As health-and-wellness innovations proliferate in the beverage industry, stevia, monk fruit, allulose and erythritol are seeing increased usage in U.S. beverage new product launches.
Founded in 2015 from a dorm room by Jordan DeCicco, Super Coffee offers a portfolio of better-for-you caffeinated beverages sweetened with monk fruit and containing L-theanine and MCT for sustained energy with healthy benefits.
With consumers paying more attention to their overall health by curtailing sugar, consumers’ positive perceptions of natural, non-GMO plant-based sweeteners like stevia and monk fruit have contributed to $5 billion in sweetener category growth.
Hard Bubbly line sweetened with monk fruit, 330-ml aluminum bottles added
September 11, 2020
Miami-based FUN WINE introduced a 330-ml aluminum bottle created specially to handle the chemical characteristics of the wine. FUN WINE currently is sold in 750-ml glass bottles and 250-ml slim cans ahead of its fourth quarter introduction of the new 330-ml aluminum bottles.
When it comes to sweetening solutions like stevia, erythritol and monk fruit, ingredient suppliers highlight how they also are “moving on” in search of the latest iteration of sweetening solutions that will reduce sugar content while maintaining the lower calories and sugar-like taste and texture consumers’ crave.
The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines and the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new Nutrition Facts label, in conjunction with continued consumer demand for transparency, less sugar and clean-label products, have resulted in an increased demand for natural, non-caloric, high-intensity sweeteners (HIS), like stevia, monk fruit and erythritol.