Archives for January 17, 2014

TALKING RAIN CEO HINTS THAT REB D, REB X COULD BE DEEMED 'ARTIFICIAL'

Modified stevias risk 'artificial' attack: $400m brand Sparkling ICE cool on silver bullet sweeteners

Talking Rain CEO Kevin Klock says his $400m Sparkling ICE brand targets broad US consumers who care more about refreshment than calories and warns that new stevias like Reb D could be considered artificial.

Beware cheap imitations! Sweet Green Fields launches ‘fully compliant’ organic stevia extracts: ‘It was a Herculean task’

It was a “Herculean task”, but the years spent developing the technology and protocols to comply with USDA organic regulations and produce commercially viable organic stevia crops have paid off, say bosses at Sweet Green Fields (SGF) after launching...

Diageo announces whisky distillery expansion plans

Diageo announced plans to pump £30M into its most northerly Scotch whisky distillery in Sutherland yesterday (January 16).