Cargill has unveiled ViaTech, a new stevia-based sweeteners line, designed for food and beverage manufacturers.
The new sweeteners are claimed to allow F&B producers to achieve optimal sweetness and significant sugar reduction. They complement Cargill's existing portfolio of stevia-based ingredients.
With ViaTech, the agribusiness giant builds upon previous stevia-based sweeteners by enhancing taste performance at high usage levels.
Cargill Corn Milling North America global business development director Scott Fabro said, "Our customers are looking for new solutions to broaden their product offerings with stevia sweeteners, and it's not just about finding a single steviol glycoside that works for everything.
"Cargill designed the ViaTech ingredients to deliver an optimal sweet taste at high use levels, which has been a limitation with previous stevia-based products."
Scientists at the company have worked with stevia leaf to identify various patterns of steviol glycosides.
Cargill sweetness applications leader Melanie Goulson said, "As we bring new stevia-based innovations to market that enable product developers to work in high sweetness formulations such as carbonated soft drinks, we always keep in mind that our solutions must be commercially viable from a cost-in-use perspective."
