GNC to start selling Shugr(TM)
Shugr is the world's first natural, zero-calorie sweetener made from sugars that occur naturally in such good-tasting, healthy foods as fruits, vegetables, corn and dairy products.
21/07/05 The United States, Health Sciences Group, Inc., provider of innovative nutritional products and functional food ingredients derived from natural sources, has announced that General Nutrition Centers (GNC) will soon begin selling its Swiss Diet(R) Shugr(TM) products. With more than 5,700 doors worldwide, GNC is the nation's largest specialty retailer of nutritional supplements.
Shugr is the world's first natural, zero-calorie sweetener made from sugars that occur naturally in such good-tasting, healthy foods as fruits, vegetables, corn and dairy products. Erythritol is a naturally-occurring sugar commonly found in melon, grapes, mushrooms and soy. Tagatose comes from dairy products, but does not affect people who are lactose intolerant. Tagatose also provides an added health benefit -- prebiotic fiber that promotes intestinal health, much the way yogurt does. Maltodextrin is derived from corn sugar, which is non-GMO and gluten-free. A trace amount of sucralose is added to give Shugr its "high note." All of these ingredients carry a GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) designation for food safety from the US Food & Drug Administration.
Health Sciences Group identifies, develops and commercializes innovative nutritional products derived from natural sources to provide consumers and medical professionals with preventative healthcare alternatives. The company markets its own line of proprietary products based on novel technologies with clinically-supported, GRAS-certified ingredients under its Swiss Research(TM) and Swiss Diet(TM) brand names.
GNC, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., operates 2,644 company-owned stores in the U.S. and Canada, and has 1,261 domestic franchised locations, 1,043 Rite Aid "store-within-a-store" locations and 773 international franchised locations. GNC is the largest global specialty retailer of nutritional supplements, which includes vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements (VMHS), sports nutrition products, diet and energy products, and specialty supplements.
