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Environmental life cycle assessment of production of the high intensity sweetener steviol glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana leaf grown in Europe: The SWEET project
Scientists from the EU SWEET project recently conducted research to see how making alternate sweeteners from stevia...
do artificial sweeteners increase the risk of heart attacks and stroke?
SWEET Project consortium member Edith Feskens weighs in Recent news stories have reported that the low-calorie...
What is the effect of consuming sweetener blends vs sucrose?
Phase One investigation in SWEET Project WP2 published in Appetite A new manuscript was published this week,...
The Sweetener Erythritol in the news
Everyone seems to be talking about the new study published in Nature Medicine warning that Erythritol, a popular...
SWEET Project: Innovation Advisory Panel 5
We are pleased to invite you to join members of the SWEET Project Consortium for the 5th (and final) Innovation...
SWEET Project Focus on Gender and Implicit Bias: Taking a closer look
“Since we know that many aspects of the organization of science, especially peer review are affected by gender bias it...
How do Sweeteners and Sweetness Enhancers affect appetite and endocrine responses?
Graham Finlayson, Professor, School of Psychology, University of Leeds (UK), WP2 co-chair. ‘Free sugars’ also known as...
SWEET Project Update
We are now in the final year of the SWEET Project. Professor Jason Halford, one of the project coordinators and...
The 30th Annual European Congress on Obesity: 17-20 May 2023
Interested in alternate sweeteners and their impact on sustainability and human health? You are cordially invited to...
Destination Tokyo: International Congress of Nutrition 2022
One of the SWEET project Prinicipal Investigators, Anne Raben, has been invited to participate in the upcoming...
Sweet Food Preferences and Associated Appetite Regulatory Mechanisms: Dominic O’Connor
Dominic O’Connor, a SWEET consortium member in Work Package 2 from the University of Leeds, has completed his PhD...
Sugar Sweeteners and Health: new research
We are pleased to share new research publication from the SWEET Project team. The paper here was developed within Work...
SWEET New Investigators Group Update
The SWEET New Investigators Group was initiated to develop and improve collaboration between the early career...
Gut Microbiome and Sweeteners
Join the International Food Information Council (IFIC) for a free webinar, Gut Check: Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners...
The SWEET Project: Working with industry to understand sustainability of sweeteners
James Suckling, Research Fellow, Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey (UK) Sweeteners are...
SWEET Consortium member Lisa Heggie presents at the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviour
In July 2022, new research from SWEET Work Package 4 was shared at the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviour’s...
The H2020 SWEET Consortium: Jacco Bastings
The SWEET Summer School and annual consortium meeting were held in June 2022 in San Sebastian, Spain. Jacco Bastings,...
SWEET presents at American Diabetes Association Meeting
The SWEET Consortium was pleased to be represented at the American Diabetes Association 82nd scientific session in New...