STEVIA

REVOLUTIONIZING THE GLOBAL NATURAL SWEETENER INDUSTRY

The sugar substitute is extracted from the stevia plant. A species called Stevia rebaudiana is naturally grown in Brazil and Paraguay, where it has been used for hundreds of years to sweeten foods. The plant gets its sweetness from naturally occurring glycosides, which are extracted from the stevia leaves through a process that starts by placing the plant in water.

Over the past 15 years, GLG’s agricultural expertise has produced a number of the most desirable stevia leaf varieties in the world. These plants offer increased disease resistance, significantly larger-leaves, and a higher percentage of prefered steviol glycosides; all through GLG’s strategic non-genetically modified agriculture program.

GLG ANNOUNCES ADM PARTNERSHIP

GLG WILL BRING TOGETHER MAJOR PRODUCER OF LOW-CALORIE SWEETENERS WITH ONE OF THE WORLD’S PREMIER GLOBAL INGREDIENT PROVIDERS

New partnership to offer non-GMO stevia and monk fruit ingredients to meet increasing global demand for sugar reduction and clean-label ingredients.

CHICAGO and VANCOUVER, June 6, 2016—Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) and GLG Life Tech Corporation (TSX: GLG) announced a new partnership to manufacture, market, sell and distribute low-calorie stevia and monk fruit sweeteners to customers around the globe. Read more here.

GLG’S EXTENSIVE STEVIA INGREDIENT PORTFOLIO

GLG’S EXTENSIVE STEVIA INGREDIENT PORTFOLIO

INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT

  • Natural process that improves taste
  • Process with unique strains of fungi
  • No chemicals & GMO-free
  • Certified organic process
  • Patents awarded & pending

RebPure™️ Premium is GLG’s latest cutting-edge natural flavor modifier. Neutralizing taste defects that are bitter/astringent and creating a base to add flavors, achieving a balance of flavor and cost. RebPure™️ Premium also eliminates taste defects that allows for significant reduction in sweeteners that are typically used to mask off notes.

BENEFITS

  • Natural bitter blocker
  • Has a consistent, better, and sucrose-like sweet taste
  • Blocks bitter receptors
  • Eliminates metallic aftertaste
  • Reduces lingering sweetness
  • Eliminates/reduces the need for sugar without compromising the taste
  • Has an optimized taste profile for use in all food and beverage applications
  • Lacks the lingering fruity (citrusy) taste associated with its conventional counterparts

BENEFITS

  • Enhances sweetness and flavor in various applications
  • Can be labeled as a natural flavor
  • Offers well-rounded sucrose-like sweetness
  • Compliant with JECFA standard

TasteBoost is GLG’s cutting-edge natural flavor modifier. It provides a turn-key solution to the off-notes and flavors that can sometimes be associated with natural sweeteners while allowing for a “natural flavor” label claim. TasteBoost can be used to provide a sucrose-like rounded sweetness in many applications.

APPLICATIONS

  • Tabletop sweeteners
  • Carbonated beverages
  • Sports, juice and energy drinks
  • Dietary supplements

TURN KEY STEVIA BLENDS

BENEFITS

  • Provides significant calorie reduction
  • With a well-rounded sucrose-like sweetness
  • Allows the use of natural sweeteners without solubility issues
  • Does not increase blood sugar levels
  • Contains no artificial sweeteners

BevSweet™ is our unique blend of non-GMO erythritol, stevia and/or monk fruit. It provides an all-natural, zero calorie sweetener solution. BevSweet™ can be used in beverage applications such as soft drinks, sports and energy drinks, and alcoholic beverages.

APPLICATIONS

  • Carbonated soft drinks
  • Sports and energy drinks
  • Juice drinks
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Tea and coffee
  • Powder beverages

TURN KEY STEVIA BLENDS

BENEFITS

  • Bulks and browns just like sugar
  • Provides significant calorie reduction
  • With a well-rounded sucrose-like sweetness
  • Does not increase blood sugar levels
  • Contains no artificial sweeteners

BakeZeroCalTM is our unique blend of non-GMO erythritol, stevia and/or monk fruit. It provides an all-natural, zero-calorie sweetener solution. BakeZeroCalTM can be used in food applications such as baked goods, confectionery, desserts and fillings.

APPLICATIONS

  • Bakery
  • Confectionery
  • Desserts
  • Fillings
  • Sweet spreads

UNPARALLELED BENEFITS OF GLG’s STEVIA AGRICULTURE

LARGEST GROWING AREA

With an estimated 80% of the world’s stevia acreage, China’s stevia growing area is much larger than that of Kenya and Paraguay.

GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSIFICATION

GLG’s stevia growing areas are widely distributed and less vulnerable to natural disasters. This geographic diversification is essential to guarantee a reliable annual stevia harvest.

30 YEARS OF GROWING HISTORY

After years of training and development, GLG has developed a long term relationship with stevia farmers across the country. Their strong foundation and experience for growing stevia matches real demand with supply to ensure the farmers receive a stable income.

LOW RISK CONTRACT FARMING MODEL

Through “Company + Farmer + Growing Base” and “Company + Cooperation + Farmer” flexible modes, GLG has established the mature farmer cooperation model and the raw material procurement model.

GLG CROP CYCLES YIELD HIGHER GLYCOSIDE DEVELOPMENT

GLG starts with a seed and grows a new plant compared to harvesting off the same plant multiple times.

LOW COSTS & FAIR RETURN TO FARMERS

China has historically paid lower stevia leaf prices than other countries that grow stevia. However, GLG’s Fair Wage program ensures farmers get a better wage than many other countries.

Over more than 15 years of working with natural sweeteners, GLG has developed a natural product portfolio that works in many applications and in different food matrices. Providing for optimum taste and function; this revolutionary new Portfolio allows food processors to GoZero on calorie and sugar content, and provide great tasting natural products (that would taste as great as their sugar-containing alternatives).

GLG not only provides customers with customized solutions but also has a team of scientists and natural sweeteners experts that closely study the customer’s application of sweeteners and their needs, and provides them with a customized natural sweeteners formulation tailored to their specific application. GoZero is about providing a wide range of products proven to work in different applications and bundled customized product and services with unique proprietary formulations. READ MORE HERE>>