Spotlight on Stevia

Healthy snacks

Used for hundreds of years by the Guarani Indians of South America to sweeten drinks and food for weight management and traditional medicines, Stevia's popularity has skyrocketed in the last 3 years. Since 2014, its worldwide market value has grown from 336 million US to a projected 578 million…

Spotlight on Nutrient Density

Obesity and Malnutrition

Obesity vs. Malnutrition

Is it possible to be overweight and undernourished at the same time? Most people associate over-eating with nourishing the body but this doesn’t necessarily hold true. Many research studies have proven the connection between micronutrient deficiency…

Spotlight on Healthy Weight

Healthy Weight

According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, approximately one-third of Americans are obese. In the last 20 years, this number has risen by almost 20 percent.

A busy stressful lifestyle with limited time for physical activity has been driving consumers…

Spotlight on Healthy Snacks

Healthy snacks

According to a 2015 Mintel research study, ninety-four percent of Americans eat snacks on a daily basis. From 2010 to 2015, snack sales increased 17.4 percent to $145 billion. 2.3 billion in sales was for organic snack foods. This clearly demonstrates that the snack market is booming.

Spotlight on Natural Sweeteners

Natural Sweeteners

In May of this year, the FDA announced new guidelines for the Nutrition Facts label of packaged foods which requires the listing of all “added sugars” in the product. This comes at a time when according to the National Institute of Health (NIH) more than two-thirds of adults in the…