To contribute to creating better-for-you, reduced sugar products, Sweegen is commercialising its high-intensity sweetener, the Ultratia™ brazzein. Brazzein is 500 to 2,000 times sweeter than traditional sugar. This ingredient does not have any calories, making it a great alternative to artificial sweeteners and older generation variants like stevia. Sourced from the fruit of Oubli, a West African climbing plant’s fruit, which is found sparingly in nature. Sweegen utilises a proprietary … [Read more...] about Sweegen to bring brazzein sweetener to market
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New Codex Framework for Steviol Glycosides released
The International Stevia Council has announced that new guidelines for stevia production technologies has been released by Codex Alimentarius, the international food standard safety authority. The Framework for Steviol Glycosides will help suppliers get access to a range of stevia ingredients and how to properly process them. The new framework encompasses four production technologies for the following: stevia leaf extract, steviol glycosides from bioconversion, steviol glycosides from … [Read more...] about New Codex Framework for Steviol Glycosides released
