Month: August 2016

The release of the AHA’s Scientific Statement on added sugars and kids is baffling. In a year where both the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (ages 2 years and up) and the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final labeling rule (ages 4 years and up) issued a 10% target for added sugars in an effort to provide Americans a tool to help build a healthy diet, the AHA is releasing their own vastly different recommendations. …

Within this unique strategic partnership, the partners will jointly develop natural sweeteners and sweet taste enhancers with the goal to achieve sugar- and calorie reduction in a variety of food and beverages. These developments will benefit the global market and will address pressing needs in terms of sugar replacement. …

Although Ardent Mills flour, ingredients or facilities were not part of a recent peanut contamination recall, the premier flour and ingredient company initiated a two-day summit to help key peanut and wheat industry entities grapple with potential root causes and activate several important work streams to mitigate peanut allergen threats to consumers. …