High on hope

Bitter sweet

Sour about Stevia

Is it a threat to the artificial sweetener market?

A new role for aloe

It's up to the people

US government's guidelines for 'good food' quite mild

An Old tree and some wise men

Unsustainable practices seem to be a suicidal trait in the fashionable development concepts of today

Limiting sugar

Bitterly sweet 'n' sticky

Sweet torture

Sickly sweet business

Chemical taint spells doom for jaggery business in western UP

Price isn't right

IOC and sugar factories disagree on ethanol pricing

Less fuel, less smoke but more jaggery

Sugarcane farmers in rural Karnataka are making jaggery using an efficient and smoke-free stove designed and promoted by a school headmaster.

Hope in a heap

Farmers benefit as a factory in Maharashtra fuels its turbines with different types of agrowaste

Attacking in defence

Green sugar

Brazil

Water from sugarcane

The best solutions are always simple. This is well exemplified by the Natural Sugar and Allied Industry, a sugar factory located near Latur, …

A cakewalk

Pressmud, a byproduct of the sugar industry, is a potential source of soil nutrients and wax

Dispirited agreement

Reviving the ethanol programme, on paper

Birlas fend off bid to close UP sugar mill

Hampered by a Supreme Court order, UP pollution control authorities are finding it difficult to close a Birla sugar unit emitting acidic …

Bihar announces Rs 43 crore subsidy for sugar mills

Parliament ratifies sugarcane bill

Mill owners to challenge bill

Maharashtra finally sets up sugarcane board for regulating cane prices

Board will have the right to pay farmers a price over and above Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) on cane decided by the Centre

Tax on sugar-sweetened drinks in Mexico associated with drop in sales, says study

Levying higher taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, alcohol and gambling is a global practice

Food for warmth

As winter sets in, people in north India turn to savoury dishes and sweets that can keep them warm. The market at this time is flooded with …