Sweetening Solutions

Highlights

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April 1, 2025
Aspartame already is on the hot seat in Europe; sucralose, saccharin, ace-K and sugar alcohols also have skeletons in their closets.
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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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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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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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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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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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March 6, 2024
First shot at the sweetener in decades claims it poses a danger to Hoosiers’ health.
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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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Oct. 27, 2023
Kenneth W. McDuffie takes the reins of the Florida-based sugar cane, citrus and sweet corn producer.
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Sept. 28, 2022
Grab your lab coats and your reference materials, because this Food Facts Quiz isn't for the weak. We're putting your understanding of food science to the test.
Aug. 29, 2022
Americans’ appetite for honey is increasing even as supplies are decreasing, according to the latest USDA figures.
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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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The path to clean label is often paved with good intent…but also with sodium, sugar and colorant replacements.