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French sweet tooth holds sugar opportunities

17-Nov-2009 - French sweet tooth holds sugar opportunities ... Opportunities for low-sugar formulations could potentially reside in France with a new study showing eight out of ten French people consume a reduced sugar product at least once a week. ... Opportunities for low-sugar formulations could potentially reside in France with a new study showing eight out of ten French people consume a reduced sugar product at least once a week. ... But opportunities to boost the bottom line do not stop at low-sugar formulations. According to the survey of 4000 consumers for the sugar association Cedus, eight out of ten French eat sugar, in any form ... sugar, low-sugar

Nutrition of lunchbox foods attacked

16-Nov-2009 - Consumer watchdog Which? is campaigning for strict rules on the sugar, salt and fat content ... Consumer watchdog Which? is campaigning for strict rules on the sugar, salt and fat content ... of sugar – almost five teaspoons; and Munch Bunch Double Up Fromage Frais has two teaspoons (12.4g ) of sugar but only 2.25g of fruit purée. Martyn Hocking, Editor, Which? magazine, said: “The best way ... Which? salt, fat, sugar

Rousselot divides gelatines for functionality and healthy products

09-Nov-2009 - that should be eaten in wise quantities, like fat, sugar and salt, but still need to be indulgent no fat and no sugar, but which is still tasty.

Fructose sweeteners may promote Syndrome X

09-Nov-2009 - than 50 per cent sugar as total calorie intake”. They also recognize the omission of a glucose

Smart salt distribution can cut salt without extra additives

06-Nov-2009 - sugar content of food products without loss of taste.

Danisco makes xanthan gum to suit applications

05-Nov-2009 - polysaccharide, it is produced by fermentation of corn sugar using the Xanthomonas Campestris bacteria. Until

Colour specialist branches into burnt sugar flavour

04-Nov-2009 - Colour specialist branches into burnt sugar flavour ... Specialist food colouring company DD Williamson has developed a natural acid-stable burnt sugar ... Specialist food colouring company DD Williamson has developed a natural acid-stable burnt sugar ... the use of its existing experience in this area that it has developed its new burnt (or caramelized) sugar but some have more flavour than they have colour.” The burnt sugar flavour has “incidental colouring ... caramel colour, burnt sugar

Inulin may offer low-sugar, tasty milk chocolate

29-Oct-2009 - Inulin may offer low-sugar, tasty milk chocolate ... Combining inulin with the bulking agent polydextrose may reduce the sugar and fat content of milk ... Combining inulin with the bulking agent polydextrose may reduce the sugar and fat content of milk ... Milk chocolate with up to 25 per cent fewer calories was produced by replacing sugar with inulin findings on simultaneous fat and sugar reductions also indicated the possibility of fat cut up to 5 ... chocolate, low-sugar, inulin

News in brief

Borregaard received biorefinery funding

28-Oct-2009 - from biomass. “Our role in EuroBioRef is to develop technology which degrades the biomass to sugars

Tate & Lyle to sell stakes in Saudi and Egyptian sugar refineries

27-Oct-2009 - Tate & Lyle to sell stakes in Saudi and Egyptian sugar refineries ... Tate & Lyle has reached an agreement to sell its minority stake in sugar refineries in Saudi Arabia and Egypt to Saudi-based sugar refiner Savola, the companies have said. ... Tate & Lyle has reached an agreement to sell its minority stake in sugar refineries in Saudi Arabia and Egypt to Saudi-based sugar refiner Savola, the companies have said. ... The divestment is the latest stage in Tate & Lyle’s sale of its sugar trading business , announced in July 2008 with the sale of its international sugar trading business to oilseed giant Bunge ... Savola, sugar, commodity prices

Consumer group targets Ocean Spray cranberry ingredient

20-Nov-2009 - The NCL alleges that the product contains more sugar than cranberry and is made from cranberry of cranberries infused with sugar and dried to a specific moisture content. Ocean Spray’s ‘Choice’ product

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Senate panel approves food safety bill

19-Nov-2009 - because of the legislative log-jam triggered by the ongoing debate on President Obama’s healthcare reforms . “This Mark is a forward looking bill that comprehensively reforms our current food safety system yet

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US food safety bill enters final lap

19-Nov-2009 - Obama’s healthcare reforms. The panel also omitted a clause that would charge food firms $500 a year . “This Mark is a forward looking bill that comprehensively reforms our current food safety system yet

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PureCircle raises $67.18m for stevia investment

18-Nov-2009 - for its stevia products driven by the need to cut sugar intakes, improve sustainability and the desire to reduce sugar consumption by 25 per cent by 2012.” Also, stevia can be produced far more sustainably

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Coca-Cola begins global launch of plant-based PET bottle

17-Nov-2009 - to 30 per cent plant materials such as sugar and molasses. ... to 30 per cent plant materials such as sugar and molasses. ... Brazil, Japan and Mexico and China, said the company. Sugar and Molasses The bottle is currently made by turning sugar and molasses into a component in PET plastic. The company said its ultimate goal

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Prevention is the best medicine for health care reform: Survey

16-Nov-2009 - Prevention is the best medicine for health care reform: Survey ... reform, according to a new poll from Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. ... reform, according to a new poll from Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. ... reformulation to reduce trans fats, saturated fats, sodium and sugar, but also on encouraging increased physical in disease prevention as a part of health care reform, and 44 percent strongly favored more investment

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White bean derived supplement may lower GI of bread

13-Nov-2009 - , which then raise consumers' blood glucose levels. High GI foods cause blood sugar levels to rise more rapidly whereas a low GI rating, that takes longer to digest and release sugar into the bloodstream

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Gut microflora and obesity: Study highlights potential for pre-, probiotics

12-Nov-2009 - -fat, high-sugar Western diet”, report the researchers led by Peter Turnbaugh from Washington University ), and fed them a high-fat, high-sugar, Western-style diet, they recorded a rapid change in the population

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Congress must fund omega-3 DRI review, say groups

10-Nov-2009 - . The matter is especially topical in the US at the moment, since healthcare reform is at the top of the agenda

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