July 8, 2024, Roquette & Bonumose Sign A Global Cooperation Agreement Supporting Tagatose Growth, press release
March 11, 2024, Tagatose Achieves Prebiotic Certification
July 14, 2023, Symrise + Bonumose collaboration
May 9, 2023, Mornings With Maria, Ed Rogers (Bonumose’s CEO) was interviewed by Maria Bartiromo
March 9, 2023, FoodDive (Megan Poinski), “How Bonumose’s New Tagatose Facility Moves Better-For-You Sweeteners Forward” [link]
March 2, 2023, Press Release: “New Manufacturing and Advanced R&D Facility” [link] [Ed Rogers’ remarks] [Ceremonial 1st Spoonful]
January 30, 2023, ASR Press Release, “Bonumose Begins Production of Tagatose” [link]
May 10, 2022, “Bonumose Selected As a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum” [link]
January 31, 2022, FoodBusinessNews (Jeff Gelski), “Brazzein, ‘Rare Sugar’ Step Up in Sugar Reduction” [link]
December 16, 2021, DairyReport.com (Jim Cornall), “Approvals for Low-Cost Low-Cal Tagatose Sweetener” [link]
December 13, 2021, “Bonumose’s Low-Cost Tagatose Process Receives Key Health Agency Approvals; Construction of First Production Facility on Schedule for Spring 2022 Opening” [link] [PDF]
October 21, 2021, FoodDive (Megan Poinski), “Bonumose breaks ground on Hershey-funded production and R&D facility” [link] [PDF]
October 19, 2021, NOSH (Erin Cabrey), “Bonumose to open new facility to grow Hershey’s partnership” [link (behind firewall)]
October 15, 2021, Food Navigator (Elaine Watson), “Bonumose gears up for 2022 launch of rare sugar tagatose using novel approach; allulose to follow …” [link] [PDF]
October 14, 2021, Hershey Company blog post about Bonumose
October 14, 2021, Bakers Journal, “Bonumose to partner with Hershey to develop reduced- and zero-sugar products in Virginia facility” [link] [PDF]
October 14, 2021, CEO Ed Rogers’ remarks at Governor’s announcement of Bonumose’s expansion [video]
October 14, 2021, Bonumose Expands in Albemarle County, Virginia: Governor’s press release; local news coverage (NBC 29; CBS 19; Daily Progress)
August 4, 2021, Food Navigator (Elaine Watson), “‘Some carbs are better than others …’ Unilever, Hershey, General Mills urge FDA to look again at the labeling of sugars metabolized differently than traditional sugars” [link] [PDF]
August 3, 2021, “Allulose Patents Granted to Bonumose for Unique Enzymatic Conversion Process” [link]
March 3, 2021, Novasep and Bonumose announce a strategic collaboration for high-purity rare sugars processing scale-up [PDF]
February 18, 2021, Food Navigator (Elaine Watson), “Sugar reduction game changer? Hershey, ASR Group invest in startup paving way for ‘mass market adoption’ of allulose, tagatose” [link] [PDF]
February 18, 2021, Food Business News (Sam Danley), “Hershey sets sights on better-for-you confections” [link] [PDF]
February 18, 2021, FoodBev Media (Antonia Garrett Peel), “Bonumose secures investment from Hershey and ASR Group.” [link] [PDF]
February 17, 2021, FoodDive, (Christopher Doering), “Hershey’s ‘big bet’ on better-for-you confections” [link] [PDF]
February 17, 2021, “Hershey’s and American Sugar Refining Invest in Bonumose” [link] [PDF]
February 17, 2021, “Hershey Sets Sights On Leading Better-for-you Confection” [link] [PDF]
February 17, 2021, “ASR Group Announces Strategic Investment In Bonumose, Inc. To Bring Lower-Cost, Plant-Based Sugar Alternatives To The Market” [link] [PDF]
August 24, 2020, Next Gen Nutrition Investment Fund Announces Bonumose Investment and Collaboration
July 14, 2020, “Low-Calorie Rare Sugars Enter Sugar Reduction Category,” FoodBusinessNews
June 4, 2020, Perfect Keto, “D-Tagatose Sweetener: Calories, Benefits, and Side Effects” [link] [PDF]
April 9, 2019, Bonumose Successfully Concludes Trade Secret Litigation
January 2, 2019, Tagatose Patents in China and Canada
September 21, 2018 – U.S. Patent to be Issued for “Enzymatic Production of D-Tagatose”
January 18, 2018 – Series A Round for Bonumose and Good-For-You Sugars
November 1, 2017 (BBC) – The Problem Facing Trump’s China Probe
July 30, 2017, For Bonumose, Success is Sweet – And Low in Calories
May 25, 2017, Rare Sugar Tagatose Could be Viewed as Fiber