Belgian based manufacturer Barry Callebaut have opted to boost their healthier options by making available a range of low-sugar chocolate, which is designed to promote an improved nutritional profile to confectionery, that doesn’t lessen the taste.
Barry Callebaut are making a more increased effort to hone in on the lifestyle choices of the millennial, as well as taking into account health-conscious adults, by limiting sugar intake whilst practising “healthy indulgence”.
“Nowadays, consumers want to enjoy food without feeling guilty,” said Bas Smit, the global and EMEA marketing director at Barry Callebaut. “This trend is spreading through Europe and the world.”
The latest figures suggest that the plan to reduce dietary sugar is working well, as 49% of global consumers are now trying to limit their sugar intake, while 23% try and eat what is considered a moderate amount of sugar. There are also 14% of people who avoid it completely.
The range, which was presented at FiE Europe in Frankfurt, includes both milk and dark chocolate, that utilises a dietary fibre blend to replace part of the ingredient’s sugar content to the desired effect.
In addition, the firm are also offering white, milk and dark chocolate with malitol as a sugar replacer, or indeed as a combination with a fibre blend and stevia, where the final recipe has just 20% of polyols.
There is also a total sugar-free option available with the sweeteners malitol and stevia, which are used along with milk proteins in order to replace the lactose-containing milk powder.
