Sweetening Solutions

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Food Safety

Small Study Indicates Erythritol Increases Risk of Blood Clots

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

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

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

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

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

Aug. 21, 2023
Importer and distributor of bakery, pastry, confectionery and ice cream products will roll into Roland’s AUI Fine Foods division.
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The World's First Flavor Enhancing Sweetener

We sat down with Chuck Nix, founder of Silky Smooth MicroCreamery and the creator of Silky Sweet, a flavor-enhancing, all-natural, sugar-free and ketogenic certified sweetener...
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Research Finds Sucralose Molecule Could Damage Human Cell DNA

June 5, 2023
Sucralose-6-acetate was found to be genotoxic to human blood cells in the study out of North Carolina State University.
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Sweetening Solutions

World Health Organization Advises Against Use of Non-Sugar Sweeteners for Weight Loss

May 15, 2023
New World Health Organization (WHO) guideline says evidence shows non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) may not reduce body fat in adults and children.
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.
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Justice Dept. Blocking U.S. Sugar’s Acquisition of Imperial Sugar

Nov. 23, 2021
Acquisition would lessen sugar competition in the southeastern U.S.
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Sweetener Options Are Evolving for Food and Beverage Processors

Sept. 16, 2021
A growing toolbox of ingredients play key roles in formulations—and not all involve sweetness.
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How Ingredion is Helping Processors Increase Options by Reducing Sugar

Aug. 6, 2021
With us are Afrouz Naeini, Didem Icoz, and Christina Coles from Ingredion talking about how the company is helping product developers sweeten products without the added sugar....