Several ingredient prices backed off from 2021 but remained historically high.

Global and domestic events support higher wholesale and retail ingredient prices.

Stevia, monk fruit, allulose and erythritol all come with specific benefits.

American Soybean Association and others claim EPA unlawfully banned widely used chlorpyrifos.

Tight sugar supplies keeping US sugar prices elevated.

Lower beet sugar production offset by higher cane sugar output and imports from Mexico.

Selecting the appropriate sugar can help bakers enhance their baked foods.

Production from Central Romana detained due to indicated use of forced labor.

Adverse weather during growing season limited sugar output.