Sugar

India's Sweet Tooth Suffers As Sugar Output Slides

Satisfying the sweet tooth of the world’s biggest sugar-consuming country is getting a lot more expensive. At a time when demand in India is the h...

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo Hit With Tax Wave As Cities Punish Soda

Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. are facing a wave of new soda taxes after four U.S. cities voted to pass the measures, part of an escalating war on sugary d...

Tesco Reduces Sugar in Soft Drinks Ahead Of U.K.’s Planned Tax

Tesco Plc said it’s cutting the amount of sugar in its own-brand soft drinks ahead of a U.K. levy aimed at reducing childhood obesity. The amount...

Coca-Cola Working to Make War on Sugar a Profitable Venture

The push to reduce the amount of sugar in soft drinks -- long seen as a threat to the beverage industry -- has been more profitable for Coca-Cola Co. than...

Egypt Raids Sugar Sellers As Shortage Doubles Prices In Weeks

Food trader Adel Abdou was enjoying a weekend with his family when police raided his warehouse in Cairo and seized 45 tons of sugar. “They treat u...

PepsiCo Steps Up Push To Reduce Reliance On Sugary Beverages

PepsiCo Inc. ramped up its pledge to reduce the number of sugary beverages it sells over the next decade as governments increasingly tax soft drinks and fr...

Late Sugar Sales Help Brazil Mills Struggling With Debt Burdens

Who would have thought a lack of credit could turn out to be a blessing for Brazil’s most indebted sugar mills? Without financing to make forward...

Sugar Rally, Normal Monsoon Rain Seen Trimming India Imports

India may import less sugar than predicted three months ago after global prices surged to a four-year high and the first normal monsoon in three years boos...