Ingredion has opened its first allulose production plant in San Juan del Río, Mexico. At this location, the company will manufacture the sweetener Astraea Allulose, which will be marketed and sold across the Americas by Ingredion.
In addition to licensing certain allulose-related intellectual property to Ingredion, Matsutani will market and sell Astraea Allulose across most of Asia.
Astraea Allulose will, the company says, enable food and beverage manufacturers across the Americas to reduce calories from sucrose and other caloric sweeteners in a wide range of products, including beverages, dairy, bakery and confectionery items.
