Companies have worked for two years to move from pilot testing to commercial scale manufacturing.
November 2, 2020
Rogers Sugar Inc., parent of North American sugar manufacturer Lantic Inc., and DouxMatok, a food-tech company, have collaborated to deliver a unique sugar reduction solution based on cane sugar to food companies in North America.
Consumers are actively looking to change their diets by reducing their sugar intake and live healthier lifestyles, but there are many challenges to achieving sugar reduction.
Roughly 75 percent of consumers across 19 countries are not influenced by sugar content when purchasing sugar confectionery, according to a survey by Innova Market Insights.
European sugar producer Südzucker and DouxMatok, developer of targeted flavor delivery technology, are partnering to commercialize DouxMatok’s sugar reduction solution across Europe to support the food industry’s efforts to reduce sugar content.
German startup Savanna Ingredients has begun producing initial quantities of allulose with the goal of producing the virtually calorie-free sugar on a larger scale.