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You probably don't expect your sweetener to be an effective bug-killer. But that's exactly what a father-son duo and fellow researchers found about popular artificial sweetener Truvia, discovering ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Cargill argued that erythritol, a bulk sweetener, is natural and not produced from bioengineered corn while agreeing to a settlement in a court case involving natural claims for ...

Maybe not for humans, but researchers as Drexel University say the popular artificial sweetener packs just the right punch to halt the egg production of fruit flies. Erythritol, the sugar alcohol ...

A sweetener found in nature and often added to diet products, particularly for the ketogenic diet, may actually contribute to clogged arteries and strokes, a new study suggests. People with the ...

HONOLULU – A lawsuit filed in Hawaii accuses Cargill of unfair, deceptive and unlawful business practices with respect to the marketing, advertising, labeling and sales of Truvia natural sweeteners.

A natural, non-toxic insecticide might be in your kitchen, a new study says. In what started out as a middle school science project, scientists discovered that erythritol, the main ingredient in the ...

Spoiler alert: sugar is bad news. Thanks to its addictive nature, however, quitting cold turkey is excruciatingly painful. Enter sugar substitutes. While some are natural and low in calories, the ...

Truvia is one of the many new sweeteners popular among people trying to lose weight and keep their metabolisms in balance. It's made primarily from the leaves of the Stevia plant -- which turns out to ...