Articles Tagged with ''natural sweeteners''

Cargill introduced its ViaTech line of stevia-based sweeteners. The new sweetener line enables beverage-makers to achieve optimal sweet taste at high use levels, which has been a limitation with previous stevia-based products, the company says.

The Veri Soda Co. launched a line of Veri Organic sodas that are low in calories, free of GMOs, and certified organic by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Organic Program.

Vemma Nutrition Co. launched Verve MoJoe ready-to-drink iced coffee.

Developed by a board-certified clinical neuroscientist, ON Beverages’ ON Powered Refreshment functional drinks feature a blend of ornithine, caffeine from tea leaf extract, and B vitamins for energy.

SodaStream International Ltd., Airport City, Israel, announced a strategic agreement with Bethenny Frankel’s Skinnygirl brand to co-develop a line of better-for-you flavors for use with the SodaStream home beverage carbonation system.

Zevia reformulated its line of carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) with a new, all-natural sweetening system.

After launching a line of all-natural, certified organic sodas sweetened with agave nectar in 2001, Oogavé recently introduced a low-calorie line of naturally sweetened sodas called Loca.

Bare Brands LLC added Lemon Drop and Pomegranate Cranberry Cosmo varieties to its line of natural, low-calorie, gluten-free cocktail mixers.

In the ballad “The Sweetest Thing,” the pop rock band U2 sang about how love is the sweetest thing, but when it comes to the beverage market, the sweetest thing also is the biggest thing. Across 13 ingredient categories, sweeteners accounted for 85 percent of the 46.4 million tons of ingredients used in beverages in 2011, according to an April 2013 report by Chicago-based Euromonitor International titled “Beverage Ingredients: Trends and Influences.”

Jones Soda Co. launched Natural Jones Sodas, which are sweetened with a proprietary blend of pure cane sugar, organic agave syrup and stevia.