Sinalco, Taiyo and Sweethouse have agreed to collaborate to develop new and innovative beverage concepts, including beverages with additional health benefits and reduced-sugar.

Portugal, France, Ireland, Hungary and the UK are among a growing number of countries that have introduced a sugar tax to food and beverages. In addition, the beverage production sector is subject to high margins and price pressures.

The taste of beverages, their ingredients and their impact on consumers’ health are also increasingly relevant issues in the drinks industry.

“The taste of beverages, their ingredients and their impact on consumers’ health are also increasingly relevant issues.”

The new partnership will see the combination of Sinalco’s experience in beverage production, Taiyo’s functional ingredients and Sweethouse’s sweetening systems to produce innovative products that avoid this tax.

Sinalco has a broad portfolio of products in classic beverage categories, including lemonades, colas, fruit spritzers and mineral water.

Taiyo represents the Japanese company Taiyo Kagaku in Europe, which has been producing and selling health-promoting ingredients for the food and beverage industry since 1946.

Taiyo manufactures more than 2,000 food formulations, processed eggs, fruit preparations, emulsifiers, stabilisers and functional ingredients at various manufacturing facilities worldwide. It has its own research and application competence centre, Taiyo RACE.

Sweethouse is specialised in reducing sugar content and sourcing sugar substitutes.

Sinalco, Taiyo and Sweethouse have already started working on the first new innovative beverage concepts, which are set to be presented at the Innovation in Non-Alcoholic Beverages Congress event to be held from 26 September to 27 September in London, UK.