Welcome to Icon Foods
Natural Sugar Alternative
A Sweetener Supplier That Formulates With You
Most sugar reduction projects do not fail on the sweetener. They fail on everything else sugar was doing: bulk, browning, mouthfeel, water activity, freezing point, shelf life. Solving that usually means combining several ingredients in the right ratio at the right particle size, then proving it holds at production scale.
That is the work we do. Icon Foods is a bulk sweetener supplier that formulates custom systems in-house, engineered around your application, your label, and your process. Whether you need one ingredient or a fully built system, the effort on our side is the same.
What Turn Key Means Here
Formulation support from a working bench
You bring the target: sweetness level, sugar reduction goal, label constraints, texture requirements, process conditions. Our formulation team builds toward it and iterates with you. No ticketing queue, no generic inbox. You talk to the people running the bench.
Custom sweetener blends built in-house
We blend at our own facility rather than brokering the work out. That means we control the ratio, the mixing, the particle size, and the consistency batch to batch, and we can adjust a formula without renegotiating with a third party.
Custom milling and particle size
Particle size changes how a sweetener behaves. A 20 to 60 mesh crystal performs differently in a panned confection than a 130 to 170 mesh ultra-fine does in a dry beverage mix. We mill to specification across standard, fine, ultra-fine, and supreme grades, so the blend matches your process rather than forcing your process to match the blend.
Documentation that travels with the order
Certificate of analysis, safety data sheet, technical data sheet, country of origin, allergen statement, and certification documents ship with every order. Regulatory and QA teams get what they need without a follow-up request.
Sweetener Systems We Already Build
Custom work is easier to trust when you can see the proof. These are proprietary systems already in the portfolio, each built to solve a specific formulation problem.
| System | Built to solve |
|---|---|
| IconiSweet™ | 1:1 sugar replacement with Maillard browning retained |
| IconiSweet™ Gold | Brown sugar replacement that measures and behaves like brown sugar |
| BakeSweet+™ | Baking systems where browning and structure both matter |
| MonkSweet+™ | Natural high-intensity sweetness with sugar-like bulk |
| ErySweet+™ | Clean sweetness with bulk, without stevia bitterness |
| KetoseSweet+™ | Allulose systems with a sugar-like temporal profile |
| LoSweet™ | Turnkey 1:1 replacement at zero calories per gram |
| Thaumatiq™ T10, V10, R10, LX | Sweetness enhancement and bitterness reduction by application |
| FibRefine™ 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 | Fiber systems balancing bulk, texture, and tolerance |
| Fructevia™ | Rounded HFCS-like sweetness for beverage concentrates |
Each one started as a formulation problem someone brought to us. Yours can too.
The Ingredients We Build With
Custom systems draw from the full portfolio, and most components are available in conventional and organic grades across multiple particle sizes.
Allulose for humectancy and freeze-point control. Tagatose when Maillard browning and no added sugars declaration both matter. Stevia including Reb A, Reb D, and Reb M grades. Monk fruit at 25%, 40%, and 50% mogroside V. Erythritol, xylitol, and maltitol for bulk and texture. Thaumatin for modulation. Soluble tapioca fiber, chicory inulin, and gum acacia for fiber fortification. Glycerin for humectancy and body.
How a Project Runs
1. Tell us the target
Application, sugar reduction goal, label requirements, process conditions, and any texture or shelf life constraints. The more specific the brief, the closer the first sample lands.
2. Samples ship in 24 hours
Most sample requests leave within 24 hours with full documentation. You get material on your bench quickly rather than waiting on a sourcing cycle.
3. We iterate with you
First samples rarely land perfectly. We adjust ratio, particle size, or component selection based on what your bench work shows, and we keep iterating until the system performs.
4. Scale without reformulating
Because we blend in-house, the formula that worked at bench scale is the formula that ships at production scale. No handoff, no drift.
No Minimum Order Quantity
We do not impose a minimum. A startup validating a concept and a national brand running a production line get the same formulation support and the same documentation. Small volumes are not a reason to be deprioritized, and growing volumes do not require renegotiating the relationship.
Certifications and Label Claims
Certification availability varies by ingredient, and we will confirm what applies to your specific system. Across the portfolio we carry Kosher certification, USDA Organic through Oregon Tilth, Non-GMO Project verification, Vegan, and Gluten-Free, with organic versions available for most core sweeteners and fibers.
Where an ingredient is derived from a source that raises a labeling question, our documentation states it plainly so your regulatory team is not guessing.
Supply You Can Plan Around
Formulation support is only half of it. Most ingredients in our portfolio are qualified from more than one origin, so a disruption at one source does not stop your line. More detail on sourcing, certification, and documentation is on our supply chain page.
Applications We Formulate For
Custom systems are built for the process, not just the product. We formulate across baked goods and bars, beverages, frozen dairy, confectionery, condiments, and supplements.
Start a Custom Blend Project
Tell us what you are formulating and what sugar is doing in it today. We will tell you honestly whether a single ingredient solves it or whether the system needs building, and we will send samples either way.