Packaged Facts Publishes New Market Research Report: "The U.S. Market for Sugar-Substitute and Low-Sugar Foods".NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1999--Retail sales of sugar-altered food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. products -- including artificially sweetened sweet·en v. sweet·ened, sweet·en·ing, sweet·ens v.tr. 1. To make sweet or sweeter by adding sugar, honey, saccharin, or another sweet substance. 2. To make more pleasant or agreeable. , no-sugar-added, reduced-sugar and dietetic dietetic /di·e·tet·ic/ (di?ah-tet´ik) pertaining to diet or proper food. di·e·tet·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to diet. 2. foods -- reached $6.3 billion in 1998, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. "The U.S. Market for Sugar-Substitute and Low-Sugar Foods," a new study from Packaged Facts, a publisher of market research reports. The market for sugar-substitute and low-sugar foods is essentially mature in its major product segments, according to Packaged Facts. Yet the market is healthy, and some individual product segments, especially in the trendy no-sugar-added category, hold future promise. As many Americans continue in their health orientation, sugar-altered foods will continue to exert their appeal. The role of a renegade diet Riding the wave of an aging America's preoccupation with health and fitness, the 1997 renegade diet guide "Sugar Busters!," blames sugar for much of the weight gain and obesity in U.S. adults. The "Sugar Busters!" diet has certainly been a catalyst for several new product introductions in the sugar-free categories, even as the new artificial sweeteners currently being tested and approved mean better taste and increased choice for marketers and consumers alike. Traditional artificial sweeteners like saccharin saccharin (săk`ərĭn), C7H5NSO3, white, crystalline, aromatic compound. It was discovered accidentally by I. Remsen and C. Fahlberg in 1879. Pure saccharin tastes several hundred times as sweet as sugar. and aspartame aspartame: see sweetener, artificial. aspartame Synthetic organic compound (a dipeptide) of phenylalanine and aspartic acid. It is 150–200 times as sweet as cane sugar and is used as a nonnutritive tabletop sweetener and in low-calorie have been used for decades and have been dogged by health concerns for just as long. But the latest sweeteners are said to be better in terms of both taste and safety, and are aiding product development and increasing sales, particularly for the stagnant diet soda segment. "The U.S. Market for Sugar-Substitute and Low-Sugar Foods" (200+ pages, $2,750) is available from Packaged Facts, a division of Kalorama Information. For a free table of contents or to order the report, call (800) 265-9836 and mention Department RPPO RPPO Regional Preferred Provider Organization RPPO Regional Printing Procurement Office RPPO Repair Parts Petty Officer (Navy) RPPO Requirements, Plans, and Policy Office (US DoD) RPPO Registered Public Purchasing Official . Kalorama Information, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (http://www.findexonline.com) is a leading publisher and distributor of marketing intelligence resources. Each year, it publishes more than 100 market research reports under these well-established brands: Kalorama Market Research, Packaged Facts, Find/SVP, Specialists in Business Information and KidTrends(tm). Kalorama Information also publishes "The Information Catalog" and "FINDEX, The Worldwide Directory of Market Research Reports, Studies and Surveys." NOTE TO EDITORS: The Executive Summary is available to press members. Please contact Julie Weinberg by fax at (301) 961-6790 or by email at jweinberg@findexonline.com. |
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