Sugar

Easter Candy Hunt Gets Cheaper As Funds Exit Sugar Bets

As Americans prepare to fill their Easter baskets with sweet treats, hedge funds aren’t feeling the sugar rush. As expectations for a global suppl...

Sugar Trade That Made Modern World Longs For Sweet Hereafter

Europeans’ taste for sugar transformed the world. West Indies plantations built from the 17th century to feed demand from the sugar trade drove a...

Sugar Breakthrough Paves Way For Indonesia-Australia Trade Deal

Australia is pinning its hopes on sugar to revitalise exports to Indonesia, as it seeks momentum for a free-trade agreement that has been mooted for nearly...

Sugar And Salt Content Shrivels As Consumers Get Wise On Health

Global consumer-goods makers reduced ingredients such as sugar and salt in about 20% of their products in 2016 as shoppers shift toward healthier brands....

India Sugar Outlook Cut By Mills As Drought Hurts Cane Supply

India’s sugar production may be lower than previously forecast as mills in the main growing areas of Maharashtra and Karnataka closed earlier than us...

Sweeteners Will Surge As Sugar Consumption Declines: Euromonitor

Consumption of sugar and sweeteners is set to decline by 2020 as consumers turn their back on 'one of the most vilified ingredients within food', lead...

Spar Austria Cuts Sugar In Private Label Products

Spar Austria has announced that it will be reducing the amount of sugar in its own-brand products, to meet consumers' demand for less sugary foods. Prod...

Sugar Traders Brace For Wild Ride As Surplus Hangs On Weather

Sugar traders are bracing for a wild ride. While most analysts forecast a return to surplus in the 2017-18 season that starts in October, many are consi...