Sweeteners

For over 25 years, Danisco has partnered with food companies to develop sugar free, reduced sugar, reduced calorie, and low-fat foods and beverages. Today, Danisco is responding to international dietary issues with highly functional ingredients that are also low glycaemic, prebiotic and high in fibre.

Sweeteners are the mainstay of foods marketed on the basis of a structure/function and/or health claim such as:

• Does not promote tooth decay
• Sugar free, reduced sugar, low sugar or no added sugar
• Low glycaemic

These foods are particularly popular in helping to reduce the risk of 'lifestyle' diseases such as:

• obesity 
• tooth decay 
• diabetes

Application areas of sweeteners

Danisco's sweeteners are used in a wide range of applications including:

• baked goods
• dairy products
• confectionery
• beverages 
• confectionery products 
• pharmaceutical and oral health products

In the steps from initial concept to product launch, Danisco is an expert partner who can make a real contribution. Danisco is building, testing and applying knowledge in all aspects of sweeteners and sweetening, as well as in related areas, on a global scale.

Foods offering physiological advantages

The primary rationale for using sweeteners in foods is to enable consumers to choose foods offering physiological advantages. The possibilities are enormous but it should be noted that such foods are subject to rigorous standards, labelling laws and government approvals.

Scientific substantiation and regulatory compliance is the sine qua non of foods offering physiological advantages and Danisco possesses the necessary expertise to support food manufacturers in their use of these innovative ingredients.