Our Company

The Sweetener House

NutraEx is a Canadian sweetener company working with food and beverage manufacturers on naturally sourced sweeteners, sugar reduction, formulation support, and commercial ingredient supply. Choosing a sweetener is one thing. Getting the finished food or beverage to taste, feel, and perform the way you want takes a closer look at the whole formula.

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Ingredient expertise meets application context. Ingredient and finished-beverage context.
The Sweetener HouseSweetener systems. Formulation support. Commercial supply.
Company identity

NutraEx Food Inc.

NutraEx supplies customers in Canada and the United States. Other international accounts are handled as needed; regulatory restrictions may apply to some naturally sourced sweeteners, and NutraEx helps customers adapt to applicable requirements.

What NutraEx Does

What we help with

We look at the application, the sugar-reduction target, and the practical constraints before narrowing the sweetener options.

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Formulation support

We look at the application, sugar-reduction target, sensory requirements, and practical constraints before narrowing the sweetener options.

02

Naturally sourced sweeteners and specialized systems

Our portfolio includes stevia, monk fruit, and encapsulated sweetener systems, with different ingredients and sweetness strengths for different uses.

03

Application expertise

Beverages, bakery, dairy, confectionery, and other foods behave differently when sugar is removed. We consider the finished product, not just the sweetener.

04

Commercial ingredient supply

Once an appropriate ingredient has been identified, we can discuss quantities, specifications, documentation, and supply requirements.

Why NutraEx Exists
A family experience grew into this work.
A family experience with diabetes inspired a desire to make reduced-sugar foods more enjoyable.
Our Story

How NutraEx started

The motivation behind NutraEx is personal. A family experience with diabetes inspired a desire to make reduced-sugar foods more enjoyable. That purpose grew into a business helping food and beverage manufacturers develop products that meet their sweetness and formulation goals.

Choosing a sweetener is one thing. Getting the finished food or beverage to taste, feel, and perform the way you want takes a closer look at the whole formula. That's where we focus our work.

“The ingredient matters. The finished product matters more.”
How We Work

Start with the formulation. Build toward supply.

The exact technical work varies by application, but the sequence stays the same.

01 · Define

Understand the target

Application, current formula, sugar-reduction objective, sensory target and commercial constraints.

02 · Select

Build the sweetener system

Choose the sweetener architecture and supporting ingredients that fit the finished product.

03 · Refine

Evaluate in application

Review sweetness, finish, body, texture, handling and other application-specific considerations.

04 · Supply

Move into commercial use

Transition the selected approach into commercial product supply and buyer-specific technical requirements.

Working Principles

Technical work, handled like a partnership.

NutraEx works from client success, long-term partnership, integrity and respect.

01

Client-first

Start with the manufacturer's real formulation and commercial need, not with a preselected product pitch.

02

Partnership

Treat product development as a collaborative process between the customer's knowledge and NutraEx's sweetener expertise.

03

Integrity

Use technical claims at the level the available evidence actually supports.

04

Practicality

Keep the path from formulation discussion to product evaluation, technical documentation and supply clear.

Company Snapshot

We primarily supply Canada and the United States.

NutraEx Food Inc. works from Burnaby, British Columbia. We primarily supply customers in Canada and the United States, and we also review international inquiries, subject to ingredient availability and applicable regulatory requirements.

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CompanyNutraEx Food Inc.
Public identityThe Sweetener House
LocationBurnaby, British Columbia, Canada
FocusSweeteners, sugar reduction, formulation support and commercial supply
Primary marketFood and beverage manufacturers
Supply footprintNorth America
Start With The Product

Tell us what you're making.

Share the application, the formulation goal and what is not working yet. NutraEx can route the conversation from there.

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