MEXICO - PepsiCo Mexico has cut down on sugar and salt across its snacks portfolio by 24% as part of a long-term reformulation strategy designed to reduce added sugars and sodium across products. According to FoodingredientsFirst, Mexico was a pioneer in implementing a sugar tax on sugary soft drinks in a bid to cut alarming…
GERMANY - DMK Group, Germany's largest dairy company, has announced that it will reduce the sugar content of products throughout its Milram range, as the company aims to adapt to the changing nutritional demands of consumers. According to the company, it will implement this new strategy in three phases. Firstly, Milram’s buttermilk and kefir drinks…
USA - Synergy Flavours, a leading supplier & manufacturer of food flavours, has added a ruby chocolate flavour to its ingredients portfolio, which is suitable for use in cakes, desserts and sports nutrition drinks. According to FoodBev, the new flavour has been developed to create products which will appeal to consumers between the ages of…
GERMANY - Dagoba Organic Chocolate, a brand of premium organic chocolate, owned by Hershey, has debuted a new range of infused flavours for its bars and bite-sized chocolate ‘Gems’. According to Financial Times, Dagoba offers unique flavour combinations as part of its brand identity. The new flavours include 84% cacao extra dark chocolate, 37% cacao…
SOUTH AFRICA - The complementary sugarcane and maize feedstocks company, Tongaat Hulett’s shareholders have voted against a non-binding advisory resolution endorsing the company’s remuneration policy at its Annual General Meeting. Meanwhile, CFO Murray Munro who joined the group in 2003 has stepped down due to health reasons but will remain as an employee of the…
SOUTH AFRICA - The agricultural and sugar processor Tongaat Hulett has announced that its long-serving Chief Executive Peter Staude will be stepping down his role at the end of October after attaining the retirement age of 65 in June, Business Day reports. Staude who has been CEO of the agri-processing business since 2002 said in…
USA – Chobani, America's number one Greek Yogurt, has launched "Hint Of" line, its first foray into the growing lower-sugar segment of the national yogurt market. The nation's No. 1 Greek yogurt maker launched the line, made solely at its South Edmeston plant in Chenango County, in December as a test, with limited distribution in…
ITALY - Acqua Vitasnella, one of Italian mineral water's brands belonging to Ferrarelle SpA, has launched a “Le Linfe” range, three sugar-free and zero-calorie functional waters. The new range combines the lightness of Vitasnella with the purifying qualities of aloe vera, the draining properties of birch sap and the hydrating benefits of coconut water. According to…
UGANDA - Uganda is planning to limit or ban sugar exports to Kenya in order to protect the local market that is facing supply shortfalls, an article in the Business Daily has revealed. Due to a sugar crisis in Kenya, local traders have rushed to seize the opportunity to import sugar across the border, something…
KENYA - Kenya is considering production of refined sugar for industrial use becoming the first in East Africa but unavailability of raw sugar, the main ingredient in the product stands in the way of such plans, an article in the EastAfrican has revealed. According to Solomon Odera, head of the Sugar Directorate at the Agriculture…
