date:Sep 05, 2018
5-12) increased 16 percent from 2016, he says. In 2017 alone, beverage launches were up more than 10 percent versus 2016.
PureCircle offers Reb M and other stevia leaf sweetener ingredients with sugar-like taste and zero calories. The StarLeaf stevia variety contains 20 times more of the sugar-like content than standard leaf varieties, he adds.
No sugarcoating
In 2017, the use of natural high-intensity sweeteners in the beverage category globally increased by 40 percent in volume compared with