Sugar competencies

Sugar's main function is to provide sweetness and energy, but it also has a number of other functional properties. It can be used for purposes such as:

• flavour enhancement and flavour masking
• preservation
• providing body and texture
• controlling moisture 
• providing freezing point reduction

Areas of application range from confectionery, ice cream and pastries to beverages and fermentation.

Sugar products

Danisco is one of Europe's leading sugar producers, with a broad range of products for the food industry and the retail trade. Our sugar is produced mainly from sugar beet, although some also comes from sugar cane. The most common industrial products are 

• granulated sugar
• liquid sugar
• syrups
• icing sugar
• nib sugar 
• brown sugar

This range has been developed to meet the market's needs, and now also includes a number of customer-specific products, semi-manufactured products as well as mixtures and combinations of dry and liquid sugars with other sweeteners and ingredients.

Expertise

To develop and provide our customers with optimal sugar products we draw on our expertise in:

• generation of sweetness and interaction with other ingredients
• sensoric evaluation of sweetness
• functional properties of sugars in food and beverage applications
• health and nutrition
• microbiology
• food legislation
• production technology
• logistics

This basic expertise is combined in a sustainable value creation for our customers through:

• development of sugar based products for bakery, confectionery, food, beverages and non-food
• development of customised products with specialised features
• development of beet fiber, Fibrex, products and applications
• offering of application knowledge and product service
• development of products for the changing consumer trends and behaviour in the retail market

Skills

Our practical technical work is based on a group of 12 scientists, engineers and bakers placed in Arlöv, Sweden, Kantvik, Finland, and Copenhagen, Denmark, facilitated with a pilot bakery, confectionery labs, various pilot equipment for food and beverage production and sensoric panels.