03 Aug 2018 --- At IFT 2018 in Chicago, FoodIngredientsFirst spoke with Mel Jackson from Sweet Green Fields. The company has been working to develop their stevia extracts in NPD. “We have been able to come up with stevia composition that will give a much more sugar like mouthfeel,” he notes. Mel Jackson will be speaking in a webinar on stevia innovation on September 20, 2018. You can register for the webinar here.

12 May 2015 --- DSM presented its expanding portfolio of natural products, sourced from a range of wholesome sources including olives, tomatoes, oats and algae and also highlighted the results of a new consumer study in seven countries on attitudes towards “natural.” Maria Pavlidou of DSM, who was involved in the study said: “The first thing that triggered us to make this survey was seeing natural as a mega-trend that is spilling over into other categories. We really see that consumers identify ‘natural’ as being healthy, with 88% believing this.”