News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
Chinese corn-based sweeteners producer Global Sweetener Holdings has taken a new step towards its aim of becoming a leader in the Asian and worldwide markets for corn sweeteners by buying out Mitsui's share of their sorbitol joint venture.
Excessive intake of sorbitol, a widely used sweetener in "sugar-free" products such as chewing gum and sweets, may lead to weight loss and diarrhoea, German doctors report.
Ulrick & Short has developed an additive-free phosphate replacer to maintain moisture in sausages in response to increasing pressures for food manufacturers to provide clean label products.