excluded from the total and added sugars declarations on the Nutrition Facts panel could generate a surge of interest in the rare sugar, predict formulators.
