Cargill Introduces SweetDesign Sweetener Systems

New family of products further expands Cargill’s portfolio of sweetness solutions.

Cargill has introduced its new SweetDesign family of sweetener systems, designed to help food and beverage manufacturers deliver great tasting frozen dairy desserts and sweetened bakery products such as cakes, muffins and brownies, with little or no sugar. The SweetDesign family of sweetener systems will be available initially in North America. Details regarding international availability will be announced in the future.

Cargill is showcasing SweetDesign Dairy Systems – the first product in the family of sweetener systems to be commercialized -- in frozen dairy dessert prototypes at the Worldwide Food Expo in Chicago.

“SweetDesign systems can be easily customized to help food manufacturers satisfy consumer demand for convenient, calorie reduced frozen desserts,” said Paul Vajda, marketing manager, Cargill Food Systems. “Featuring taste and texture profiles that are similar to standard full-fat/full-sugar products, frozen dairy desserts made with SweetDesign deliver great taste, sweetness and texture.

Frozen dairy desserts featuring SweetDesign brand of sweetener systems offer the benefits of: calorie reduction, no sugar added, reduced sugar, and/or reduced glycemic index, depending on the application and formulation.

SweetDesign incorporates a number of sweetening, stabilizing and texturizing ingredients – including erythritol, Cargill’s all-natural/no-cal bulk sweetener -- to provide sweetness, creaminess, body and stability to ice crystal growth in a variety of frozen dairy desserts.