Sugar Substitute

Special Edition: Natural Sweeteners

Shakeout foreseen on supply end of stevia market

24-Oct-2012 By Hank Schultz

The popularity of stevia as an alternative sweetener has unleashed a blizzard of competition to supply the ingredient, mostly from mainland China, raising the question of whether the market is becoming unbalanced on the supply end.

Do drink makers have stomach for anti-obesity fight?

15-Feb-2010 By Caroline Scott-Thomas

Bravo! The beverage industry has responded enthusiastically to Mrs. Obama’s campaign to tackle childhood obesity - but there’d better be more than froth behind that sparkling rhetoric.

PureCircle appoints Tate & Lyle man for Reb A sales drive

16-Jan-2009

PureCircle has appointed Jordi Ferre to its senior management team in the US to spearhead the commercial development of the all-natural, zero calorie stevia-derived sweetener, Rebaudioside A (Reb A).

CPI adds stevia in hopes of FDA approval

23-Apr-2008 By Clarisse Douaud

Corn Products International is investing in what it sees as the
eventual approval of stevia as a sweetener by the US Food &
Drug Administration (FDA), by adding a stevia-based high-intensity
sweetener to its portfolio.