Sugar and sweeteners might not be safe for your children due to this reason, here’s what a new study revealedA recent study presented at the Endocrine Society's meeting suggests a potential link between sugar and artificial sweeteners and an increa...
14 Jul, 2025, 06.09 PM IST
38% urban Indians consume artificial sweeteners every month, survey findsA recent survey conducted by Local Circles in India found that 38% of urban Indians consume artificial sweeteners every month. In May 2023,...
15 Jul, 2023, 09.35 PM IST
Beverage lobby differs with WHO on sweetenersA lobby group representing major beverage companies, including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Red Bull, has criticized recent World Health Organiz...
05 Jun, 2023, 01.13 PM IST
Artificial sweeteners increase the risk of cardiovascular problems, type 2 diabetes, claims WHOWHO cautions the public not to rely too much on artificial sweeteners, as they don't really aid in weight loss and creates more health prob...
17 May, 2023, 10.15 AM IST
Artificial sweeteners may not be the culprit behind deaths caused by heart attacks: StudyThere is insufficient evidence to prove that artificial sweeteners increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, claims study.
17 Jan, 2023, 09.12 AM IST
Sugar substitutes can affect blood glucose tolerance, gut bacteria in humans, reveals studyResearchers discovered that some of them can actually alter consumers' microbiomes.
23 Aug, 2022, 05.32 PM IST
Calorie-free sweeteners affect microbiome and glycemic response, says studyIn 2014, senior author Eran Elinav an immunologist and microbiome researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science and the German National C...
20 Aug, 2022, 07.14 AM IST
Coke launches Thums up no-sugarCoca-Cola VP marketing Vijay Parasuraman said Thums Up was the beverage maker's first home grown brand in a no-sugar variant.
09 Apr, 2018, 08.43 PM IST
Why Indian farmers are struggling to ensure stevia becomes a product for the massesTwo decades have passed since Indian farmers first got interested in stevia. The input costs are still high because the crop can only multi...
08 Feb, 2018, 09.21 PM IST
- Appetising foods may not drive long-term overeating
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Eating good-tasting food such as chocolate chip cookies, potato chips and sweetened condensed milk may not drive lo...
16 Dec, 2016, 03.54 PM IST
Tall claims misfire: Five times when brands made unbelievable promisesThe rock-bottom pricing of Freedom 251 — the world's cheapest smartphone — has left many slack-jawed. Here are a few other brands that went...
03 Mar, 2016, 12.36 PM IST
FSSAI's nod for Stevia is relief for Coke, PepsiTill now, many companies in India have been using aspartame, a high-intensity artificial sweetener in their products.
24 Nov, 2015, 12.05 PM IST
Coca-Cola is seriously worried about Diet Coke sales plummetingSales of Diet Coke are dropping so precipitously that Pepsi-Cola surpassed Diet Coke to become the number two best-selling soda brand in th...
23 Jul, 2015, 01.24 PM IST
Seven diet myths no one told you aboutSo, you hear that kale chips are the best thing that could have happened to your diet? Not quite. We bust some common diet myths for you.
21 Jul, 2015, 08.17 AM IST
Consumers shun 'artificial sweeteners', go for regular Pepsi and Coca Cola instead of diet variantsDiet drinks in India, such as Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi and Coke Zero, contribute less than 2% of the overall Rs 14,000 crore carbonated bevera...
29 Apr, 2015, 05.44 AM IST
Pharmaceutical company Alkem Laboratories eyeing big-bang IPO in FY-1580% of the company's revenues currently come from domestic operations and now it's main focus is on the US market.
13 Jan, 2015, 08.40 PM IST
- GCMMF to launch sugar-free range of products
Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation(GCMMF)is all set to launch its sugar-free range of products-ice cream and desserts.
16 Jan, 2007, 10.00 PM IST