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[Webinar] New Era Sugar Reduction Presentation

[Webinar] New Era Sugar Reduction Presentation

New Era Sugar Reduction Speaker: Stephanie Mattucci, CFS, Associate Director, Food Science, Mintel Stephanie Mattucci is an Associate Director of Food Science at Mintel. Mattucci’s role includes advising clients about innovations, ingredient and nutrition trends as it...

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...

Does Sugar Cause Obesity?

Does Sugar Cause Obesity?

“So, when you see someone who is obese…do you ask, ‘Is it too much sugar; is it too much carbohydrate; or is it just too [insert colorful adjective] much?” Professor Julie Miller Jones, of St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, characteristically likes to...

Low-calorie Sweeteners & Health: Developments & Reality Checks

Low-calorie Sweeteners & Health: Developments & Reality Checks

Panel: Sweeteners and Nutrition: New Developments & Reality Checks Panelist #2: Low-Calorie Sweeteners & Health—Developments & Reality Checks January 1, 2017 - Prof. Richard Mattes, Purdue University, launched his data-rich presentation with a plea: Given...

Sweeteners and Health

Sweeteners and Health

In the last 45 years, the rate of obesity has risen along with an increased availability of added sugars in foods. Obesity has been blamed on sugars and sugar-sweetened beverages and more recently on high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) as a caloric sweetener in beverages....