sugar

WHO says low taxes are making sugary drinks, alcohol more affordable

Coca-Cola currently uses high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in its domestic beverages - a sweetener that has long drawn criticism from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Make America Healthy Again movement.

Trump says Coca-Cola to switch to cane sugar in US

Thailand, the world’s second-largest sugar exporter, faced a suspension of syrup and premixed powder imports by China in December due to concerns about factory hygiene.

Thai firms suffer US$60 million loss, risk shutdown from China’s ban on sugar syrup

Robert F Kennedy,  picked by Donald Trump to be the new US health secretary, has targeted Froot Loops and other processed foods as a potential health danger for consumers.
LIFE & CULTURE

Don’t let RFK Jr distract from the big health threat: Sugar

Global sugar consumption in 2024/25 was revised down to 181.58 million from 182.87 million and for 2023/24 to 180.05 million from 181.46 million.

ISO cuts forecast for 2024/25 global sugar deficit

Exchange traded raw sugar futures, used to price physical sugar contracts around the world, hit six month highs last month amid concerns over the prolonged, record drought in Brazil.

Global sugar market will flip into deficit this season: Sucden

Coffee dealers and industry experts said trees in Brazil could yet spring back to life if consistent rains materialise, but the situation as regards the crop overall is hanging by a thread.

World coffee, sugar prices surge as drought-hit Brazil awaits rains

Sugar output during the next 2024-2025 season is likely to fall to 32 million tonnes from this year’s 34 million tonnes due to the adverse impact of last year’s patchy rains in Maharashtra and Karnataka states.

India to extend sugar export ban to boost local supplies, ethanol output: sources

Ethanol producers will be allowed to use sugarcane juice, B-heavy and C-heavy molasses during the 2024-25 year that starts November, says India's food ministry.

India lifts sugar curbs for ethanol in threat to global supply

There were as much as 2,000 outbreaks over the  weekend, said a sugarcane industry group. While rains later on helped reduce risks of new outbreaks, as much as 60,000 hectares of crop area were affected. 

Massive fires to hurt sugar output in top supplier Brazil