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Sugar & Sweeteners

The Guide > Food & Drink > Baking & Cooking > Sugar & Sweeteners 

    Industry Alert: Health Concerns

Different sweetener ingredients

The major brands of sweeteners on the Australian market are Equal, Sugarine, Splenda, Hermesetas and NutraSweet. The main difference between them is their sweetener ingredient; Equal and NutraSweet use Aspartame as their base ingredient, Sugarine has Saccharin, Splenda has Sucralose, Hermesetas uses a blend of Ace K and Aspartame.
  • All forms of artificial sweeteners have generated controversy regarding their safety  [more]
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BRAND COMPANY OWNED RATING
Bundaburg (sucrose)  Bundaberg Sugar   (Finasucre) BEL  Some praise, no criticism2
Sugarless (aspartame)  Bathox Australia   Australian Owned  No rating3
Sugarless Organic Stevia (stevia) certified organic certified organic Bathox Australia   Australian Owned  No rating3
Natvia (stevia)  Natvia   Australian Owned  No rating3
Nirvana (stevia) some products certified organic some products certified organic Nirvana Health Products   Australian Owned  No rating3
Splenda (sucralose)  Heartland Food Products Group   USA  No rating3
Hermesetas (ace K & aspartame)  Hermesetas  
Distribution & Marketing: Stuart Alexander  
SWI  No rating3
Stevia Sweet (stevia)  Hermesetas  
Distribution & Marketing: Stuart Alexander  
SWI  No rating3
Equal (aspartame)  Merisant   (Whole Earth Brands) USA  No rating3
PureVia (stevia)  Merisant   (Whole Earth Brands) USA  No rating3
Whole Earth (stevia)  Merisant   (Whole Earth Brands) USA  No rating3
Merryfield (sucrose)  Aldi Australia   (Aldi South) GER  Praises, some criticism4
Sugarine (saccharin)  Reckitt Australia   (Reckitt) UK  Criticism, some praise5
TruVia (stevia)  Cargill   USA  Criticisms6
Fruisana (fructose)  Danisco   (DuPont) USA  Criticisms6
Billington's (sucrose)  Silver Spoon   (Garfield Weston Foundation) UK  Criticisms6
CSR (sucrose)  Sugar Australia   (Wilmar) SGP  Criticisms6



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