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has a mouthfeel comparable to sugar,

"We developed organic options to

according to Portland-based Steviva

meet the needs and preferences

Ingredients.

of many of our clients and their
consumers," said Mark Prendergast,

"Not Just Pie" ﬁlling
and topping contest

CocoSweet+ has been shown to

president of AB Mauri North America.

work in sweet baked foods, including

"The functionality of these prod-

cookies and biscuits, and beverages.

ucts is the same; however, this new

It also pairs well with ﬂavored dairy

certiﬁcation answers both customer

and tea.

and consumer demand for organic
product."

Lucky Leaf Pie Filling will be changing

"While stevia may be used alone, it

its name to Lucky Leaf Fruit Filling &

is best used in a combination," says

Topping in the near future. Because

Thom King, president of Steviva

it's not just pie ﬁlling, Lucky Leaf

Ingredients. "The proprietary blend

announces its "Not Just Pie" recipe

of stevia and coconut sugar in

contest this fall. For every recipe

CocoSweet+ gives food and beverage

entry received, Lucky Leaf will donate

manufacturers greater ﬂexibility to

$5 to the Breast Cancer Awareness

create clean label, reduced sugar

Mars, Inc. wants to work with other

Foundation, Inc. (potential $30K

products with extraordinary sweet-

companies within the food and

donation).

ness proﬁles."

beverage industry to address some

Contest details:

Coconut sugar has a glycemic

Mars, Inc. investing
in food safety
collaboration

of the leading issues affecting food
safety and the global supply chain.

index of 35. Combining it with
stevia reduces the glycemic index

With the opening of the company's

aged to whip up their best use of

further because smaller amounts of

new Global Food Safety Center

Lucky Leaf Fruit Filling & Topping-

sweetener are required in applica-

outside of Beijing, the company has

including Cherry and Premium

tions, according to the company.

created a site where its executives say

Cherry ﬂavors-in anything-but-pie

CocoSweet+ is non-bioengineered,

pre-competitive research and training

dishes for the chance at the $5,000

free of allergens and certiﬁed kosher.

may take place.

* bake magazine readers are encour-

grand prize.
* The contest runs November 1st
through December 11th.

AB Mauri debuts
organic product line

Ninety-ﬁve percent of the work done
at the Global Food Safety Center will
be pre-competitive and available to
anyone who is interested, says Harold

* Recipes can be submitted at www.

Bakers who are looking to meet

Schmitz, chief science officer for Mars.

LuckyLeaf.com/NotJustPie or Lucky

consumer demand for organic prod-

Leaf's Facebook page.

ucts now have a solution. AB Mauri, a

"It is our belief that it is in everyone's

global supplier of high-quality yeast

best interest for the market to be

and bakery ingredients, offers an

safe," Schmitz says. "No one company

organic line of dough-strengthening

will gain a signiﬁcant advantage over

and extended shelf-life solutions.

a competitor with these efforts."

AB Mauri's organic offerings enable

Industry-wide collaboration is not a

bakers to create organic products

new initiative for Mars. The company

Steviva Ingredients has introduced

without sacriﬁcing ingredient func-

has a long relationship with the

CocoSweet+, a high-intensity sweet-

tionality or product integrity. The

University of California at Davis where

ener composed of coconut sugar and

ingredients also help to provide

it worked with other companies

water-extracted stevia. The blend

bakers with a clean-label option for

and groups to sequence the cocoa

delivers a full, clean ﬂavor proﬁle and

their ﬁnished goods.

genome.

New sweetener
combines coconut
sugar, stevia

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