Merisant Company is an American manufacturer of zero/low-calorie
sugar substitutes. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of
MacAndrews & Forbes and is headquartered in
Chicago,
Illinois. Merisant markets brands in over 90 countries including
Equal
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* Equality (mathematics).
* Equals sign (=), a mathematical symbol used to indicate equality.
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* ''Equals'' (film), a 2015 American science fiction film
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and
Canderel, as well as natural sweeteners
PureVia and Whole Earth featuring
stevia
Stevia () is a natural sweetener and sugar substitute derived from the leaves of the plant species ''Stevia rebaudiana'', native to Paraguay and Brazil.
The active compounds are steviol glycosides (mainly stevioside and rebaudioside), which h ...
and
monkfruit
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extract. In 2021, Merisant was ranked 12th on the Top 50 Global Sweetener Companies list by FoodTalks.
The company was formed from
Monsanto Company
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's tabletop sweetener business, which was acquired by a group of investors in 2000. It was acquired by MacAndrews & Forbes in 2014.
In April 2014, Merisant made a distribution pact with Piramal Enterprises to distribute Equal in
India.
In January 2019, Merisant launched Sugarly Sweet range of sweeteners exclusively for
Amazon as part of the Amazon Accelerator Program, bringing a new brand from development to launch in just 90 days.
In June 2020, Whole Earth Brands acquired Merisant from Flavor Holdings.
References
External links
Merisant websiteEqual websiteCanderel website
Whole Earth Sweetener Company website
Manufacturing companies based in Chicago
Companies established in 2000
Privately held companies based in Illinois
{{MacAndrews & Forbes