Tate & Lyle: Monk fruit sweetener attracting most interest in dairy and beverages

Monk fruit: 'In a neutral to high pH product – some dairy products for example - you get a tremendous amount of sweetness using only a very small amount, which makes it more cost effective. In a more acidic application, you’d need to use more.'

Seasonal fruit enlivens crumbles, crisps, cobblers

For much of the past month, it feels as though I've been training for "The $25,000 Pyramid" game show. The category: fruit desserts. "What's the one made with the streusel?" a colleague said a couple of weeks ago, as we...

Fruit of Dionysus

WINE and me – we are mostly strangers. The only thing I get out of wine is a nasty taste in my mouth and a splitting headache. Even a tour around gorgeous wine country of Sanoma, California, where I imbibed enough to turn me into a drunken sailor, did not change my ambivalence.

PBH Names New Slate of Role Models, Champions

A total of 31 companies earned Role Model status (the top level of recognition) and seven achieved Champion status. The industry Role Models are: * Alberto-Culver Specialty Brands * American Frozen Food Institute * Barsotti Juice Company * Blue Book Services * California Avocado Commission * C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

Fruit orchard dedication Feb. 2

SYLACAUGA – Sylacauga Grows invites the public to its fruit orchard dedication Feb. 2 at noon. The service will be held at the community garden in Sylavon Court and will recognize those who have purchased a tree.