Feb 23, 2022 | News, Stevia
HOWTIAN®, formerly known as Zhucheng Haotian Pharma Co., Ltd (ZCHT), has announced the reception of their 2nd FDA No Questions GRAS notice for another stevia sweetener product. GRAS Associates, a fully owned subsidiary of Nutrasource, successfully submitted the notice...
Nov 17, 2021 | News, Stevia
We’re excited to announce that HOWTIAN’s line of all-natural SoPure™ stevia products have just been successfully verified by SAI Platform and their Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA) Program. Our stevia has attained the distinct honor of the FSA Silver Level...
Sep 28, 2021 | Formulas for Success, Stevia
Did you know that what we conventionally call “stevia” actually describes a family of 100+ glycosides that can be naturally extracted from the stevia leaf, each of which have their own unique properties and profiles? This breadth of variety with stevia is what can...
Aug 23, 2021 | Formulas for Success, Stevia
When reducing or replacing sugar with stevia in a food or beverage product, formulators must always keep in mind that stevia exhibits a later onset of sweetness compared to sugar. This particular property of stevia is important when understanding how its sweetness...
Feb 22, 2021 | Formulas for Success, Stevia
Similar to allulose, erythritol is a favorite low-calorie sweetener choice for many food & beverage manufacturers, and is widely used in formulations together with stevia. Erythritol is a sugar alcohol that is naturally occurring in fruits like grapes, peaches,...
Jan 22, 2021 | Formulas for Success, Stevia
As trusted experts in providing innovative sweetener solutions for food and beverage manufacturers, we work with a lot of companies that share common challenges when it comes to formulation with stevia. Sometimes selecting the right ingredients for a formulation can...