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Moin

Es geht um sunwin,s1n
WKN: A0D9SL
ISIN: US8678771028

Sunwin ist das einzige börsengelistete Untenehmen,was Stevia herstellt.
Sunwin ist unter den Top3 Steviaproduzenten.
Stevia ist ein natürlicher Süsstoff.Es ist in den USA nur als Diätzusatzmittel erlaubt.
Im Hauptthread,Faktenthread,beiwww.sunwin.bizkann man sich informieren.
Darum soll es hier garnicht gehen.

Coca Cola und Cargill haben in der Presse bekanntgegeben,das sie Stevia verwenden wollen.
Coke will sich auch bei der FDA für eine Genehmigung stark machen.
Ich stell hier einfach allles rein,was ich gefunden habe,es hat wahrscheinlich kaum jemand mitbekommen.

[sunwinner]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.586.066 von sunwinner am 02.06.07 12:42:42

Coca-Cola and Cargill to Market New Natural Sweetener: WSJ
Sectors:Retail | Food and Beverage
Companies:Cargill | Coca Cola CoBy CNBC.com | 31 May 2007 | 03:33 AM ET Font size: Atlanta beverage giant Coca-Cola Coca-Cola Co (KO)
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[KO 53.05 --- UNCH (0%) ] has teamed up with food and agriculture company Cargill to develop and market a new calorie-free natural sweetener in an attempt to appeal to a growing band of health-conscious consumers, but regulatory and production challenges could hinder the project, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The sweetener is initially called rebiana and is said to sweeten food and drink naturally, without adding calories while tasting good, the Journal said.

The challenges facing rebiana's development center on the sweetener's source, the stevia plant, which isn't approved in the U.S. or European Union for use as a food additive, the paper reported.

Coke has filed 24 patent applications that were published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week and claims to have exclusive rights to use rebiana in beverages. Cargill plans to use the sugar substitute in food products such as yogurt, cereals, ice cream and candy, but hasn't ruled out rebiana being used instead of tabletop sugar, the report added.

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.586.107 von sunwinner am 02.06.07 12:45:46

Coca-Cola und Cargill, zum des neuen natürlichen Stoffs zu vermarkten: WSJ Sectors:Retail | Nahrung und Getränk Companies:Cargill | Coca-cola CoBy CNBC.com | Mai 31 2007 | 03:33 morgens UND Schriftkegelgröße: Atlanta Getränk riesiges Coca-Cola Coca-Cola Co (KO) 53.05 UNCH 0% Anführungsstrich | Diagramm | Nachrichten | Profil | fügen Sie Watchlist [ KO 53.05 --- UNCH (0%) ] hat teamed oben mit Nahrung und Landwirtschaft Firma Cargill, um einen neuen Kalorie-freien natürlichen Stoff zu entwickeln und zu vermarkten, um einem wachsenden Band der Gesundheit-bewußten Verbraucher zu gefallen hinzu, aber regelnde und Produktion Herausforderungen konnten das berichtete Wall Street Journal hindern das Projekt. Der Stoff wird zuerst rebiana genannt und wird gesagt, um Nahrung zu versüssen und natürlich zu trinken, ohne Kalorien beim Schmecken zu addieren gut, das gesagte Journal. Die Herausforderungen, die Entwicklung der rebianas gegenüberstellen, zentrieren auf der Quelle des Stoffs, der stevia Betrieb, der nicht in den VEREINIGTEN STAATEN oder im Europäer-Anschluß für Gebrauch als Nahrungsmittelzusatz genehmigt wird, das berichtete Papier. Koks hat 24 Patentanfragen eingeordnet, die durch das VEREINIGTE STAATEN Patent-und Warenzeichen-Büro letzte Woche veröffentlicht wurden und behauptet, ausschließliche Rechte zu haben, rebiana in den Getränken zu verwenden. Die Cargill Pläne, zum des Zuckerersatzes in den Nahrungsmitteln wie Joghurt, Getreide, Eiscreme und Süßigkeit zu benutzen, aber hat nicht das rebiana durchgestrichen, das anstelle vom tabletop Zucker, das Report addierte © 2007 CNBC.com verwendet wird

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.586.126 von sunwinner am 02.06.07 12:47:10

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Coke teams up with Cargill to launch new sweetener
Giants of food and drinks aim to develop their own rival to NutraSweet and Tate & Lyle's sucralose to meet health demandRobert Lindsay
Coca-Cola and food ingredient giant Cargill have teamed up to market a new calorie-free natural sweetener they hope will shake up the global market currently dominated by Tate & Lyle's sucralose and Splenda and US company NutraSweet.

The sweetener, tentatively named rebiana, will be based on the Stevia plant native to Paraguay but increasingly used as a health food in the Far East and Hollywood, The Wall Street Journal reports today.

Coca-Cola has filed 24 patents applications in the past week around extracting the tastiest parts of the Stevia plant and is seeking exclusive rights to develop and market rebiana for use in drinks, while Cargill, one of the world's largest agribusiness and trading companies, owned by the founding Cargill and MacMillan families, will market it for use in food such as yoghurt, cereals, ice cream and sweets. It has spent the past three years developing Stevia plantations in China, Paraguay and Argentina.

However, the two companies acknowledge that they face regulatory troubles since Stevia has been banned in the US and EU after a 1985 medical study linked the plant to liver problems.

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They aim to market it first in countries where Stevia is not banned, such as Japan and South America, and Cargill seeks to help regulatory approval in the US by sponsoring more scientific studies.

Coca-Cola has been attempting to develop its own sweetener from the Stevia plant for the past 10 years. The beverages giant has resisted using Tate & Lyle's sucralose sweetener in its diet fizzy drinks, it is thought because it believes it leaves an aftertaste.

Instead it mainly used NutraSweet, made by the Chicago company of the same name.

Tate & Lyle last week blamed a failure to penetrate the vast US carbonated diet drinks market for disappointing sales of Splenda, its artificial sweetener, which make up 20 per cent of group profits.

Iain Ferguson, the chief executive, admitted that US sales of Splenda, had been "less than we had hoped for" during the year to March 30.

"We have not yet cracked any of the major lines there," he said and warned that profits growth from the product would be only modest in the current year.

Cargill is the second-largest privately held business in the United States after Koch Industries. In 2006, Cargill’s sales of $75.2 billion would have ranked it 18th on the Fortune 500 list.

It handles a quarter of all US grain exports, ships more than 6 million tonnes of sugar a year, and is a world leader in cocoa and chocolate. Through Degussa, it also has leading positions in ingredients, such as salt, flour, malt, sweeteners, starches.

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.586.165 von sunwinner am 02.06.07 12:50:20

http://www.kare11.com/money/business_article.aspx?storyid=25…
The Coca-Cola Co. plans to use a new calorie-free sweetener in some of its products in other countries and is hoping at some point to get FDA approval to use it in its products in the United States.

The push to develop the natural sweetener, which is being called rebiana, is a partnership between Atlanta-based Coca-Cola and privately held Wayzata, Minn.-based agribusiness Cargill Inc.

Coca-Cola will market and use the sweetener in unspecified products. Cargill will use farmers it contracts with to grow the plant from which rebiana will be extracted, and the company also will refine it. It may also use the sweetener in some of its food products.

Neither company would say Thursday how much money is being spent on the initiative, or how the costs will be shared. A Cargill spokeswoman, Ann Tucker, called it a "significant investment."

Coca-Cola has filed 24 patent applications related to utilizing, formulating and processing high potency sweeteners, including rebiana.

Rebiana is made from the leaves of the stevia plant, a South American herb that has been used as a sweetener in other countries. The leaves of the small, green plant are said to have a refreshing taste that can be 30 times sweeter than sugar, according to a Web site about the plant.

The herb isn't approved in the U.S. for use in food and beverages, but is approved in 12 other countries, including Brazil, Japan and China, Coca-Cola spokeswoman Kari Bjorhus said.

Cargill is working on clinical trials of the sweetener to use to petition the FDA for permission to use rebiana as a food additive in the U.S., Bjorhus said.

Bjorhus declined to say what Coca-Cola products rebiana would be used in. She said taste tests show the sweetener tastes similar to some other sweeteners the company uses.

Cargill deals in food, agricultural and risk management products. It is one of the world's largest privately held companies. Coca-Cola is the world's largest beverage maker.

Coca-Cola already uses a variety of sweeteners in its products, including sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and artificial diet sweeteners like aspartame. Bjorhus said rebiana is a compelling addition because it is a natural sweetener.


By Harry R. Weber, AP Business Writer

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.586.188 von sunwinner am 02.06.07 12:52:57

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China Venture Forum: China Stock to Watch for Thursday, June 1: SUWN Receives Purchase Order for OnlySweet for Utilization in the Food Services Industry

Shanghai, China, Jun 01, 2007 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- China Venture Forum, an equity research newsletter of micro- and small-cap China Stocks, announced China Stock to Watch for Thursday, June 1, 2007 includes Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: SUWN).
Sunwin Stevia International Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc (OTC BB: SUWN), announced last week that it has received an order for OnlySweet that will be used in the food service industry. The Company has also received several additional purchase orders from regional grocery chains to carry the OnlySweet product line beginning in June 2007, bringing the total number of locations where OnlySweet will be sold in excess of 2,000 stores nationwide.

OnlySweet is a proprietary product blended with Stevioside (stevia), a natural sweetener, extracted from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant. OnlySweet is distributed through Sunwin Stevia International Corp. It is used as a food additive in a wide variety of products, such as beverages, pastries, dairy products, confections and medicinal products in Japan, China, Malaysia, Israel, South Korea, Brazil and other countries. In the United States, OnlySweet is a dietary supplement sold in boxes of 100 and 200 sachets. It has zero calories and does not significantly alter blood sugar levels. OnlySweet is unique because its stevia only comes directly from Sunwin International Neutraceuticals (OTCBB: SUWN), one of the world's largest stevia manufacturers, assuring consistency and purity.

According to a report published by Wall Street Journal yesterday, Coca-Cola Co. and Cargill Inc. have teamed up to market a new calorie-free natural sweetener they hope will appeal to health-conscious consumers and shake up the global sweeteners market, but they face serious regulatory and production challenges.

The two companies' ambitious push to develop the new product, tentatively named rebiana, is the latest step in the soft-drink industry's decades-long quest for the "holy grail" of sweeteners -- one that sweetens products naturally, without adding calories, but also tastes good. Sucralose, the most recent breakthrough, was introduced in the U.S. in 2000 under the brand name Splenda.

Today, the multibillion-dollar global sweetener market is dominated by sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and synthetic sweeteners such as aspartame and sucralose. But with consumers increasingly eager for healthy foods and beverages of natural origin, Coke and Cargill may have found a sweet spot for rebiana, which is derived from a South American herb called stevia.

Coke, the Atlanta beverage giant, has quietly filed 24 patent applications that were published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week and says it will have exclusive rights to develop and sell rebiana in beverages. Closely held Cargill, the big Minneapolis food and agriculture company, plans to market the sweetener for use in products such as yogurt, cereals, ice cream and candy, and hasn't ruled out selling it for tabletop use.

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.586.224 von sunwinner am 02.06.07 12:55:55

Viel Spass beim Lesen,ist vieleicht für den einen oder andern
interressant.
Gebe grundsätzlich keine Kaufemfehlungen.

Schönes Wochenende

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.586.268 von sunwinner am 02.06.07 12:59:45

http://www.newratings.com/analyst_news/article_1542783.html

Coca-Cola to develop new sweetener with Cargill

Friday, June 01, 2007 6:29:52 AM ET
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NEW YORK, June 1 (newratings.com) – Coca-Cola Co (KO.NYS) Thursday announced that it had agreed to work with Cargill Inc to market a sweetener based on the Stevia plant.

The soft drinks company said it had filed 24 patent applications for the plant, and would have the exclusive rights to develop and market the sweetener. The sweetener has been named rebiana. Cargill would use the sweetener in its food products. The South American plant Stevia has not been approved by the FDA or the EU as a food additive, but is approved in 12 countries, including Japan, China, and Brazil

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.586.776 von sunwinner am 02.06.07 13:39:28

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/news/ng.asp?n=77035-coca… Cargill, Coca-Cola develop natural sweetener

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6/1/2007 - Agribusiness Cargill has teamed up with Coca-Cola to market a new calorie-free natural sweetener made from the South American herb Stevia.

A spokeswoman said she could confirm reports about the existence of the sweetener, but was unable to give further details.

According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, Coca-Cola has filed 24 patent applications for the product, which has been tentatively named Rebiana, and plans to use the sweetener in certain of its beverages.

It is believed that Cargill may also use the sweetener in some of its food products.

Stevia is only approved in the United States as a dietary supplement, not as a food additive and the first markets for the new sweetener could therefore be outside the US.

The authorities in 12 countries have approved Stevia as a food additive, including Japan, Brazil and China.

However, Cargill is thought to be working on clinical trials of the sweetener and planning to use the results to petition the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) for permission to use rebiana as a food additive in the US.

Stevia is a member of the daisy family, and the extract is claimed by Steviainfo.com to be "the world's only all-natural sweetener with zero calories, zero carbohydrates and a zero glycemic index".

Extracts are said to have up to 300 times the sweetness of sugar. As a sweetener, stevia's taste has a slower onset and longer duration than that of sugar, although some of its extracts may have a bitter or liquorice-like aftertaste at high concentrations.

Most non-diet soft drinks in the United States are currently sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup, which has come under increasing criticism for contributing to obesity.

Lower-calorie sodas are made with artificial sweeteners such as saccharin, aspartame and sucralose. UK newspaper The Times has speculated that the development could be an indication that Tate & Lyle's sucralose is falling out of favour.

In its full year 2007 results released last month Tate & Lyle said that its Splenda sucralose brand had achieved only modest growth, which was disappointing.

A recent report by Freedonia revealed that the US sweetener market is poised to increase 4 percent per year, to reach over $1bn in 2010- a company that could offer a natural alternative to artificial sweeteners may have found the winning ticket to reaping the rewards of this growing market.

[sunwinner]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.587.430 von sunwinner am 02.06.07 14:31:45

Sweetener preference based on lack of bitterness, says study,
Aus dem letzten Artikel


sunwin stellt seit kurzem bitterfreies Stevia her,ist damit kurz vor der Markteinführung in den USA,diesen Monat solls sein.
Markenname Onlysweet

www.onlysweet.com

[sunwinner]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.587.575 von sunwinner am 02.06.07 14:44:04

Also,ich find nichts mehr,hab das web durchforstet.
Allerdings,bei den vielen Artikeln brauch man wohl an den Wahrheitsghalt nicht zweifeln.
Die können das Stevia nur benutzen,wenn sie eine FDA Genehmigung haben.

[sunwinner]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.591.018 von sunwinner am 02.06.07 16:47:44

http://news.myspace.com/health/generalhealth/item/4811229

[sunwinner]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.587.575 von sunwinner am 02.06.07 14:44:04

Mittlerweile kommen bei google immer mehr Adressen,wenn man Cola Stevia News eingibt.
Allerdings steht überall das Gleiche drinne,so das ich hier
nichts mehr einstelle,es wiederholt sich.
Warten wir mal ab,bis wir einen anderen Artikel haben,oder
einen Kommentar in deutscher Sprache.

Nochmals ein schönes Wochenende

[fritz64]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.601.976 von sunwinner am 02.06.07 23:58:40

Ein ganz herzliches Dankeschön für diesen Thread und die phantastischen Perspektiven für sunwin. Deine Bemühungen werden sicher bald belohnt werden...

[Fortunato69]

hallo,
so wie es sehe :

Coke hat den größten markt. Cargill will es herstellen.

1. Coke erreicht bestimmt sehr schnell die marktzulassung.die kritik an ihren getränken ist nicht mehr zu verstecken. also reagieren sie.

2. cargill, die wollen den anbau mit bauern vorantreiben.
Frage 1 : wie lange muß die pflanze angebaut sein um sie ernten zu können ?
Frage 2: woher hat cargill eine fabrik zur herstellung von stevia

Frage 3 : IST DAS NICHT ERSTMAL ZUKUNFTSMUSIK ?

Ich glaube für uns und sunwin ist es einfach nur zum richtigen zeitpunkt gute werbung die nichts kostet so wie diese artikel durch die weltpresse und internet gehen.

eine frage fällt mir zur verpackung ein, warum kein spender sondern 100 oder 200 kleine päckchen / Müll ?

[Fortunato69]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.608.778 von Fortunato69 am 03.06.07 14:00:05

Noch was ist sunwin nun bald ein opfer das aufgekauft wird ?
denke genug geld hätten die 2 giganten !!!!!!!!

[sunwinner]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.608.778 von Fortunato69 am 03.06.07 14:00:05

Erstmal,nicht zu früh jubeln,sonst ist das Gejammer gross.
Zu Frage 2 kann ich nur auf www.freestevia verweisen,oder einen
User bitten,seine Erfahrunden reinzustellen.Einige bauen sie im Garten an.
Das sollte ruhig im Hauptthread sein.
Sowie ich weiss,hat cargill keine Fabrik.
Es gibt Farmer in den USA,die Stevia anbauen,sogar verkaufen.Also,haben sie die technischen Möglichkeiten.
Die Frage ist nur,wievisl können die herstellen,sind sie in der Lage,bitterfreies Stevia herzustellen.
Die FDA wird schon eine Mindestqualitätsanforderung stellen,falls es zur Erlaubniss kommt.


Zu Frage 3,wird an der Börse nicht die Zukunft gehandelt.
Hauptsache die Ammis bekommen Interresse an sunwin,bisher lag es gegen null.

Hab keine Ahnung von Firmenübernaheme.
Sowas geht nicht still und leise.
Ab einer bestimmten Anzahl ist es Meldungspflichtig(Majorholder)
Was meist Du wohl,was mit dem Kurs passiert,wenn da einer der beiden die Klitsche übernehmen will?
Also,schauen wir zu,was passiert,wer noch nicht drinne ist,immer ruhig bleieben.
Die Aktie unteliegt enormen Schwankungen,vielleicht wirds sogar noch schlimmer.
Immer schön versuchen,so billig wie möglich reinzukommen.

Gruss

[BiosLife]

Hallo und guten Tag.
Stevia ist mehr als genial. Wir (meine Frau & ich) nutzen es täglich. Wir kennen Stevia schon seit Jahren und wir lieben es!!!
Aus persönlicher Überzeugung haben wir nun deshalb Sunwin Aktien gekauft. Zudem ist mehr als interessant, dass seit kurzen der Anbau von Stevia im grösseren Stil in Griechland bekonnen hat! Das ist uns bekannt, da meine Frau Griechin ist.
Wir sind sehr gespannt, wie sich Stevia zukünftig entwickeln wird. Ich denke es hat enormes Potenzial!!!
Herzliche Grüße Markus & Stavroula

[sunwinner]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 29.884.148 von BiosLife am 14.06.07 03:23:51

Bin mal so frei,geklaut bei sabese.
Hier geht er nicht so schnell unter,dankeschön.

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6/20/2007 - A new stevia sweetener product has made its way into a number of leading US retailers, where its manufacturer claims it is placed side by side with the nation's top sweetener brands, despite its regulatory status as a dietary supplement.

The move, claims manufacturer Sunwin Stevia International, is a clear indication that the market is ready to embrace a more 'natural' sweetener alternative, as consumers become increasingly concerned about artificial products.

For the time being, the company is focusing on the retail market, but according to Sunwin executive vice president Steven Silbert, the potential of supplying the food and beverage industry has "not been discounted" by the firm.

Stevia, derived from the South American plant stevia rebaudiana, is said to have up to 300 times the sweetness of sugar. As a sweetener, stevia's taste has a slower onset and longer duration than that of sugar, although some of its extracts may have a bitter or liquorice-like aftertaste at high concentrations.

It is not currently approved in the United States or Europe as a food additive, due to a lack of adequate information on its safety. However, the ingredient is approved as a food additive in around a dozen other countries, including Japan, Brazil and China.

In the US, stevia is approved for use as a dietary supplement. It has so far been available in 'green' stores, where a niche sector of health-aware consumers has traditionally purchased it for its sweetener properties.

But Sunwin now says it has got its product, OnlySweet, onto the shelves of Kroger, Schnucks, Brookshire and Albertsons.

"We're being placed on the shelves of thousands of outlets - we're in the sweetener aisle, sitting right next to the top three sweetener products in the world," said Silbert.

"It is not necessarily a negative that the product is listed as a dietary supplement - we're creating a lot of awareness as to what the product is, and it's already a large achievement to get it into stores alongside the sweeteners."

OnlySweet, a stevia blend also containing maltodextrin and a proprietary flavoring agent that masks stevia's better aftertaste, only entered the retail market in December last year, but Sunwin has high hopes for its future.

It expects to have its product in 3,000 grocery outlets by July. The firm, which is a subsidiary of a leading stevia manufacturer Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, said it is well positioned for "accelerated future growth" due to its ability to produce a consistent supply of premium grade stevia.

Silbert said that although the company's main focus remains retail, it is also meeting with certain manufacturers to explore the possibility of supplying the product as an ingredient for the food and beverage industry.

"It's a potentially big avenue for our product, especially if the status of stevia changes," he said.

Indeed, there have been rumors that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could be petitioned to approve stevia as a food additive.

Public awareness of the ingredient shot up earlier this month, after the Wall Street Journal revealed that big players Coca-Cola and Cargill were teaming up to market a stevia sweetener product. Coca-Cola has filed 24 patent applications for the ingredient in the US.

According to the article, the two firms are gathering data on the ingredient in order to apply for FDA approval.

If this is granted, the market for sweeteners could be set for a major shift.

"We believe this is going to shape the sweetener industry," said Silbert. "Sales of diet sodas are down because people are concerned about things like aspartame and sucralose. They're looking for something more natural."

"We're seeing an incredibly dynamic set of circumstances in the market," he told FoodNAvigator-USA.com.

"We don't use the word 'sweetener' to market our product due to current FDA regulations. But if these change based on what Coke and Cargill are doing, then we'll change our position too."

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 30.078.188 von sunwinner am 20.06.07 17:54:30

Es wundert mich,das es noch niemand reingestellt hat.

http://www.marketwire.com/2.0/release.do?id=748893

Cargill macht ernst.Wenn sie sich Stevia besorgen,dann wird es mit der Genehmigung auch voran gehen.
Das das Stevia nicht von sunwin ist macht nichts.
Sunwin könnte sowieso nicht liefern,da Ihnen das Onlysweet aus der Hnad gefressen wird,die Anlage gibt nicht mehr her.

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Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 30.666.652 von sunwinner am 13.07.07 10:56:21

schön geschrieben
Dieses Jahr sollte noch was zur Zulassung kommen und wenn's nur eine Ankündigung oder ein Ausblick auf 2008 ist.

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Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc.: SUWN in Distributi
n Pact with Turkish Company ( M2 )
B: Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc.: SUWN in Distribution Pact with Tu
kish Company ( M2 )

Qufu, China, Aug 02, 2007 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) --
Sunwin International Neutraceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: SUWN),
a leader in the production and distribution of Chinese herbs,
veterinary medicines and one of the largest producers of the low
calorie sweetener (Stevia) in China, announced today it has entered
into a distribution agreement with Agra Uluslararasi ticeret Ltd.
("Agra"), a distribution company doing business in the Turkish Nation.

Under the terms of the agreement Sunwin will allow Agra to be the
exclusive distributor of its stevia based products as well as certain
herb based medicines throughout Turkey. The agreement is part of
Sunwin's plan to increase its distribution capabilities on a global
basis for its ramping production capacity. Sunwin intends to continue
to aggressively seek partners in distribution for various places
throughout the world and anticipates reaching similar agreements with
other distributors in the coming quarters.

Laiwang Zhang, President and Chairman of Sunwin International
Neutraceuticals, commented "We are happy to work with Agra and count
them among our growing list of distribution partners. We have focused
on building capacity and product depth in our fiscal 2007 year and we
now look to capitalize on the growing worldwide demand for our
products. This agreement is another step in our global distribution
plans."