Designing a Sweetener System

Report Summary

As the proposed labeling of "added sugar" on Nutrition Facts labels nears, food manufacturers should now be seriously re-evaluating sweetener system design for their products. The vast array of replacement options, combined with the requirement to maintain the same sensory profile, throughput and ease of processing, makes reformulation extremely challenging. The industry steps up to the challenge with iterative and innovative systems approaches to sweetener replacement.

Editor's Take

Reformulating a sweetener system in foods is growing more challenging for food scientists. This requires consideration of a much broader and complex set of replacement ingredient options in order to maintain the equivalent sensory and processing properties of current brands favored by consumers.

Takeaways for Your Business

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