• Researchers at Tufts University in the United States have taken an important step towards solving one of the food industry's biggest challenges: reducing sugar without sacrificing...

• The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has reconfirmed the safety of the artificial sweetener acesulfame K (E 950), also known as acesulfame potassium or ace-K, following a detailed re-evaluation. This decision...

• It is the turn of the sweetener xylitol to be in the attention of researchers. According to the latest studies published in specialized journals, xylitol may not be all that safe for human consumption. Sweeteners with...

• Sweeteners have recently come under scrutiny, either because they add too many calories to products or because they are too processed. But regardless of whether they are high in calories,…

• Weight loss is no longer the main reason for reducing sugar in the diet, according to the data of a study on consumer behavior carried out by the Kerry Group company. According to the survey, 79% of consumers are guided by...

• Stevia, a plant whose leaves have an intensely sweet taste, has been used as tea but also to sweeten drinks since the 16th century. Stevia, or by its full name Stevia Rebaudiana, ...

Two companies in the food industry have joined forces to build a new technology that will produce sweeteners from banana waste. Thus, the companies Fooditive and Frutco will bring to the market...