Demand for Shugr grows

08/09/05 Health Sciences Group, Inc., provider of innovative nutraceutical products and functional food ingredients derived from natural sources, has announced that it will be increasing shipments of Shugr to its raw material distributor, DNP International Co., Inc., to meet growing demand. DNP International is a leading importer and distributor of raw materials to manufacturers in the food, beverage and nutritional supplement industries, among others.

DNP is currently fulfilling orders placed by manufacturers of beverages, foods, and nutritional supplements.

Shugr is a natural, zero-calorie sweetener made from sugars that occur naturally in such good-tasting, healthy foods such as fruits, vegetables, corn and dairy products. Erythritol is a naturally-occurring sugar commonly found in melon, grapes, mushrooms and soy. Tagatose comes from dairy products, but does not affect people who are lactose intolerant. Tagatose also provides an added health benefit -- prebiotic fiber that promotes intestinal health, much the way yogurt does. Maltodextrin is derived from corn sugar, which is non-GMO and gluten-free. A trace amount of sucralose is added to give Shugr its "high note." All of these ingredients carry a GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) designation for food safety from the US Food & Drug Administration. Shugr does not contain any aspartame, neotame, saccharin, fructose, high fructose corn syrup, acesulfame-K, cane sugar, honey or stevia.

Today, DNP International is the only ingredient distributor of Shugr in North America. In addition to Shugr (equivalent to the sweetness of cane sugar per serving), DNP also offers Shugr in formulations designed for ingredient applications: Shugr 5X (five times the sweetness of cane sugar per serving) and Shugr 10X (ten times the sweetness of cane sugar per serving).