LEAF Brands, announces new 'Zero Calorie' versions of their popular Astro Pop sodas. The candy and snack manufacturer gained attention last month at the Sweets and Snacks Expo in Chicago when their Farts Candy won the award for "Most ...
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Hormel Foods Corporation today reported its performance for the fiscal year 2013 fourth quarter and full year. All comparisons are to the fourth quarter or full year of fiscal 2012. The company reported fiscal 2013 fourth quarter net ...
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The food processing industry and its raw food supplier allies have been clever at marketing their products as healthy while attacking the foods they replace as unhealthy. And it has worked both ways. Saturated fats including coconut oil ...
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In The Raw has expanded its family of all-natural sweeteners expands with the launch of the Monk Fruit In The Raw Bakers Bag, a zero-calorie, all natural sweetener, created for cooking and baking. The company noted that Monk Fruit In The ...
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Nectresse, the newest sugar substitute to enter our kitchens, has far fewer calories than regular sugar. But our taste testers weren't crazy about it in baked goods or when it was added to coffee or lemonade. Nectresse is made of a sugar ...
The Truvia business has announced that its Truvia calorie-free sweetener has received carbon footprint certification, making it the first stevia-based sweetener to be awarded this status. The certification arm of the UK-based Carbon Trust ...
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PureCircle, a producer of stevia ingredients, expects first-half sales to surge as food and beverage companies sign up for the natural sweetener. Net sales are expected to show an increase of 80% to US$27m in the six months to 31 ...
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Truvia business has signed a strategic agreement with Grupo Herdez for the distribution and marketing of its Truvia sweetener in Mexico. Truvia is a stevia-based sugar substitute developed jointly by Coca-Cola and Cargill. Recently, ...
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US agribusiness giant Cargill has launched its stevia sweetener Truvia in Venezuela. Cargill announced the launch of the natural sweetener into the South American market yesterday (18 July), following what it claims is "a year of ...
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has delayed the release of a re-evaluation of the sweetener aspartame, in order to facilitate additional review of new data. While the release was scheduled for September 2012, the EFSA had asked ...
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Canada has become the latest country to approve the use of stevia in food and beverages. Health Canada said on Friday (30 November) it has authorised the use of the sugar substitute as a food additive for products. Previously it was only ...
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American agribusiness company Cargill has launched Truvia,a stevia-based sugar substitute,in Venezuela,as a part of its effort to strengthen its position in the stevia-based sweetener category. According to the company,this move comes ...
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In The Raw family of all natural sweeteners has launched Monk Fruit In The Raw,a zero-calorie sweetner that can be used as a sugar substitute. The new sweetener is made from monk fruit,a vine-ripened fruit native to Asia.It is different ...
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