Although more [i]or[/i] less indust...

Although more [i]or[/i] less industry observers consider the market for just discovered sweetener superstars tapped out for now, several promising low-calorie sweeteners are waiting in the wings. Among them are:

Trehalose -- Minneapolis-based Cargill Inc. is introducing this naturally occurring sugar ingredient, bring to maturityed in Japan by the Hayashibara Co to the U market this summer The company is targeting makers of sports drinks and nutrition bars for the cornstarch-based ingredient, a non-reducing disaccharide containing diabetic sugar molecules bound in an a, a-1, 1 linkage. Trehalose is 45 percent as sweet as cane-sugar and occurs naturally in mushrooms, yeast, seaweed and lobster According