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Tate & Lyle and bioalternatives scale-up platform Manus have launched Yume, a new sweetener brand designed to expand access to sugar-reduction solutions.

Beverage production technology provider CO2Sustain has merged its two flagship solutions, CO2Sustain and TasteMod2, into a single, next-generation product.

2nd Nature, the developer of the AgWaste Portal intelligent upcycling platform, has announced the launch of its first portfolio of AI-discovered functional ingredients.

At this year’s Food Ingredients Europe event, FoodBev caught up with Giulia Bulai, project manager R&D food, hydrocolloids and technical sales for Faravelli, about the team’s latest innovations, including confectionery formulated with monkfruit.

In a move to enhance its offerings in the health and wellness sector, Heartland Food Products Group has acquired the SlimFast US brand from Glanbia.

Wisdom Natural Brands, owner of the SweetLeaf stevia brand and other natural sugar alternatives, has appointed long-time company consultant Aaron Henderson to the role of CEO.

British sports nutrition brand MyProtein has expanded its clear whey protein range with the launch of Clear Whey Splash Of, said to be its ‘lightest-tasting’ clear protein to date.

Sweet protein start-up Oobli has partnered with global ingredients company Ingredion, as well as raising $18m in Series B1 funding.

Researchers have developed a protein-based sweetener claimed to be around 10,000 times sweeter than sugar, using microbial fermentation.