CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, May 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
With consumers becoming increasingly more health conscious, the natural sweeteners market is reaping the benefits as the
demand for sugar alternative rises. Experts are forecasting steady growth for stevia in the natural sweetener sector as
consumers steer towards healthier options and away from traditional sugar and less effective sugar alternatives.
Reporting developments of importance regarding the natural sweetener industries in the markets today: Sunwin
Stevia International, Inc. (OTC: SUWN), one of the top global suppliers of high quality stevia extracts including
Rebaudioside A 98 and Rebaudioside A99, announced today that it has recently delivered several purchase orders for a
total of 5 tons of stevia extracts in a value of excess $300,000. The clients are based
in Asia and both North and South Americas. The delivered stevia extracts include both high grade
stevia (Reb A: 95% to 99.8%) and low grade stevia (Reb A: 60% to 80%).
Read the full Sunwin Stevia (SUWN) Press Release at http://www.financialnewsmedia.com/profiles/suwn.html
Ms. Dongdong Lin, CEO of Sunwin Stevia stated, "We expect substantial growth in sales of our
stevia extracts in the coming years, as we continue to develop new products for our global clients and expand our market reach
worldwide. In the past two years, we have invested substantial capital and resources in R&D and production
facilities. As of now, we focus on expanding our market share of stevia extracts in Asia,
Europe, North America and South America. As we continue to
expand our market efforts, we believe we will see substantial growth in our stevia extracts for years to come."
In other sector related developments and happenings: Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM)
announced this week that it has acquired full ownership of Amazon Flavors, a leading Brazilian manufacturer of natural extracts,
emulsions and compounds. ADM had previously owned a 40 percent equity stake in Amazon. "Brazil
is a key market as we continue to grow our ingredient sales around the globe," said Vince
Macciocchi, president of ADM's WILD Flavors and Specialty Ingredients business unit. "Brazil is the largest food and beverage market in South America, and we
look forward to working with the Amazon Flavors team to ensure that we are the go-to source for Brazilian food and beverage
customers."
Ingredion Incorporated (NYSE: INGR), together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells starches and
sweeteners to various industries. The company in late April reported results for the first quarter 2016. "We delivered
another strong quarter with solid operating income and earnings per share and continued progress on our strategic blueprint.
Acquisition-related volume, more favorable price/product mix in both our specialty and core ingredients as well as margin
expansion propelled by our global optimization efforts and Penford cost synergies all contributed to increases in operating
income and earnings per share," said Ilene Gordon, chairman, president and chief executive
officer. "As expected, North America, Asia Pacific and EMEA
achieved solid operating income growth for the quarter while South American operating income was lower than the prior year as the
region faced slowing economies and foreign-exchange headwinds. Read the full INGR report at: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ingredion-incorporated-reports-strong-first-103202771.html
PepsiCo's Aquafina has unveiled two spots to promote its new line of naturally sweetened sparkling water. The launch of
Aquafina's sparkling water campaign comes just days after Coca-Cola's (NYSE: KO) Dasani rolled
out new packaging and flavors for its own sparkling water offering, which will be supported with a campaign called 'Break for
Bubbles.' Source: The Drum.com
In other trading activity of interest in the Stevia sector, Stevia First Corporation (OTC: STVF) trading
above the 3 month average volume closeing up slightly at $0.075 on over 396,000 shares traded by
the close. Stevia First Corp. operates as an agricultural biotechnology company in the United
States. The company develops proprietary fermentation technologies for production of stevia, an alternative sweetener.
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