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What to Know About Sugar Alcohols
What to Know About Sugar Alcohols — Sorbitol, Erythritol and Maltitol Health-conscious consumers, or those with diabetes, are well-versed in reading food labels to gather information on the amount of carbohydrates, sugars, fats and other ingredients in the foods they...
National Bioengineered Food Standard
What You Need to Know about the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard Beginning in 2022, food labeling will look completely different. Instead of non-GMO labeling, food and beverages will have to follow new standards for GMO or bio-engineered products. The...
Monk Fruit – The “Zero” Sweetener You Need
For centuries, monk fruit, also known as lo han guo, has been used in Eastern medicine as a cold and digestive aid. Thanks to its concentrated sweetness (150 to 200 times sweeter than sugar) monk fruit is gaining popularity in...
Formulating with Agave Syrup
6 Things to Know about Agave Syrup With the popularity of sugar substitutes – and the rise over the past few years of Paleo and Keto diets — agave syrup has become a popular ingredient in many foods and beverages....
Brown Rice Syrup
Uncovering the Benefits of Brown Rice Syrup Brown rice syrup – also called rice malt syrup or maltose syrup — is a vegan, fructose- and gluten-free liquid sugar substitute. It can often be found in Asian cuisine and many people find...
Tapioca Syrup Made from Cassava
What is Tapioca Syrup? Tapioca syrup comes from the cassava or manioc root – commonly grown in Africa, South America and Asia. To make the syrup, workers harvest the cassava root from the ground, pulverize it into starch and then...
The Amazing Pea Protein
The organic pea protein market is booming with an expected growth in revenue at an estimated CAGR of 7.2 percent running up to 2027. A new report, Organic Pea Protein Market by Persistence Market Research, attributes the rise in pea protein demand to...
Organic Sugars A to Z
Sugar is a major part of our lives – on average, Americans consume 19.5 teaspoons of sugar every day. That equates to about 320 calories out of our daily intake. And it comes at little surprise. Sugar tastes good and...
Plant Based Products – A Growing Market Trend
The demand for plant-based products show no signs of slowing down. If anything, people are adding more plants to their meals – whether it’s for health purposes, personal beliefs or simply out of curiosity. Does this Beyond or Impossible burger...
Understanding Added Sugars
For the first time in more than 20 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated the Nutrition Facts label on packaged foods and beverages. Of the major changes, the one most talked about ingredients by industry and...