The biotech start-up Amyris recently announced that it will launch in early December a sugarcane-derived, zero-calorie sweetener. An independent panel has determined the sweetener is Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS), according to the company’s press release.
ADM launches two new stevia- and monk fruit-based sweetener brands [Registered]
The agribusiness giant Archer-Daniels-Midland Company is launching new sweetener brands, SweetRight stevia and VerySweet monk fruit, to market. These two new additions to the ADMportfolio, are sourced through ADM’s partnership with GLG Life Tech Corporation, according to press release from the company.
Brazzein could be the next big intense sweetener [Registered]
Brazzein, the high-intensity sweetener found in the berry of a West African plant Pentadiplandra brazzeana, locally known as Oubli, is receiving renewed interest following research by South Korean scientists showing that it can be synthesized in large amounts.
Tate & Lyle closing its sucralose plant in Singapore [Registered]
The Singapore sucralose facility opened in 2007. A phased transfer of production to McIntosh from Singapore will take place over the next 12 months. Tate & Lyle expects to invest about £18 million ($26.9 million), mainly related to the transfer of equipment, to consolidate production in McIntosh, which materially should lower the manufacturing cost base for sucralose.
Monthly Snapshot
Raw sugar for March delivery settled at 19.82 cents/pound on January 18 after reaching a two-and-a-half-week high earlier in the session at 20.25 cents. The white sugar contract expiring in […]
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