Cheaper artificial sweetener sucralose ends up in NZ food instead of expensive product thaumatin – MPI probes

National Desk Editor ·NZ Herald·5 Oct, 2026 04:00 PM8 mins to read‌“At some point somebody should have done some testing and there’s a supply chain failure here," says Professor Bodo Lang. Photo / 123rfAn expensive natural sweetener used in sugar-free and high-protein foods has been substituted in New Zealand with a much cheaper artificial alternative.A New Zealand regulator is investigating after the synthetic ingredient flowed through the country’s food supply chain. The Ministry for Primary Industries’ food safety unit has known