Hershey backs sweeteners start-up
Snacks and confectionery maker Hershey has joined US sugars supplier ASR Group to co-lead an investment in Bonumose, a start-up manufacturing lower-calorie sweeteners.
The size of the Series B financing round was not disclosed, with ingredients business ASR investing via its subsidiary American Sugar Refining. ASR is owned by Florida-based cane sugar producers Florida Crystals Corp. and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida.
Bonumose, located in Charlottesville, Virginia, has developed and patented a production process for high-purity rare sugars, including tagatose and allulose, from low-cost, plant-based starches. These products have fewer calories than traditional sugars and a negligible glycemic index impact, it says.
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