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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ American Sugar Refining, Inc., a member of ASR Group, made a strategic investment in Bonumose, Inc. to produce and commercialize lower-cost, plant-based alternative sweeteners tagatose and allulose as part of ASR Group s strategy to provide a variety of products to meet the wide range of consumer needs.
The Series B investment round in Bonumose, a start-up company with innovations in plant-based food ingredients, was co-led by American Sugar Refining and The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY).
Bonumose developed and patented a production process for high-purity rare sugars, including tagatose and allulose, from low-cost, abundant, plant-based starches. These products have fewer calories than traditional sugars and a negligible glycemic index impact.
Managing Editor Through a Chicory partnership, recipes on Florida Crystalsâ website will incorporate a âGet Ingredientsâ button that allows shoppers to select a retailer and order the ingredients needed for the recipe.
Digital shopper marketing platform Chicory has teamed with Florida Crystals, which bills itself as the only organic raw cane sugar made from sugarcane sustainably grown and milled in the United States, to make shopping for recipe ingredients easier. Shoppers can now buy all ingredients needed for any recipe featured on the Florida Crystals website from their preferred retailer in a few easy steps, using Chicoryâs shoppable technology.