South Korea’s Samyang Corporation unveils confectionery sugar reduction systems

An inventive series of AI-enhanced sugar reduction solutions for confectionery and bakery products has been released by South Korean business  Samyang Corporation, at the International Food Technology Expo (IFT 2025), writes Neill Barston.

The event, which took place at McCormick Place, Chicago, showcased more than a 1,000 companies from over 100 countries, with participants eager to produce product ranges that tapped into health and wellbeing trends, as well as expand on classic lines.

For its part, Samyang presented its AI-based standardised sugar reduction solution, the “3S (Smart, Simple, and Successful) Sugar Reduction Solution,” demonstrated in cereal bar form.

As the company revealed, its latest solution allows customers to input desired sugar reduction levels, ingredient costs, and key factors by product category. The AI then analyses the data to propose the optimal solution utilising Samyang Corporation’s specialty ingredients: the alternative sweetener “Allulose” and the water-soluble dietary fibre “resistant maltodextrin.”

Through the 3S solution, Samyang Corporation has significantly shortened product development time while gaining the ability to respond quickly and flexibly to the needs of its customers. The company plans to further advance its AI system to enhance the precision of its sugar reduction solutions and expand its application to a wider range of food categories, including ice cream, sauces, baked goods, and confectionery.

In addition to the 3S solution, Samyang Corporation also showcased the excellence of its specialty ingredients by offering tasting samples such as low-calorie caramel and barbecue sauce made with allulose, as well as gummies and kombucha with enhanced dietary fiber content using resistant maltodextrin.

Allulose is an alternative sweetener that provides about 70% of the sweetness of sugar but with almost zero calories. Samyang Corporation developed liquid allulose in 2016 using its proprietary enzyme technology and has been supplying it both domestically and internationally under the brand name “Nexweet” since 2021.

Nak-hyun Choi, CEO of Samyang Corporation, stated, “The 3S Solution was designed to provide rapid and accurate recommendations based on the vast research and solution database that Samyang has built over the years. We will continue to enhance the system to improve both the completeness and applicability of our solutions.” He added, “We will also actively leverage this solution to expand our market presence in the United States, where low-sugar and low-calorie products are gaining popularity.”