Sweetener

Mycelia-producer, MycoTechnology, announces its foray into natural sweeteners

20-Jul-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Derived from honey truffles, MycoTechnology launches its honey truffle sweetener adding to the growing, diverse variety of alternative sweeteners.

Sweet trends in honey at the Summer Fancy Food Show

05-Jul-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Honey continued its reign as a sweet superfood during the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City June 25-27. Known for its flavor, function and versatility in food, honey brands served up diverse flavors and applications from infused tea bags to condiments,...

Elo Life Systems unlocks funds to scale production of monk fruit-inspired high-intensity sweetener

15-Feb-2023 By Elizabeth Crawford

After unlocking full access to a $24.5m series A fundraise, North Carolina based food-tech Elo Life Systems is on track to launch in 2025 at least two forms of its new natural high-intensity sweetener “inspired by monk fruit,” but which it says will be...

Roquette and BRAIN Group to scale-up protein sweetener production

26-Jan-2021 By Jim Cornall

Roquette, a producer of plant-based ingredients for food, nutrition and health markets, biotech company BRAIN AG, and BRAIN Group company AnalytiCon Discovery have completed the R&D phase for the development of protein sweetener brazzein.

Ingredion unveils its first allulose plant in Latin America

16-Dec-2019 By Natasha Spencer

Global ingredient provider, Ingredion, has opened its new manufacturing facility in Mexico, to produce allulose, the first of its kind for the company in the region.

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Tate & Lyle’s low-calorie sugar allulose easily snaps into formulas as traditional sugar replacement

18-Jun-2019 By Elizabeth Crawford

Ever since FDA decided to exclude Tate & Lyle’s super low-calorie sugar allulose from the total and added sugar declarations on the Nutrition Facts panel, manufacturers across categories have been clamoring to learn how the ingredient might help them...

Merisant teams with Amazon accelerator to expand appeal of Equal with two new sweetener lines

11-Feb-2019 By Elizabeth Crawford

Accelerators may disproportionately target startups, but well-established companies and heritage brands can also benefit from the jumpstart they offer as illustrated by Merisant’s rapid development and launch of its latest brand Sugarly Sweet and a new...

Erythritol demand to grow with EU acceptance

14-Feb-2008 By Laura Crowley

EU member states must recognise erythritol as an approved sweetener
by tomorrow, which is expected to increase its use in low-calorie
products across Europe.