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    Mergers & Acquisitions

    Dutch Gold Honey, Related Businesses Acquired by Private-Equity Firm

    Andy Hanacek
    March 3, 2025
    New Water Capital Partners II LP acquires the honey and maple syrup products company along with a container business and logistics business.
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    Sweetening Solutions

    Parent Co. of SweetLeaf Products Acquires Canada’s Drizzle Honey

    Andy Hanacek
    Nov. 6, 2024
    Deal will open the door to U.S. distribution for the sustainably sourced honey products currently sold in Canada and online.
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    Ingredients

    New Ingredients: September 2024

    Sept. 13, 2024
    Plant-based butter substitute from Bunge; marbled 'steaks' from Planteneers; upcycled certification from Ingredion Inc.; protein and cereal bars from Gelita USA; Sante and CTC...
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    Food Safety

    Small Study Indicates Erythritol Increases Risk of Blood Clots

    Dave Fusaro
    Aug. 9, 2024
    Cleveland Clinic studied only 20 people, but all 10 consuming the sweetener had increased indicators of blood clotting.
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    Capital Spending

    Pioneer Sugar Parent Company Dedicates New Desugarization Plant

    Andy Hanacek
    Aug. 5, 2024
    New facility will help Michigan Sugar Co. extract an additional 80 million pounds of sugar annually without planting another acre of sugarbeets.
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    Regulatory Compliance

    And Another: Indiana Bill Seeks To Ban High-Fructose Corn Syrup

    Dave Fusaro
    March 6, 2024
    First shot at the sweetener in decades claims it poses a danger to Hoosiers’ health.
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    Business Strategies

    GAO: USDA's Sugar Program Costs Consumers $2.5-3.5 Billion a Year

    Andy Hanacek
    Nov. 1, 2023
    U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) review finds consumers and food manufacturers in 2022 paid twice the world price for sugar.
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    People on the Move

    U.S. Sugar Names New President and CEO

    Andy Hanacek
    Oct. 27, 2023
    Kenneth W. McDuffie takes the reins of the Florida-based sugar cane, citrus and sweet corn producer.
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    Mergers & Acquisitions

    ifiGourment Joins Roland Foods’ Portfolio of Home and Professional Chef Ingredient Products

    Andy Hanacek
    Aug. 21, 2023
    Importer and distributor of bakery, pastry, confectionery and ice cream products will roll into Roland’s AUI Fine Foods division.
    Sweetening Solutions

    Demand for Honey Increases as Supplies Drop

    Aug. 29, 2022
    Americans’ appetite for honey is increasing even as supplies are decreasing, according to the latest USDA figures.
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    Sweetening Solutions

    Old-Fashioned Nutritive Sweeteners Are On The Rise

    Ed Avis
    Aug. 24, 2022
    Everything old is new again, or at least that’s what it’s sounding like for food processors wanting to formulate with natural sweeteners.
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    Color

    ‘Natural’ and ‘Clean’ Continue to Drive Food and Beverage Purchases

    Claudia Dziuk O’Donnell
    July 27, 2022
    The path to clean label is often paved with good intent…but also with sodium, sugar and colorant replacements.
    Ingredient Products

    Ingredient Suppliers Form Consortium to Promote Allulose in Europe

    Nov. 29, 2021
    Ingredion, Cosun Beet Co., Matsutani and Samyang Corp. form the Allulose Novel Food Consortium.