Domino, WILD, Sunwin Create Sweet Partnership

ISELIN, N.J.; ZUG, Switzerland; and QUFU, ChinaDomino Foods Inc. (Domino Sugar), WILD Flavors GmbH and Sunwin International created a sweetener partnership, providing cane sugar, rice, malt and stevia. The collaboration also offers sweetening systems that can include both natural and artificial sweeteners and flavor modifiers.

Michael Ponder, global chief executive officer of WILD Flavors GmbH commented, With Domino Foods and its affiliates as suppliers of sugar and sweetening systems, WILD, Domino and Sunwin will benefit from the systems approach to drive the growth of the stevia market meeting the consumers growing interest for calorie reduction and  naturalness.  WILD has invested substantial time and technical efforts for several years to develop proprietary taste modification technologies for stevia, sugar, and artificial sweeteners and looks forward to working with Domino and Sunwin for mutual worldwide opportunities for our companies and customers."

Laiwang Zhang, Chairman of Sunwin International stated, Two years ago we created a partnership with the greatest flavor innovation company in the world in WILD Flavors.  Now, we are collaborating with the most recognized leader in the sugar industry in Domino Sugar.  Through quality, innovation and teamwork, our three companies will create great tasting, all natural, sweetener solutions for consumer product companies who are focused on satisfying the latest consumer trends.  We are excited about the future opportunities we will encounter together."   

Brian F. OMalley, president and chief executive officer of Domino Sugar, added, With our strength and breadth in natural sweeteners, we are very excited about the opportunity to create new blends and offer the healthy benefits of stevia to consumers. As we continue to focus on our customers demands to provide competitive and natural solutions for their sweetener solutions, Sunwin International and WILD Flavors are the perfect partners and leaders in the stevia industry, as well as innovators in the use of stevia with other ingredients to create great tasting food and beverages."

Domino Sugar and its affiliates produce and market sugar and other sweetener products, such as refined cane sugar products, brown rice syrup, evaporated cane juice, fondants, honey, invert sugar, malt, molasses, as well as flavor and texture modifiers.  Domino Sugar has business relationships with many consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, foodservice operators and distributors.

WILD provides natural flavor and ingredient systems as well as individual components including: natural flavors, extracts, natural colors, concentrates, sweetening systems, specialty ingredients and seasonings for the food and beverage industry.  WILD also also offers functional flavors, healthy ingredients, taste modifiers and fermentation technologies.

Sunwin International Neutraceuticals Inc. is a global supplier of stevia and is committed to sustainable production and supply of the widest range of high-quality stevia extracts available.  WILD has aligned itself as a strategic stakeholder with Sunwin to allow for the consistent supply of Sunwin Stevia with production capabilities that allow for the utilization of specific taste modification technologies.