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2021 Sweetener Systems Post Webinar Magazine

2021 Sweetener Systems Post Webinar Magazine

The Sweetener Systems Premium Webinar titled "Formulating with Sweet Enhancing Ingredients" was held by Global Food Forums in mid-2021. Designed for application scientists and R&D product formulators, it delivered practical insights and advice on consumer trends...

Added Sugars in Nutrition Facts Panel

Added Sugars in Nutrition Facts Panel

Added Sugars Declarations in Nutrition Facts Labeling is a popular and complicated topic. When it comes to naturally sweet ingredients, such as fruits and vegetables, what needs to be included as “Added Sugar” in the Nutrition Facts panel? By Lauren Swann, MS, RD,...

Analytical Methods: Sweetener Labeling

Analytical Methods: Sweetener Labeling

THE REVISED U.S. NUTRITION LABEL regulations, to be implemented in 2020, will transform the carbohydrate portion of the label by including a line for added sugars along with revised definitions of dietary fiber. The food and beverage analysis industries are far from...

3rd Generation Stevia Extracts

3rd Generation Stevia Extracts

IN HIS PRESENTATION “3rd Generation Stevia Extracts: Neuroscience, Ingredient Technologies and Food Applications,” Alex Woo, Ph.D., CEO & Founder, W2O Food Innovation, emphasized that “improved steviol glycosides technologies beget better sweetener strategies.” In...

Are Sugar Consumption & Obesity Correlated?

Are Sugar Consumption & Obesity Correlated?

AT THE OUTSET OF HIS TALK, “Reducing Added Sugars: Will It Reverse the Trend Toward Overweight & Obesity,” John White, Ph.D., President and Founder, White Technical Research, asked how many in the audience believed that sugar consumption was correlated with...

FDA’s Proposed Added Sugar Labeling Creates Confusion

FDA’s Proposed Added Sugar Labeling Creates Confusion

Anticipate turbulence ahead with the FDA's proposed "added sugar" labeling! Changes to the Nutrition Facts label in order to accommodate FDA’s proposed "added sugar” labeling requirements are intended to help, but can also potentially confuse suppliers, manufacturers...

Polyols: Properties & Labeling

Polyols: Properties & Labeling

Click to Enlarge “Sugars can be classified as monosaccharides, disaccharides or mixtures, such as corn syrup. The key to using polyols for sugar reduction is to select a polyol with similar structure and functional properties as the sugar that you are replacing,” said...

Natural Sweetener Characteristics & Uses

Natural Sweetener Characteristics & Uses

Sweeteners have a variety of functional properties, including taste, texture and crystal control, among others. Yet, with diabetes on the rise and an increased focus on nutrition and well-being, consumers are demanding more healthful products, including those with...

Labeling Added Sugars Issues

Labeling Added Sugars Issues

Food manufacturers take note: There still remains an important, albeit small (perhaps 1-1/2 year) window of opportunity for food and beverage companies to convince the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) to modify or eliminate its pending sugar-labeling...

Consumers’ Sweetener Attitudes

Consumers’ Sweetener Attitudes

Tom Vierhile, MBA, Innovation Insights Director with the UK-based data anagement company GlobalData, gave a thoughtful discussion on consumers' sweetener attitudes that ended with a summary of unique future developments in sugar reduction. He began his presentation,...