Diet and health are still of strategic importance to the food and drink industries, notes Campden BRI, with targets still being set by the UK’s Food Standards Agency and Department of Health, and new Responsibility Deal pledges for overall calorie reduction were added last year.
With the government’s diet and health spotlight now firmly focused on sugar, Campden BRI believes that its seminar “Sugar reduction: challenges and opportunities”, which takes place on 14 October, will provide an insight into the range of sugar reduction strategies available and allow delegates to discuss common challenges when reformulating products for sugar reduction or creating new, reduced sugar products.
Areas to be covered will include information on specific ingredients (such as high potency sweeteners including steviol glycosides and monk fruit extracts, polyols, inulin); technical challenges associated with sugar reduction/specific ingredients; legislative issues (e.g. regulatory approvals, health claims, permitted levels and advertising guidelines for sweeteners); and current trends.
