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Brands Sour on Corn Syrup, Switch to Sugar

Emily Rauhala — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:22:45 CDT

Major brands like Hunt's ketchup, Gatorade, and Wheat Thins are ditching high-fructose corn syrup, the popular but much-maligned sweetener, and turning instead to good old-fashioned sugar. "We know moms don't like (corn syrup), and they don't want to feed it to their kids," a supermarket expert tells Advertising Age . But...

Stevia Sets Sights on Sweetener Market

Nick McMaster — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:08:52 CDT

The arrival of stevia, a new artificial sweetener approved by the FDA in December, will likely upend the fake-sugar market, the New York Times reports. Sweet ’N Low, Equal, and Splenda have fought to stalemate of sorts, but stevia brings a huge advantage: Because it comes from a plant, marketers...

Sugar Makes Comeback on Corn Syrup's Bad Rep

Rob Quinn — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:50:04 CDT

Sugar, once a nutritional outcast, is back in fashion as American consumers start to turn away from high-fructose corn syrup, the New York Times reports. Manufacturers are rushing to replace the syrup—used in everything from soft drinks to spaghetti sauces—with sugar, and selling the switch as a move...

Coke, Cargill Team Up on New Sweetener

Max Brallier — Thu, 31 May 2007 05:04:07 CDT

Coke has teamed up with Cargill to produce and market the all-natural, calorie-free sweetener rebiana, based on a South American herb called stevia. Coke and Cargill plan to market it in 12 countries that have approved stevia as a food additive, while attempting to win regulatory approval in the US...