Sweetener Solutions

Nutrition Criteria Changes to Children’s Drinks

webadm — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:25:34 +0000

The Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI), a program of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, announced an agreement that will enforce uniform nutrition criteria for food and beverages advertised to children.

Check out the full article here: http://bit.ly/pXTdsQ

KRISDA launches new zero-calorie soda!

webadm — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:30:38 +0000

KRISDA announces that it will be launching a new healthy soda with 3 vitamins and a zero calorie value.

Read the full article by Marketwire here: http://mwne.ws/eAmzO8

Tasty Baking expecting to be acquired.

webadm — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:24:14 +0000

Tasty Baking Company is set to merger with Flowers Foods in the second quarter.

Read the full artcile here: http://bit.ly/ia9kkS by FoodBusinessNews.net, April 11, 201

Food Business News

webadm — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:44:54 +0000

Food Business News.

Univar Selected by Sweetener Solutions

webadm — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:11:19 +0000

PRESS RELEASE

Visit the Univar Booth #1878
Institute of Food Technologists Show, Las Vegas

Sweet Deal: Univar Selected by Sweetener Solutions as Exclusive National Distributor

KIRKLAND, Wash., June, 2004 – Univar has entered the growing blended sweetener field through its selection by Sweetener Solutions LLC as the exclusive national distributor of NeoCrystals™ and Maltotame™, its nutritive and non-nutritive blended sweeteners.

Univar will market and distribute the sweetener formulations to food and beverage companies in the United States. “These are new sweetener products that will provide food scientists with new options in sugar replacement,” said Beth Warren, Univar’s director marketing, Food Ingredients. “Our customers are looking for unique nutritive and non-nutritive sweeteners to meet the food industry’s current challenge in calorie, carbohydrate and cost reduction. Sweetener Solutions offers innovative blends based upon Neotame ™, which can be broadly used in food and beverage products to reduce costs while maintaining the great taste of sugar.”

According to Mike Scott, Sweetener Solutions President, “We’re very pleased with this partnership. Univar has a great reputation and coverage in the food industry and is growing in food ingredients’ distribution. They have the coverage and expertise to access the regional food and beverage producers we want to reach. They will give us entrée to these companies and efficiently distribute our blended formulations to them.”

Sweetener Solutions is focusing on the blended sweetener market that is in its infancy in the U.S. “The U.S. trails the rest of the world in the use of blended sweeteners that match the taste of sugar and reduce the calorie count,” Scott said. “Currently, this segment accounts for less than 1% of the sweetener market in the U.S., so the opportunity for growth is considerable. We are working with food scientists to create new categories of mid-calorie and low-cal products that will increase market share.”

NeoCrystals™ is a sweetener blend that results from melting sugar and crystallizing it with up to 1% Neotame, a high-intensity sweetener developed by The NutraSweet Company that has 8,000 times the sweetening equivalency of sugar. It is used to replace up to one-third of the sugar used in products such as baked foods, powdered beverage mixes, dairy products and carbonated soft drinks without losing sugar’s taste and texture.

“Sugar is often the first or second largest cost ingredient in many foods and beverages,” Scott said. “By using NeoCrystals™, a manufacturer will be able to reduce costs and offer new products. Plus, they can introduce brands with as many as one-third fewer calories or carbs.”

Maltotame™ is a non-nutritive blend of 2% Neotame and maltodextrins for delivery of sugar-like sweetness in sugar-free products. The blend is totally functional when used in powdered beverage and bake mixes.

Headquartered in Kirkland, Wash., Univar USA delivers fresh ideas for every food ingredient function. It is the leading distributor of industrial chemicals and related services in the United States. It is a subsidiary of Univar N.V., one of the world’s leading independent distributors of industrial chemicals and providers of related specialty services, operating throughout the U.S., Canada and 14 European countries. Univar N.V.’s 2003 revenues and group operating income (EBITA) were $4.7 billion and $117.0 million, respectively. Visit Univar’s Web site at www.univarusa.com for more information about the company.

Based in Savannah, Ga., Sweetener Solutions LLC collaborates with blending partners to provide a unique sweetener delivery system containing Neotame in combination with a variety of blends consisting of other nutritive sweeteners, high potency sweeteners and carriers. In order to bring its clients the most ideal blends for their individual needs, the company uses all sweeteners, technologies and learning to achieve the best possible taste and value.

For further information please contact:

Max Kvidera, Siefkes Group
+1 425-392-2611
mkvidera@siefkesgroup.com

Karen Weber-Millstein, Univar
+1 425-889-3475
karen.webermillstein@univarusa.com

New Sweetener Blend May Work as Alternative for Sucralose

webadm — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:10:42 +0000

Publication:MBN; Date:Dec 28, 2004; Section:Business; Page:14
Sucralose is made from sucrose, or sugar

New sweetener blend may work as alternative for sucralose, company says

KIRKLAND, WASH. — SucraSweet HIS 600, a new high-intensity sweetener blend, may replace sucralose in formulations at a 1 to 1 ratio, according to Sweetener Solutions, L.L.C., which produces the proprietary blend.

Tate & Lyle P.L.C., based in London, manufactures sucralose. Since it would bring about supply problems, Tate & Lyle will not take on new customer requests in the United States for sucralose as a food ingredient until expansions at a plant in McIntosh, Ala., come on line in early 2006.

Like sucralose, SucraSweet HIS 600 is 600 times sweeter than sugar, said Mike Coffield, vice-president of technical sales and operations for Sweetener Solutions. The blend may be used in many food applications, including bakery.

Sweetener Solutions, based in Savannah, Ga., launched SucraSweet HIS 600 in December and selected Kirkland-based Univar as the exclusive national distributor of the new product.

“Sucralose supply is very tight in the market today, and customers are looking for an alternative, non-nutritive sweetener with great sugar taste,” said Mike Scott, president of Sweetener Solutions.

Sucralose is made from sucrose, or sugar.

SucraSweet HIS 600 is a dry, white, freeflowing blend of a polyol (maltitol) and two high-intensity sweeteners (acesulfame potassium and neotame).

SucraSweet HIS 600 differs from original SucraSweet in liquid form, which does not have acesfulfame potassium.

“High-intensity sweeteners work better in combination than by themselves,” Mr. Coffield said.

Sweetener Solutions Announces New Blends

webadm — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:10:05 +0000

Sweetener Solutions™ Announces the Release of New Blends Targeting Specific Food Categories

BakeSweet™ GumSweet™ TwoSweet™

Sweetener Solutions has launched a new line of easy-to-use, category-centric sweetener blends designed to satisfy the ever growing requirements of food manufacturers to lower caloric content in finished goods while maintaining flavor profiles.

Following extensive application development BakeSweet™ was created to reduce sugar/sucrose levels in cakes, cookies, bakery mixes, fillings and icings. “The flavor is comparative to full sugar products and is not compromised during baking,” says Mike Coffield, VP of Technical Sales. BakeSweet is 30 times sweeter than sugar (S.E.) and was developed to assist ease-of-use on the bakery floor to improve uniformity in finished products, not so easily accomplished with more intense sweeteners (200 S.E. to 600 S.E.).

GumSweet™ is a proprietary blend designed for use in sugar-free gums. GumSweet’s synergistic combination of sweeteners offers a superior 300 S.E. sucrose flavor that aides in flavor enhancement, and, will help sweetness and flavor last longer.

TwoSweet™, a proprietary synergistic blend, offers excellent sucrose flavor for carbonated beverages, fruit drinks, and, powdered beverage mixes. Sweetener Solutions has achieved the optimum combination of sweeteners to assure the ideal flavor profile and cost savings.

John Curry, VP of Business Development says, “These new Sweetener Solutions blends compliment our existing line of cost-saving products - Maltotame™, NeoCrystals™, Sorbitame™, and, SucraSweet™ HIS 600 – with added emphasis to our customer-specific recipe-specific portion-packed sweeteners.”

Contact our National Distributor partner Univar who has over 80 locations in the U.S. and Canada.

Univar USA

Karen Weber-Millstein, Univar USA Inc.
+1 425-889-3475
karen.webermillstein@univarusa.com

foodingredients@univarusa.com

“Neotame-ing” the Beast

webadm — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:09:16 +0000

“Neotame-ing” the Beast
By Julia M. Gallo-Torres
Posted on: 05/01/2005

Sweetening products can present a roaring challenge. Consumer interest in health, weight and wellness has spawned wild growth in foods and beverages with reduced sugar content. A 2004 survey by the Calorie Control Council (Atlanta) showed that 84% of the respondents regularly use foods and beverages that are considered to be low-calorie, reduced-sugar and sugar-free. In March 2005, the Freedonia Group Inc. (Cleveland), market analysts, predicted the demand for high-intensity sweeteners will grow 8.3% yearly until 2008.

Perhaps the essential lesson the low-fat and low-carb trends taught formulators is that, to food shoppers, taste matters the most. A line of neotame-based blends, produced by Sweetener Solutions LLC (Savannah, Ga.), a strategic partner of The NutraSweet Co., and distributed exclusively by Univar USA (Kirkland, Wash.), provides formulators with ingredients that can be used as both a general sweetener and flavor enhancer.

The Right Blend

The proprietary neotame blends are co-processed with sugar, maltodextrins, digestion-resistant fibers and polyols, depending upon the demands of the product application. While there are several items in the line, John Curry, vice president, business development, Sweetener Solutions, says the most popular blend is SucraSweet™ HIS 600, a proprietary blend of neotame, acesulfame potassium and crystalline maltitol that is 600 times sweeter than sugar (the sweetness equivalent is referred to as SE). “The blend is a drop-in replacement for another high-intensity sweetener of the same sweetness level that is now in short supply, and difficult for customers to source,” explains Curry. The product works well in applications such as dairy drinks, dressings and sauces, snack foods, desserts, baked goods, beverages and confectionery applications.

Another blend, Maltotame™ M10-2.5, features maltodextrin and neotame, and is 200 times SE, and the Maltotame M10-2.5 FIB blend incorporates neotame with digestion-resistant (fiber-based) maltodextrin. Maltotame can replace sugar and/or high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) at 20%-40%. Its fiber-enhanced counterpart also can be used at 20%-40% to replace either sucrose-based sweeteners or other high-intensity sweeteners in low-carb applications. “We currently have numerous fruit drink manufacturers replacing 20% of their HFCS usage with Maltotame, and that has created significant cost savings without changing the flavor,” Curry points out.

The neotame blends allow manufacturers to create good-tasting consumer products while saving costs by replacing just a portion of their nutritive sweeteners with the neotame-based blends. “Reducing sugar remains a key trend with our food customers in 2005,” says Beth Warren, director of marketing, Univar Food Ingredients. “These new blends are versatile with excellent flowability and dispersion properties.” She adds, “The FDA approved neotame in July 2002 as an ingredient to enhance a product’s overall sweetness, and to elevate the flavors of mint, vanilla, berry and citrus.” Neotame blends have benefits that impact the overall flavor profile of the food formulation, and provide cost improvement opportunities.

Curry observes that blending multiple high-intensity sweeteners is a relatively new practice in the U.S., and that some manufacturers may not feel comfortable using neotame alone in the production process.“Our blends help to ease that apprehension by allowing for ease of measurement and use; consistent sweetener ingredient dispersal and cost savings that only neotame and our company blends bring to the bottom line.”

For more information:
Univar Food Ingredients, Beth Warren
Beth.warren@univarusa.com
foodingredients@univarusa.com

David Johnson

webadm — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:56:14 +0000

Sweetener Solutions was so easy to work with, their team helped us to re-formulate our recipes to save us money and reduce calories. They truly are here to help the customer!

Michael Thomas

webadm — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:54:16 +0000

Working with Sweetener Solution has been the best investment we have ever made, bar none! We saved over 32% of production costs, while lowering our overall caloric values!