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Cargill experts can help optimize every aspect of your reduced-sugar beverage formula: from sweetness profile to sensory experience, functional ingredients to label-friendliness, and beyond.
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Formulation inspiration in action
With unique consumer insights, a broad ingredient toolkit and deep formulation expertise, Cargill is a valued partner in reduced-sugar beverage innovation.
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Reduced-sugar formulation inspiration: Beverages
Cargill experts unpack evolving expectations around sweetness, common formulation concerns and approaches to achieving meaningful sugar reduction in beverages. They also offer a peek into the future of sugar reduction.
Leanne Pinsonneault
Senior Food Scientist
Amber McKinzie
Product Marketing Manager,
Sugar Reduction
Emily Berg
Marketing Manager, Beverages
Featured Concept
Modern functional soda
On-trend, mango-guava-flavored soda sips deliciously with less than one gram of sugar per serving, plus brings feel-good benefits of protein and prebiotic dietary fiber.
Sugar reduction ingredients for beverages
Leverage industry-leading ingredients, beverage formulation expertise & reliable supply.
Stevia
Label-friendly sweeteners support sugar/calorie reduction & cost-optimization benefits. They can also offer flavor modulation when not utilized for sweetness.
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Polyols
Zero-calorie sweeteners add body & mouthfeel; can complement high-intensity sweeteners.
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Rare sugars
Allulose is a versatile sweetener that is 70% as sweet as sugar with 90% fewer calories than sugar, plus offers valuable functional benefits.
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Pectin
Label-friendly, plant-based hydrocolloid that supports texture & body in reduced-sugar formulas.
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Soluble corn fiber
Label-friendly dietary fiber helps reduce sugar content without impacting taste/texture. At the right usage levels, may enable dietary fiber & prebiotic claims.
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Insights Report
Digging into sweetness
Most consumers want less sugar. What motivates them, which sweeteners do they prefer, and how can your products stand out? Find out in our report.
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Label-friendly solutions
With increasing focus on ingredients and how they label, it’s critical to understand consumer perceptions & preferences.
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Cargill’s proprietary TrendTracker study offers actionable insight into defining consumer trends, attitudes and purchase habits.
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Beverage Concept
Protein + prebiotic soda
Modern soda reinvents refreshment with nutritional benefits & lower calories.
Highlights
- In-demand functional benefits
Includes 5g of complete whey protein per serving - May support gut health,
via 5g of soluble fiber per serving (a fermentable prebiotic) - Label-friendly sweetener blend
enables less than 1g sugar per serving without artificial sweeteners
Ingredients
Nutrition information
Why it wins with consumers
- Seeking protein
#1 nutrient sought out on product packages1 - Avoiding artificial
56% want to see label claims with "no artificial sweeteners"2
SOURCES:
1. The Hartman Group. Power of Protein Knowledge Primer. July, 2024. 2. HealthFocus International. Global USA Report, 2024.
*Per FDA, foods labeled as “reduced sugar” must contain at least 25% less sugar than an appropriate reference food.
Some Cargill products are only approved for use in certain geographies, end uses, and/or at certain usage levels. It is the customer's responsibility to determine, for a particular geography, that (i) the Cargill product, its use and usage levels, (ii) the customer's product and its use, and (iii) any claims made about the customer's product, all comply with applicable laws and regulations.