SteviaWorld is creating buzz in F&B sector. Participation from F&B Giants at SteviaWorld confirmed. Read on to see who is coming!

SteviaWorld is creating a lot of buzz in the F&B sector! We all know Stevia as one of the top ten trends to watch in the Packaged Foods industry! Now the world’s top F&B companies are confirming this by sending key representatives to attend SteviaWorld on 14-15 May in Shanghai! We are excited to announce [...]

Speaker Profile: Murali Dharan, CEO, Mianzhu Gold Tree Agrotech

Murali Dharan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Mianzhu Gold Tree Agrotech in Sichuan, Eastern China. Murali has been conducting business in China for 15 years. He was previously operating in the oil & gas sector. He chanced upon Stevia opportunity in 2005, when China pushed to build up the Eastern part of the country. [...]

Stevia Cultivation in China Fulfils 3 Crucial Factors… Government Support, Good Infrastructure & Perfect Growing Conditions! Stevia Investor Shares Insights.

Stevia has been named one of the 2009′s top ten trends to watch in packaged goods by the Gourmet Retailer. The natural, no-calorie sweetener is regarded as the holy grail of sweetener sector. With the opening of US market and more approvals in the EU countries anticipated, the demand for stevia is bound to exceed [...]

Speaker Profile: Carl Horn af Rantzien, Director, Regulatory Affairs, European Stevia Association (EUSTAS)

EUSTAS, the European Stevia Association, is a nonprofit organization, founded and presided by Prof. Jan Geuns from the University of Leuven, Belgium. EUSTAS’s role is to promote and coordinate all activities focusing on research and health in relation to Stevia rebaudiana and related compounds, to show that they are safe for human consumption and to [...]

Speaker Profile: Prof. Yan Li, Jinan University

Li Yan is a Professor at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China He was the former director of food Science & Technology R&D Center in Jinan University. Li Yan has been engaged in the research and teaching of “Preparation and Application of Food Additives” for a long time. He has presided over and completed several national, provincial [...]

Speaker Profile: Dr. Ahmed E. Attia El-Shikh, Researcher, Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center

Dr Ahmed E. Attia El-Shikh is a Researcher in the Breeding and Genetics Department, Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt. He is responsible for stevia scientific program in the Sugar Crops Research Institute. He has a PhD degree in Agricultural Sciences from Ain-Shams University, Egypt on Stevia Propagation Methods. He’s [...]

Speaker Profile: Lucy Dahlgren, Project Director, Granular AB

Granular, the European stevia company, markets Real Stevia TM  to the global Food and Beverage industry. It was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Granular has it roots in Paraguay, where it works in close collaboration with local NGOs and is growing certified organic leaves. It is now extending its Asian operations [...]

What is Stevia? Will this exciting cash crop offer hope in the recession? Dorn Wenninger from PureCircle shares candid answers on these questions & more.

Demand for Reb-A and Stevia sweeteners will spike in the near future and Growing Stevia has become a hot new opportunity for those in the agribusiness sector. However, relatively little is know about Stevia and its potential, mainly because there is a dearth of information available publicly. To address this glaring gap, we put Mr. [...]

PureCircle to Share Global Stevia Supply Chain Insights at World’s First Global Stevia Forum

FLORHAM PARK, N.J., March 30, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Following the launch of several high profile consumer product brands containing PureVia(TM)Reb A, PureCircle, the world’s leading producer of Reb A, has been invited to share current insights on its rapidly developing global stevia supply chain at Stevia World 2009 on May 14-15, in Shanghai. [...]