Zero-calorie natural sweetener company GLG Life Tech Corporation, in collaboration with ADM, has announced the newest addition to its portfolio of stevia extracts, the new high Reb M product line. Made from GLG’s proprietary high Reb M Dream Sweetener M Stevia Leaf, this next generation stevia product line is said to facilitate sugar replacement with better-tasting, low-calorie natural sweetening systems and solutions that provide a sugar-like sensory experience.

“With more than sixteen years of experience in developing zero-calorie natural sweeteners, we always have consumer preference foremost in mind, and our new high Reb M product line squarely addresses the calorie- and sugar-reduction goals of today’s food and beverage industry,” said Dr Luke Zhang, CEO and Chairman of GLG. “These products provide a clean and full-bodied sweetness experience that is remarkably close to sugar, allowing for deeper calorie reduction through reduced sugar formulations. And with its sucrose-like sweetness, these high Reb M products enable formulators to reduce sugar more than ever before and provide the end consumer with better-tasting healthier choices.”

GLG’s high Reb M products are developed from a physical extraction process from GLG’s proprietary Dream Sweetener stevia leaves, which are said to have exceptionally high quantities of those steviol glycosides (Reb M) that have a particularly sugar-like taste. High purity Reb M is two hundred to three hundred times sweeter than sucrose, giving it more upfront sweetness with reduced lingering and bitterness when compared to traditional stevia sweeteners. The company claims that other competing products in the market use chemical treatments or are produced using fermentation processes that employ non-natural, bio-engineered fermentation organisms and enzymes.  www.adm.com