Cargill Receives Federal Laboratory Consortium Award

MINNEAPOLIS—Scientists from the Midwest Area of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS)—the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) chief in-house scientific agency—and Cargill (CargillXtend.com) will received an "Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer" from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC).

This award recognizes the collaboration between the ARS and Cargill on the food and beverage ingredient sucromalt, a low-glycemic index sweetener. Cargill and ARS worked together on sucromalt, a natural sweetener that delivers the full energy of regular sugar but has a lower glycemic index. Cargill went on to conduct internal research targeting specific sugar and digestion profiles necessary to turn this enzyme technology into a marketable product. The result is Cargill's low-glycemic (GI ~ 53) index sweetener, Xtend sucromalt.

"Xtend sucromalt provides food and beverage makers with a natural and slow release carbohydrate syrup," said Anne Mollerus, global product line manager, Cargill Health & Nutrition. "This fully digestible, low-glycemic syrup provides sweetness and body in one ingredient for products including nutritional beverages and bars, ice cream, jams and jellies, and yogurts."