Stevia World

CMT is proud to welcome GLG as PLATINUM SPONSOR for SteviaWorld Americas on 25-26 February 2010 in Atlanta! About GLG Life Tech Corporation GLG Life Tech Corporation is a global leader in the supply of high purity stevia, an all natural, zero-calorie sweetener used in food and beverages. The Company’s vertically integrated operations cover each [...]

According to the recently published ‘Global Stevia Industry Perceptions Report 2009’, tackling the taste profile and after-taste tops the list of industry concerns. That’s why Stevia World Americas has made Flavor Solutions as one of the key agenda. Top ingredient companies, Wixon Inc. and Overseal Natural Ingredients will be sharing about their technologies that can [...]

Michael Movitz has 18 years natural products industry experience across retail, manufacturer, broker and information supplier organizations, including 9 years with SPINS.  In his current role as Vice President of Business Development, Michael works with SPINS’ strategic partners & industry organizations along with retailers and manufacturer clients, to solve for business objectives utilizing SPINS services [...]

PureCircle said it raised £40 million and plans to use the money to position the company for the increasing demand it expects over the coming years for its natural zero-calorie sweetener Rebaudioside A. Since the US Food and Drug Administration clearance for high purity Reb A to be used as a food and beverage ingredient was granted [...]

Sergio Chase is the CEO of Imperio Guarani S.A. in Asuncion, Paraguay, a company which is into Stevia Rebaudiana production. He is also a Consultant to Stevia Project for Merisant Corp since 2008. Sergio has a Master Of Science in Management from Hult/Arthur D. Little School Of Management in Boston, U.S.A. He also has a [...]

Roberto Campos is an expert in large scale farming of stevia. He has been working with Merck KGaA (Germany) in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil since 1976 and recently (May ’09) retired from his position as Director of Natural Products in Brazil. During his career he was responsible for sales, marketing, production and farming and latest [...]

James A. May is the founder, President and CEO of Wisdom Natural Brands®, producer of SweetLeaf® brand products, Sweet & Slender® natural sweetener, Wisdom of the Ancients® herbal teas. Originally learning from the natives of Paraguay, he is now a recognized authority on several South American herbs. He introduced stevia, YerbaMaté and other health generating [...]

Dr. Regina Goralczyk, is a senior project manager at DSM Nutritional Products Ltd., Basel, Switzerland, the world’s leading supplier of vitamins, carotenoids and other fine chemicals to the feed, food, pharmaceutical and personal care industries. Regina joined Roche Vitamin Ltd 20 years ago, and developed her career as a principle scientist investigating the health effects [...]

Mariano Gascon directs product and food technology developments through Wixon’s staff of food technologists, flavorists, and research professionals, and also leads the team of flavor chemists at Wixon. He joined the staff of Wixon, Inc. in 1997 as Flavor Lab Director from Virginia Dare (New York) and IFF (Mexico). His experience in creating flavors spans [...]

Justine Lord has worked for Overseal Natural Ingredients, part of the Naturex Group, as Talin® Business Manager for the last 3 years. Prior to this she has held a number of commercial and marketing roles at Overseal, Natraceutical and also at Kerry Ingredients. Justine has a technical background and after graduating started her professional career [...]

Prior to her position as Vice President of Cerilliant, Ms. Rettinger was the Director of Sales and Marketing for the Radian Analytical Products Division where she was responsible for sales, marketing, and technical customer service. She began her career at Radian in 1989 and served as Associate Scientist, Scientist, Staff Scientist, Senior Scientist and Marketing [...]

Dr. Richard C. Kraska began his career at FDA in food additives and moved on to a supervisory position in the GRAS Review.  At FDA, he participated in safety evaluations on sensitive topics such as aspartame, cyclamate and salt. For the next twenty-two years he had numerous assignments with three major chemical companies where he [...]

Dr George Burdock is an internationally recognized authority on the safety of food ingredients, personal care products and dietary supplements. Dr. Burdock has more than 25 years of experience dealing with regulatory issues related to product safety and risk assessment. He has been on the forefront of non-nutritive sweetener safety and regulatory assessment and stevia [...]

The 2nd Stevia World Asia conference meets on 21-22 April 2010 in China. It is a comprehensive conference on the stevia value chain, with important insights covering Stevia markets, stevia cultivation, stevia investments & upcoming stevia applications in the Food & Beverage sector. Consumers continue to demand ‘natural’ and healthy options in their Food and [...]

Stevia World Americas Speaker Sergio Chase, Director General of Imperio Guarani says the Stevia cultivation in Paraguay needs a stronger value chain and fair pricing for its long-term sustainability. Read more about our discussion with Sergio below. The FDA’s sign of approval for Stevia rebaudioside-A is having a positive spin off effect in Paraguay. A [...]

Más de 300 participantes de la Encuesta Mundial que duró 2 meses, indicaron que el sabor secundario, la legislación y la fiabilidad de suministro eran las principales preocupaciones de la industria. Los resultados de la encuesta se compilaron en  Global Stevia Industry Perceptions Report 2009 (Informe de Percepciones de la Industria Mundial de Stevia 2009) [...]