Articles Tagged with ''sweeteners''

Regulatory Watch

FDA Amends Standard of Identity for Yogurt

December 15, 2022

The FDA is modifying the yogurt standard of identity to allow the use of all safe and suitable sweeteners, and to make the minimum optional fortification of Vitamin D 10% of the Daily Value.

Batory Foods acquires Sweetener Solutions

Acquisition brings Batory Foods enhanced ingredient offerings, added expertise in sweetener formulation, blending and packaging.

May 4, 2022

Batory Foods, a national distributor of food and ingredients, has acquired Sweetener Solutions, a Savannah, Ga.-based company specializing in custom sweetener formulation, precision blending and specialty portion packaging.

Field Reports

Sweetener manufacturer solves recurring pump repair problem

Seal face technology addresses the most difficult sealing problems in unique pump applications

Sam Ajram

May 9, 2019

A manufacturer and blending facility of liquid and dry sweetener products, located in upstate New York, was faced with mounting costs and downtime, linked to pump failures in its liquefier unit. The facility’s technicians narrowed the problem to its batch-run sucrose blending circulation pump, critical to liquefying white and brown sugar, organic and kosher products, fructose, maltitol, corn syrup and invert syrups.

PepsiCo brings back Diet Pepsi with aspartame

Jeremy Gerrard

June 27, 2016

PepsiCo announced Monday it will reintroduce an aspartame-sweetened diet soft drink to the market.

TECH FLASH

Splenda CEO says Ramazzini study is flawed

CEO Ted Gelov disputes linking the consumption of Splenda to leukemia.

Jeremy Gerrard

March 29, 2016

Researchers worked to determine the product’s carcinogenic effect in mice.

Consumers’ added sugar concerns reshape sweetener market

Jeremy Gerrard

January 4, 2016

A growing number of consumers are voicing concern over the amount of sugar and sweeteners in their food.

TECH FLASH

Pepsi ditches aspartame in Diet Pepsi

The company made the decision to alter its traditional formula in response to growing consumer concerns regarding the safety of the sweetener.

Jeremy Gerrard

April 28, 2015

Beginning in August, Diet Pepsi, Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi and Wild Cherry Diet Pepsi in the US will be sweetened with a blend of sucralose and acesulfame potassium.

TECH FLASH

Rising demand for natural sweeteners

Researchers at Canadean say obesity and health issues, in addition to taxes on sugary beverages, have caused countries to look toward natural sweeteners

Jeremy Gerrard

October 13, 2014

Soft drink manufacturers are cashing in on the trend with approximately 20 percent of new non-caloric soft drinks using natural sweeteners in 2013.

Food companies respond to consumer groups advocating removal of HFCS

Jeremy Gerrard

May 28, 2014

A growing number of food and beverage manufacturers are listening to consumers who support the removal of high fructose corn syrup by changing recipes to remove the sweetener.

UK aspartame study finds no action needed to protect public

The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer products and the Environment peer reviewed the double-blind, randomized crossover study.

Shane O'Halloran

December 4, 2013

The Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer products and the Environment peer reviewed the double-blind, randomized crossover study.

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