Vitosa Stevia gains USFDA GRAS No Objection status

Vitosa® stevia sweeteners offer a more cost-effective sweetener solution that enables a 100% sugar reduction in various food and beverage products

Technological innovation from HB Natural Ingredients offers enhanced sugar-like taste

HB Natural Ingredients, a subsidiary of BGG Group, is an innovative B2B manufacturer of specialty plant-based ingredients that deliver unique functionality in consumer products. The company has received a “Letter of No Objection” for Vitosa^® stevia sweeteners from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The letter confirms that the FDA has “no questions” regarding the self-affirmed GRAS status (generally recognized as safe) of Vitosa^® for use as a sweetener in food and beverage products.

Vitosa^® stevia sweeteners offer a more cost-effective sweetener solution that enables a 100% sugar reduction in various food and beverage products. Vitosa^® works well in carbonated soft drinks, juices, energy and sports drinks, flavored water, dairy products, cookies, candies and many more product applications. The result of patent-pending technological innovation, Vitosa^® stevia sweeteners are manufactured by natural ingredients producer HB Natural Ingredients, a subsidiary of BGG World.

Vitosa^® stevia sweeteners produce a better, more rounded sweetness and taste. Sensory testing demonstrates that Vitosa^® delivers the high overall sugar-like taste performance that consumers desire. “Our Vitosa^® stevia sweeteners are excellent high intensity sweeteners with a powerful dual benefit: the capability to deliver deep sugar reduction and maintain sugar-like taste with no bitterness,” explained Dr. Varuzhan Abelyan, Chairman and Chief of Science & Technology.

Vitosa^® is available in three different variants, having distinctive characteristics:

• Vitosa^® Delight provides a sweetness onset similar to sucrose
• Vitosa^® Active lacks bitterness even at high sugar equivalent use levels
• Vitosa^® Match provides a reduced sweet aftertaste and a lingering sweetness perception

Vitosa^® stevia sweeteners provide new opportunities for food and beverage manufacturers with:

• Sugar-like Taste
• Freely Soluble in Water, Propylene Glycol and Aqueous Ethanol Solutions
• High Temperature and pH Stability in Food and Beverage Applications
• Excellent Storage Stability
• Zero Calorie Formulation with Great Taste
• 100% Sugar Reduction