After having contracted to supply three-fourths of the allocated export quota of sugar, Indian sugar mills are holding on to the remaining portion expecting prices of the sweetener to go up. Export prices have come down by about 3-4% from their peak, after India allowed shipments starting November 5 following a fall in global sugar … Read more
Robust returns on sugar exports helped sugar mills from Uttar Pradesh to trade their export quota at a premium of about 10% over the prevailing market price for export of white sugar. According to trade sources, UP mills have sold 5-6 lakh tonnes of their export quota at an average price of Rs 4/kg. The … Read more
West Indian Sugar Mills Association (Wisma), a body of sugar millers in Maharashtra, has urged the central government to announce export policy for the next sugar year starting October 1, saying this will help millers sign forward contracts for raw sugar exports. In a letter to food and public distribution minister Piyush Goyal, Wisma said … Read more
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati have developed an ultrasound-assisted fermentation method to produce a safe sugar substitute called “Xylitol” from bagasse, the residue left after crushing of sugarcane. According to officials, the new method overcomes operational limitations of chemical methods of synthesis and time delays associated with conventional fermentation. The research … Read more
July 29, 2022 – Odds are this story is all about you. How do I know? First, a little motivational reality: Nearly two out of five American adults – 96 million of us – have prediabetes, according to the latest U.S. government estimate. As the name implies, prediabetes is a kind of metabolic purgatory. It … Read more
Proposal not expected to be adopted when government unveils its food strategy for England next week. Source link
Chances are you already know that eating too much sugar isn’t good for you. Yet you’re probably still overdoing it. Americans average about 270 calories of sugar each day, that’s about 17 teaspoons a day, compared to the recommended limits of about 12 teaspoon per day or 200 calories. Sugary drinks, candy, baked goods, and sweetened dairy … Read more
Some wines contain more sugar than a doughnut, but carry no nutritional information on their labels. Source link
Feb. 7, 2022 — So you’re at the supermarket, and your kid is asking for their favorite fizzy soda. But you’re trying to get your family on a healthier track this year. Do you protest initially, and then give in when the tears start flowing? Maybe you feel like crying, too. You crave the sugar … Read more
India’s sugar exports during October-December period jumped nearly four-fold to 17 lakh tonnes on higher demand from overseas, according to industry body ISMA. So far, 38-40 lakh tonnes have been contracted by mills for exports. Mills are now waiting for global prices to improve for further contracts. Sugar marketing year runs from October to September. … Read more