It was impossible to walk down any aisle of the IFT18 Food Expo without coming to a booth offering some form of stevia. Stevia for beverage, for dairy, for candy, for baking. With the vast majority of consumers claiming to read the sugar content on ingredient labels, it is easy to understand the focus on sugar reduction. YET, the consumption of sucrose has not decreased significantly per the USDA, so why is there this disconnect between theory and practice? Why this suppose

VISIT US AT IFT, Booth #S5145 Non-GMO Project Verified Cane Sugar Sugaright supports the GMA position for disclosure of genetically modified ingredients in food and beverage products. “Consumers expect to know if a product contains an ingredient that was sourced from a bioengineered crop, so it is essential that disclosure of this information be required under a final rule for the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard…Our ability to provide consumers with the infor