Changing the Way We Think about Sugar When CSC Sugar (and then Sugaright) entered the liquid sugar market decades ago, many food and beverage companies had specifications for liquid sugar that could only be met by the liquification of traditionally refined granulated sugar. However modern food and beverage manufacturers are seeking more diversity of ingredients, not less, including organic or natural color sugars for a variety of market driven reasons. The presence of organic sugar and...

Progressive farmers, large food corporations, global sustainable standards, and most recently, the USDA are not only talking about regenerative agriculture but putting significant investments to encourage the use of “old but new” practices. What is RA? Regenerative agriculture is an approach to farming that focuses on creating a positive impact on nature, as opposed to simply avoiding harm. There are many definitions and approaches but put simply RA is “ an outcome-based farming approach that...

In Natural Grocers v. Rollins, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit significantly upended certain parts of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (BE Rule). Goodbye Undetected Bioengineered Material Exemption The panel rejected the USDA’s conclusion that the non-detectability of genetically modified material in a final food product was legally equivalent to a finding that the food does not contain bioengineered material. This...