Solutions for Sugar Reduction in Sweet Spreads: Technology Insights & Global Industry Analysis
Food and Nutrition 
7 min readOverview
Governing authority’s recommendations on daily sugar intake and consumer awareness about a healthy lifestyle have led manufacturers to focus on alternative sweetening platforms. Reformulating products such as sweet spread to lower sugar levels is quite challenging as multiple functions get impacted. This allows researchers to undergo research and development to bring out innovative and cost-effective solutions. Research also focuses on resolving the impact on functionality such as bulking, texture, and taste of low-sugar spreads.
Players are exploring new technologies and innovations that can achieve low-no-reduced sugar spreads, which offer similar functionality, processability, and most importantly taste.
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Table of contents
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1. Introduction to Sugar Reduction Technologies
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2. Executive summary
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3. Introduction to sweet spread
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3.1. Global sweet spreads market
- 3.1.1. Sweet spreads | Sugar reduction | Healthy | Food industry |
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3.2. Need for Sugar reduction
- 3.2.1. Sweet spreads | Sugar reduction | Healthy | Food industry |
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3.3. Low-sugar spreads – a white space opportunity
- 3.3.1. Low sugar | Jams | Syrups | Product launch | Investments | Expansions | Collaborations/Partnerships | Merger/Acquisition
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3.4. Functionality of sugar vs other food products
- 3.4.1. Sugar | Structure | Bulk | Texture | Flavor | Color | Preservative | Aeration | Fermentation | Visual Appeal | Breakfast Cereals | Cakes | Biscuits | Sweet spreads | Yoghurts | Confectionery | Morning goods | Pudding | Ice-cream
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3.5. Consumer perceptions and preferences
- 3.5.1. Sugar | Regulations | Healthy Lifestyle | RTE | Government initiative | Convenience food | Diet | WHO
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4. Drivers for consumer preferences
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- 4.1.1. Consumer perception | Reduced sugars | Zero sugar | Consumption | Health | Taste | Tate and Lyle | Buying behavior | Price
- 4.2. Health driven
- 4.3. Money driven
- 4.4. Taste focused
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5. Sugar reduction technology ecosystem
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5.1. Bioconversion
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5.1.1. Enzymatic conversion
- 5.1.1.1. Bioconversion | Enzymatic | Zero-calorie | Bitter block technology | non-GMO | Sustainable | Bakery | Dairy | Confectionery | Sweegen
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5.2. Upcycling of agricultural waste
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5.3. Flavor delivery technology
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5.3.1. Sugar made by particle reduction technique
- 5.3.1.1. Sugar reduction | Flavor delivery technology | Active ingredients | Sucrose | Taste | Food matrix | Chocolate | DouxMatok
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5.4. Extraction technology
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5.4.1. Stevia as an ingredient
- 5.4.1.1. Sweetener | Stevia | Extraction | Erythritol | Sorbitol | Monkfruit | Keto friendly | Vistevia
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5.5. Alternate sweeteners
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- 5.5.1.1. Stevia | Aspartame | Sugar reduction | fruit spread | Sweet protein | Upcycled sugar | Agriculture waste
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5.5.2. Fruit-based
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5.5.2. Sweet protein
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5.5.2. Upcycled sugar
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6. Benchmarking of sugar reduction technologies
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- 6.1.1 Extraction technology | Cambya sugar reduction technology | Bioconversion technology | Flavor delivery technology | Sauce | Jam | Food and Beverage | Dairy | beverage | Syrup |
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7. Advancements in technologies for reducing sugar in sweet spreads
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- 7.1.1 Sugar replacement compound | Sugar replacement syrup | Pulverization technique | Microalgae biomass | Encapsulation | Gel-aeration technology | Waste-upcycling technology | Low sugar | Jam | Thickening | Bulking agent | Shape | Texture |
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8. Sugar reduction in spreads player ecosystem
- 8.1.1. Doumatok | Incredo | Smuckers | Stute | Hartley’s | Dabur | Bhuira | Aohata | Saffola | Rabeko | newtrition | Mals’s | SweetLeaf | Oxie | Dream pops | DouxMatok | Vistevia | BHU Foods | Super Foodio | No Sugar sugar | Fearne & Rosie | Tate & Lyle | Sweegen | Ingredion | Cometbio | SWT Pure Stevia Blends | Enlightened | Splenda | Amai Proteins | Saffola |
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8.2. Startups – ingredients as a replacement-based approach
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8.3. Focus on naturalness
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8.4. Companies covered
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8.5. Replacement market players
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9. Startup spotlight covering innovative end products
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9.1. Vistevia | Sauce | Jams & Jellies | Drink | Sweeteners | Stevia | Healthy fruits | Sugar-free |
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10. Highlights & FutureBridge recommendations
Our Methodology
The examination is a combination of extensive findings that include analyzing patent literature, scientific articles, market data, regulations, industry-specific news, startup activities, investments, transactions, and collaborations. This comprehensive approach ensures a deep understanding of industry dynamics and emerging technologies.
Our forecasts draw upon interviews with key players across the value chain, coupled with evaluations and insights from FutureBridge analysts and consultants who specialize in the Food & Nutrition landscape. These expert opinions provide a nuanced understanding of market trends and potential disruptions.
Our in-house experts continuously monitor and assess key data points and developments across the industry. This process helps spot technology trends, scout for emerging opportunities, and provides contextual insights into sugar reduction techniques and innovations in the sweet spreads industry. For example, the increasing demand for healthier food options has led to advancements in natural sweeteners and sugar substitutes, driving innovation in sweet spreads to meet consumer preferences. Furthermore, our foresight includes examining regulatory impacts, consumer behavior shifts, and technological advancements.
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