A manufacturer and blending facility of liquid and dry sweetener products, located in upstate New York, was faced with mounting costs and downtime, linked to pump failures in its liquefier unit. The facility’s technicians narrowed the problem to its batch-run sucrose blending circulation pump, critical to liquefying white and brown sugar, organic and kosher products, fructose, maltitol, corn syrup and invert syrups.
Beginning in August, Diet Pepsi, Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi and Wild Cherry Diet Pepsi in the US will be sweetened with a blend of sucralose and acesulfame potassium.
Researchers at Canadean say obesity and health issues, in addition to taxes on sugary beverages, have caused countries to look toward natural sweeteners
A growing number of food and beverage manufacturers are listening to consumers who support the removal of high fructose corn syrup by changing recipes to remove the sweetener.