Sweetness is a tricky business. Sugar has been linked to a range of health conditions, and while artificial sweeteners provide low-calorie (or no-calorie) alternatives, they often come with health risks of their own. Another alternative…
The coca plant is best known for its psychoactive alkaloid, cocaine. In its de-cocainised form, the plant is also used to flavour the best-selling soda in the world, Coca-Cola. But now coca leaf extracts are…
Sugar substitutes promise so much. Not only can they significantly reduce sugar content in food and drink, but often do so while maintaining – or even exceeding – the sweetness perception of sugar. Consumer…
Sugar substitutes promise so much. Not only can they significantly reduce sugar content in food and drink, but often do so while maintaining – or even exceeding – the sweetness perception of sugar. Consumer…
Switzerland is famed for its chocolate making skills, and the Swiss famed for their love of cocoa-based confectionery: more chocolate is consumed per capita in Switzerland than anywhere else in the world. Swiss are also…
Processed food ingredients made from monk fruit have not legally been allowed on the market in the UK due to their ‘novel food’ classification. But in a regulatory U-turn, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has…