Sweeteners (intense, bulk, polyols)

The FoodNavigator Podcast: Sugar reformulation part 2: The taste conundrum

14-Aug-2020 By Oliver Morrison

The food industry is under pressure to reformulate products with less sugar. The UK has a voluntary target for manufacturers to meet a 20% cut in sugar by 2020. This is unlikely to be met and campaigners are increasingly demanding that mandatory sugar...

Three innovations set to shake up sugar reduction

11-Aug-2020 By Katy Askew

With sugar reduction in the spotlight, Netherlands-based consultancy FutureBridge shares its predictions for three new bioprocesses ‘set to rattle the low-calorie sweetener market’.

Children and adolescents are ‘less sensitive’ to sweet taste: study

05-Aug-2020 By Katy Askew

Children and adolescents are less sensitive to sweet taste than adults, new research finds.

Coca-Cola to streamline its innovation pipeline after ‘toughest and most complex’ period ever

22-Jul-2020 By Oliver Morrison

The snacks and beverage giant says it will cut a number of its zombie brands and focus on ‘fewer but bigger and stronger’ products after its second-quarter sales fell 27% year-on-year - the sharpest quarterly sales drop in a decade.

Oatly: ‘Now we want to challenge the whole dairy industry’

20-Jul-2020 By Oliver Morrison

Plant-based drink disruptor Oatly says it is planning to take on the overall dairy category after securing $200 million in new equity from an investment group led by private equity giant Blackstone and a group of celebrities.

Stevia pioneer Morita sends ‘clear message to the market’ to respect IP around Reb M

18-Jun-2020 By Elaine Watson

Japanese stevia pioneer Morita Kagaku Kogyo Co has taken the unusual step of issuing a press release highlighting the extent of its intellectual property around sweet tasting steviol glycoside Reb M and naming the three partners to which it has licensed...

The FoodNavigator Podcast: Sugar reformulation part 1: Why reducing by stealth is key

12-Jun-2020 By Oliver Morrison

The food industry is under massive pressure to reformulate products with less sugar. And in light of the voluntary target in the UK for manufacturers to meet a 20% cut in sugar by 2020 unlikely to be met, campaigners are increasingly demanding that mandatory...

French legislators demand ‘sober’ diet with ‘more vegetables’ in bid to call time on ready-meal rise

02-Jun-2020 By Oliver Morrison

Senators are proposing to tax foods with ‘poor nutritional’ quality amid concerns consumers are eating ‘too many calories and too much meat’ in a bid to force the food industry to design ‘less sweet, salty and fatty dishes’.

Kellogg’s drops advertising from Joe Wicks’ YouTube channel after Pringles blunder

26-May-2020 By Flora Southey

A complaint concerning an advertisement for Kellogg’s-owned Pringles on Joe Wicks’ Body Coach YouTube platform has seen the food major cut all adverts from the channel.

Could SDIL’s sweet success expand beyond soft drink? ‘The lack of taxation for sugary milk drinks definitely needs more thought’

22-May-2020 By Flora Southey

The UK’s soft drink tax has probably been of greatest benefit to the Childhood Obesity Plan, says Association for the Study of Obesity Chair Dr Maria Bryant, and similar principles should ‘absolutely’ be applied to sugary milk drinks.

Tate & Lyle aims to cut carbon emissions 30% by 2025 as reformulation lifts profits

22-May-2020 By Oliver Morrison

Tate & Lyle has announced a set of ambitious environmental targets including a commitment to cut Scope 1 and 2 CO2e emissions 20% by 2025 and 30% by 2030. Scope 1 and 2 are defined as direct emissions from owned or controlled sources, and indirect...

Ingredion launches polyol sweetener to tap health-conscious trend

04-May-2020 By Oliver Morrison

Ingredion EMEA has launched its first polyol sweetener -- ERYSTA Erythritol – to enable manufacturers to reduce or replace sugar to achieve nutrition-related claims, such as ‘no added sugar’ or ‘calorie-reduced’, in multiple applications.

Making sweet food taste sweeter: Could coffee hold the key to sugar reformulation?

23-Apr-2020 By Flora Southey

Fresh research out of Denmark reveals that drinking coffee changes our sense of taste, making sweet foods even sweeter. Could these findings help inform sugar reformulation strategies?

‘We innovate, we create, and we have a track record of delivering:’ Nim’s Fruit Crisps on life in the healthy snacking fast lane

23-Apr-2020 By Oliver Morrison

We caught up with the healthy snacking pioneer to discuss the importance of innovation in what is one of the world’s fastest moving sectors.

Coronavirus and obesity: Doctors take aim at food industry over poor diets

22-Apr-2020 By Oliver Morrison

A cardiologist has blamed the food industry for ‘normalising’ ultra-processed junk food as more evidence emerges suggesting poor diet is the root cause behind increased mortality from Covid-19.