Ingredion – already a key player in the stevia sweeteners market through its 2020 deal to acquire PureCircle – has teamed up with synthetic biology specialist Amyris to expand into a new segment of the market: steviol glycosides produced via fermentation.
Amyris is gearing up to launch a tabletop sweetener and culinary baking mixes featuring purecane (Reb M), a steviol glycoside that's found naturally in the stevia leaf, but which Amyris says can be produced more efficiently from cane sugar by a modified...
