NutraSweet Co. will retail in October NutraSweet (aspartame) label with
Domino Foods partnership, and plans saccharin, "natural-based", and
sucralose products, Mike Hughlett, Chicago Tribune: Michael S. Dell via
his MSD Capital has huge investment in aspartame competitor Merisant,
while his fine foundation lavishly funds research on kid health: Murray
2007.08.11
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1462

Might Michael and Susan Dell be the first American executives
to join the leaders of all the leading supermarket chains
in the United Kingdom who banned aspartame, MSG,
and other dietary neurotoxins this May?


www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sat_nutrasweet_0811aug11,0,1911143.story

Bitter battle in sweeteners
NutraSweet Co. is launching an assault on the tabletop market

By Mike Hughlett mhughlett@...
Tribune staff reporter August 11, 2007

NutraSweet is one of the most recognized names in the artificial
sweetener world, but for years the Chicago-based company hasn't actually
marketed a product under that name. That's changing, and in a big way.

NutraSweet Co., known primarily for imbuing diet pop with sugariness,
this month launched its first offensive into another big
sugar-substitute market: tabletop sweeteners -- the little packets that
coffee and tea drinkers dump into their beverages.

It's a bold gambit. The rough-and-tumble tabletop sweetener business is
already highly competitive -- just ask Chicago-based Merisant Worldwide
Inc., NutraSweet's crosstown rival. Merisant is the maker of Equal, a
brand that has taken a beating from Splenda, the faux sweetener trade's
rising star.

Plus, NutraSweet is rolling out a unique strategy: affixing its famous
brand to sweeteners made from different chemical compounds. That may not
sound too radical, but sweetener brands tend to be associated with the
stuff they're made of, as well as the color of their packaging.

Splenda is made from sucralose and comes in yellow packets. Equal is
composed of aspartame and is packaged in blue -- and so on.

NutraSweet launched an aspartame or "blue" sweetener earlier this month
and has plans for a "pink" saccharin-based product, and a "green"
natural-based sweetener. A "yellow" sucralose product could follow.

"That's a whole new approach and it will be interesting to see how it
works," said Marcia Mogelonsky, a food industry analyst for Mintel
International Group. But she added, "The biggest challenge [NutraSweet]
faces is Splenda."

When Splenda was launched eight years ago by a subsidiary of Johnson &
Johnson, the business was dominated by aspartame and saccharin
sweeteners. But by 2003, Splenda led the market with a 38 percent share,
compared with 24 percent for Equal, according to Information Resources Inc.

Now, Splenda's share is about 61 percent, while Equal and Sweet'n Low
each have about 13 percent of the market.

Splenda's rise has hurt Merisant: Its annual sales fell 16 percent
between 2002 and 2006, according to a federal securities filing.

Merisant has long claimed that Splenda's success has been abetted by
misleading advertising that implies Splenda is healthier and more
natural than its rivals. Merisant sued Johnson & Johnson over the matter
and came to a settlement -- which hasn't been disclosed -- in the spring.

The settlement was one of several big events in the sugar-substitute
business this year. Another: NutraSweet got back the rights to its brand
name from Merisant.

Shared history

The two companies have a shared history.

Until 2000, both were part of Monsanto Co., which landed the sweetener
siblings as part of its 1985 acquisition of Skokie-based G.D. Searle &
Co., where aspartame was invented. Monsanto sold its tabletop business
to one private-equity group, and its aspartame production operation to
another.

The former is now Merisant, the latter NutraSweet, which employs around
400 and has annual revenues of at least $100 million. Until this year
the two companies continued to have strong ties.

Merisant was allowed to use the NutraSweet brand for one of its own
tabletop sweeteners. In return Merisant had to buy at least 200 tons of
raw material annually from NutraSweet, which has a big plant in Georgia.
NutraSweet, one of the world's largest aspartame-makers, was Merisant's
sole supplier.

Last year, though, Merisant opted to buy aspartame from several sources
to cut costs and reduce its dependency on just one supplier.

"The benefits of the multisourcing strategy far outweighed the benefits
of keeping [the NutraSweet] brand," said Scott Bartlett, Merisant's vice
president of global supply.

NutraSweet was a relatively minor brand for Merisant, a "value" product
priced roughly 40 percent less than Equal, Bartlett said. It had only a
1 percent share of the tabletop market last year.

As of July 1, the name formally migrated to NutraSweet Co., and its
chief executive Craig Petray used the term "ecstatic" to describe how he
felt. "We've been waiting for this for a while. We think it's a
spectacular opportunity for us."

Petray's plans hinge on repositioning NutraSweet as a premium brand. Its
taste, he said, has been improved through a new recipe. Now the company
plans an ambitious marketing campaign -- Petray won't divulge its cost
-- to capitalize on NutraSweet's name and its trademark swirl logo.

The name and the logo became famous in the 1980s after aspartame became
the leading sweetener in diet sodas. "People still equate NutraSweet
with sweeteners," Petray said. "People still know the swirl."

The new NutraSweet's packaging is dominated by a bold red swirl, a
snappy departure, Petray maintains, from the "medicine cabinet" look of
other sweeteners.

Food industry analysts agree the NutraSweet brand still has its luster,
even though it has been used for years primarily to sell a second-tier
coffee sweetener.

"The brand name is extremely strong," said Mintel's Mogelonsky. "The
thing is how [NutraSweet] delivers on taste and aftertaste."

That's far from NutraSweet's only challenge. "The biggest challenge for
them is that they are not a consumer-products company," said Merisant's
Bartlett. "They are going to have to transform, which is not an easy
thing to do."

That transformation involves creating the capacity to manufacture and
distribute sweeteners, not just bulk ingredients. Petray says NutraSweet
has tackled both issues through a partnership with Domino Foods, a major
sugar refiner and distributor. Domino and NutraSweet will split both
profits and costs stemming from the new product.

NutraSweet's first sweetener is an aspartame product currently available
in some Wal-Mart Supercenters, mostly on the East Coast. A national
rollout is slated for October. The company plans to launch
saccharin-based and natural sweeteners next year.

The overall saccharin sweetener market "isn't really going anywhere,"
said Mike Richardson, a food industry analyst at the Freedonia Group.
But the natural sweetener field, now only in a nascent stage, "has
enormous potential," he said.

Health fears

Fears of health risks have long dogged artificial sweeteners. Hence a
no-calorie sweetener made from natural ingredients -- and one that
tastes good -- could prove very popular. Merisant already has a natural
sweetener in the market, though like others in its niche it is
considerably more expensive than artificial sweeteners.

As the price comes down, natural diet sweeteners will become more
attractive to consumers, Richardson said.

Copyright © 2007, Chicago Tribune


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national+Group&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us

Marcia Mogelonsky, Ph.D., is a senior research analyst at Mintel
International Group.
A consumer trend writer, speaker and consultant,
her areas of expertise include consumer behavior, shopping habits and
lifestyle patterns.
She is the author of Everybody Eats: Supermarket Consumers in the 1990s
(American Demographics Books, 1995 and 1996)
and Who’s Shopping for Food and Drink (New Strategist Press, 1996).
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The Freedonia Group
767 Beta Drive, Cleveland, OH 44143-2326
440-684-9600 fax 440-646-0484
info@...,pr@...


http://www.dominosugar.com/
Domino Foods Inc.
http://www.dominosugar.com/info/contact.asp

http://www.namedevelopment.com/blog/archives/2007/05/brand_naming_wi.html

May 21, 2007
Brand Naming: Will NutraSweet Create Sweet Pure D’Light?

splenda_sweetener.gif

As you may already be aware, the makers of Equal sued the maker of
Splenda, contending that Splenda had deceived millions of consumers by
deliberately creating the impression that Splenda was healthier and
natural because it started out with sugar, even though the final product
has no sugar.

As Lynnley Browning of the New York Times reported a few weeks ago, the
lawsuit highlights the fierce battle for leadership between later entry
Splenda and one-time leader Equal in the $1.5 billion artificial
sweetener market.

puredlite.jpg

In a strategic response to the success of Splenda, NutraSweet is
co-branding with competitor American Sugar Refining, Inc, who
manufactures and markets the Domino sugar brand, to create a new brand
name of sweetener called Domino Pure D’Lite, which is what the industry
refers to as a light sugar product, or sugar blend.

The Pure D’Lite sub-brand will be endorsed by Domino and its packaging
will carry the easily recognizable NutraSweet logo.

It will be interesting to see if Pure D'Lite will help Nutrasweet
reacapture market share lost to Splenda, who now dominates two-thirds of
the U.S. market.

If there ever were an instance where a sub-brand is warranted, this is
it, contrary to what some marketing gurus have to say about sub-brands.

nutrasweet.jpg

NutraSweet has an association with aspartame that is pretty negative, so
being associated with “pure” sugar may be a real boon, and help the
brand leapfrog its aspartame-based competitors, such as Equal.

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1.html
American Sugar Refining Inc. Yonkers. N.Y.. completed its acquisition of
C&H Sugar Co. Inc.
Publication: Dairy Field
Date: Thursday, September 1 2005
Subject: Sugar industry (Mergers, acquisitions and divestments)

American Sugar Refining Inc. Yonkers. N.Y. completed its acquisition of
C&H Sugar Co. Inc.

American Sugar Refining is owned by Florida Crystals Corp and Sugar Cane
Growers Cooperative of Florida.

The addition of C&H will bring American Sugar Refining's annual capacity
to approximately
3 million tons of refined sugar and specialty products.

Domino Foods, the sales and marketing arm of American Sugar Refining
and Okeelanta Corp., will add C&H[R] to its brand portfolio
that includes the Domino", Florida Crystals[R] and Jack Frost[R] brands.

http://www.dominospecialtyingredients.com/
[ American Sugar Refining Inc. ]
Domino Foods, Inc.
Domino Specialty Ingredients
1100 Key Highway East
Baltimore, MD 21230-5180
800-446-9763 fax 410-783-9710
dominospecialtyingredients@...

American Sugar Refining Inc.
1 Federal St
Yonkers, NY , 10705-1079
914-963-2400 fax 914-963-5113

http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/53/53651.html
http://www.floridacrystals.com
Florida Crystals Corporation
1 N. Clematis St., Ste. 200
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
561-366-5100 fax 561-366-5158 Toll Free 877-835-2828

Florida Crystals leans heavily on its cane.
One of the top US sugar producers, the company, a unit of Flo-Sun, grows
sugar cane and rice on its 180,000 acres.
It makes granulated, baking, powdered, and large- and fine-grain sugars
under the Natural Sugars name.
Florida Crystals jointly owns American Sugar Refining, a top sugar
refining company that processes 3 million tons of sugar per year, with
the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida.
American Sugar Refining's products are sold through Domino Foods, one of
the largest sugar marketers in the US.
The company also produces sugar-based food ingredients, as well as
operating Sem-Chi rice.

Financial Highlights
Fiscal Year End: March
Revenue (2007): $ 462.00 M
Employees (2007): 2,000

Chairman and CEO: Alfonso (Alfy) Fanjul Jr.
Vice Chairman, President, and COO: Jose P. (Pepe) Fanjul
CFO: Luis J. Fernandez


http://www.flo-sun.com/ info@...
Flo-Sun Incorporated
One North Clematis, Suite
200 West Palm Beach, FL 33401
http://www.flo-sun.com/pdf/brochure_en.pdf 6.9 MB
We are the leading producer of refined
sugar in the United States and the
Dominican Republic.
Domino® and C&H® are the top sugar
brands in the U.S.
Florida Crystals® is the leading organic
and natural sugar brand in the U.S.
We market more than 3.5 million tons of
sugar and 50 million gallons of molasses.

Alfonso Fanjul Chairman and CEO
Jose “Pepe” Fanjul Vice Chairman, President and COO

FLO-SUN HOLDINGS AT A GLANCE
$2.5 billion in revenues
400,000 acres
10 million tons of sugar cane
3.5 million tons of refined sugar
Domino®, C&H®, Florida Crystals®
Renewable energy – largest biomass power plant in the US
Casa de Campo Resort
Real estate
5,000 acres of organic farming
50 million gallons of molasses
65 million pounds of furfural alcohol
2.3 million crates of corn
50 million pounds of rice
25,000 employees


http://www.scgc.org/
Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida
P.O. Box 666
Belle Glade, Florida 33430-0666
(561) 996-5556 fax (561) 996-4780 info@...
Today, 54 grower-members make up the Cooperative.
We provide employment to more than 463 individuals full time and another
395 seasonally.
Our annual payroll averages over $28 million a year.
Over 70,000 acres of sugarcane are farmed by the member-growers of Sugar
Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida.
From this acreage, on an annual basis over 350,000 tons of raw sugar
are produced.
Once refined, this is enough to serve the average annual demand of more
than 9 million Americans.
In November 2002, the Cooperative became totally vertically integrated
with the joint acquisition of the Domino Sugar refining holdings in New
York, Maryland and Louisiana.


http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/ng.asp?n=73679-the-freedonia-group-sweeteners-\
high-intensity-sweeteners-polyols

US sweetener report forecasts higher volumes, lower prices
By Lorraine Heller

25/01/2007 -- US demand for sweeteners is expected to continue its
steady growth to the end of the decade, but despite the expected
increase in volumes, market value will be suppressed by falling prices,
reveals a new report.

This is partly a result of an increased dynamism in the sweetener
industry, which is currently seeing a number of new options available
after years of relative stability, according to the latest market
information.

Published by research firm The Freedonia Group, the report reveals that
US demand for alternative sweeteners is projected to increase 4 percent
per year, to reach $1.1bn in 2010, up from $772m in 2000 and $935m in 2005.

Volumes are expected to grow by just over 3 percent annually, continuing
the steady upward trend so far witnessed this decade.

But although overall volumes will increase, the market for high
intensity sweeteners will be suppressed by falling prices, as patent
protections expire and new competitors -- especially importers based in
developing nations - enter the marketplace, said Freedonia.

High intensity sweeteners are expected to remain the largest product
category through 2010, due to their leadership position in diet soft
drinks and tabletop uses, which are among the main applications for
alternative sweeteners.

In diet soft drinks, aspartame and acesulfame potassium (ace-K) are
forecast to remain the leading products, due to their use in many of the
top brands.

Prices for the two products are forecast to decline by around 1-2
percent annually over the next few years, a "gentle erosion" compared to
the high single-digit declines that occurred after their patent
protections fell off.

Although not yet a significant threat to aspartame's dominant position
in diet soft drinks, sucralose has become the leader in the key tabletop
sweetener market, said the report.

According to Freedonia, sucralose, the main sweetener in Tate & Lyle's
well-known Splenda product, has grown from niche status to "market
powerhouse" in just a few years since its Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) approval for use as a general sweetener.

Although the product will inevitably see a sharp fall in price as
patents expire and large-scale competitive production enters the
marketplace, there is not as yet any definite indication as to when this
will occur.

"Up until now, sucralose has not seen the kind of price erosion that
happens with high intensity sweeteners because demand has remained
strong, and also because Tate & Lyle still maintain some patents on the
production techniques that have really prevented new producers from
entering the market in the same way," Freedonia analyst Mike Richardson
told FoodNavigator-USA.com.

Saccharin, once the only commercially significant high intensity
sweetener, will see its market share continue to diminish, although it
will retain a significant presence in oral care products and tabletop
sweeteners, said the report. Prices for this product have already
stabilized, and are likely to remain around the $3/lb mark.

Neotame remains a relatively new product, and has not as yet established
a strong market presence, according to Richardson. Prices are not
forecast to see substantial declines in the near future.

Polyols such as sorbitol and mannitol are used mainly in food
applications, which are projected to register faster growth than the
large but mature diet soft drink market, which is dominated by high
intensity sweeteners.

This group of sweeteners is expected to continue to benefit from their
image as natural products rather than synthetic chemicals, and from
continued interest in reducing sugar intake to combat obesity, tooth
decay and diabetes, according to Freedonia.

"Sorbitol is the largest and most established product, and will register
below average growth. Xylitol is expected to register above average. It
has less than half the calories of sugar, but is equally sweet, making
it a desirable tabletop replacement for sugar packets. Moreover, it has
been shown to kill bacteria which can cause dental cavities, a property
that many candy and gum manufacturers have seized upon in product
labeling and advertising," said the report.

An increased global production of polyols will likely lead to a "slight
decrease" in pricing, said Richardson, although this will be nothing
like the type of declines seen in the pricing of products with patent
protections, he added.

The four main players in the sweeteners market in 2005 accounted for
more than half of total US sales.

These include Tate & Lyle, NutraSweet, Roquette America and SPI Polyols,
the later of which this month signed an agreement to sell its food
business to Corn Products International.

Other leading suppliers include Ajinomoto, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM),
Cargill, Nutrinova (Celanese) and PMC Specialties Group.

DSM's Holland Sweetener Company was also a player, but exited the
business at the end of 2006.

Other distributors to the US market include Cumberland Packing, McNeil
Nutritionals, and Merisant.

www.nutrasweet.com
The NutraSweet Company
10 S. Wacker Dr.
Chicago, ILLINOIS 60606 USA
+1-312-873-5000 (Phone) 312-873-5050 (Fax) 1-800-323-5316

Sales (mil.) $ 98.8 (est.) 417 employees

1965 -- NutraSweet® brand sweetener was discovered at G.D. Searle and
Company.
1985 -- Monsanto acquired G.D. Searle and Company. The NutraSweet
Company operated as part of the Monsanto Company Life Sciences Division.
May 25, 2000 -- J.W. Childs Equity Partners II L.P. purchased The
NutraSweet Company from Monsanto, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pharmacia
Corporation.
J.W. Childs Associates, a leading private investment firm located in
Boston, focuses on acquiring and growing middle-market companies in
partnership with management.
Childs has substantial experience in the food, beverage and food
ingredient business.

The NutraSweet Company, headquartered in Chicago, stands alone in its
ability to provide customers with a full value portfolio including
superior quality products, unrivaled technical, R & D and regulatory
support, competitive pricing and an experienced management team.

NutraSweet® brand sweetener is sold in more than 100 countries and used
in over 5,000 products.
It is consumed by 250 million people worldwide.

March 2004 -- Craig R. Petray was named Chief Executive Officer of The
NutraSweet Company.

http://finance.google.com/finance?cid=2297973

Craig R. Petray CEO
William DeFer President and COO
Kevin Bauer SVP, Sales and Marketing


http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/100/100515.html

www.merisant.com/pages/homepage.asp
Merisant Worldwide, Inc.
10 S. Riverside Plaza, Ste. 850
Chicago, IL 60606
312-840-6000 fax 312-840-5541

Revenue (2006): $ 293.90 M
Revenue Growth (1 yr): (-3.60%)
Employees (2006): 438
Employee Growth (1 yr): (-12.40%)

Chairman, President, and CEO: Paul R. Block
Interim CFO, Corporate Controller, and Treasurer: Dana M. Voris
Director, Global IT: Robin Hamerlinck
Vice President of Global Supply: Scott Bartlett

With some 20 regional brands and sales in more than 90 countries,
Merisant Worldwide has more than just an Equal share of the sweetener
market.

Fueled first by the success of Canderel in France and then Equal in the
US, Merisant controls more than one-third of the aspartame market.

A group of investors (including Pegasus Capital Advisors, MSD Capital,
and Brener International) formed the company in 2000 when they bought
the tabletop sweetener operations of biotech giant Monsanto.

Monsanto's NutraSweet brand aspartame business -- a supplier to Merisant
-- was later sold to J.W. Childs Associates.

Pegasus Capital Advisors LP owns almost 89% of Merisant.

http://www.pegasusinvestors.com/
99 River Road
Cos Cob, CT 06807
+1-203-869-4400 Main Fax +1-203-869-6940

505 Park Avenue, 21st floor
New York, NY 10022
+1-212-710-2500 Main Fax +1-212-355-2303

Contact: Stefanie Langer, Director -- Investor Relations/Business
Development
Established in 1995, Pegasus currently manages over $1.5 billion in
assets through several private equity funds and has made more than 65
investments since inception.
The Firm employs close to 50 investment and advisory professionals that
work out of offices in Cos Cob, CT and New York, NY.
Of four Funds, Fund 2 includes Merisant Company.
5/12/2007 Artificial Sweetener Makers Reach Settlement on Slogan --
Merisant reaches settlement with McNeil Nutritionals on Splenda's slogan


http://www.hoovers.com/uk/co/capsule/3/0,2163,58863,00.html

"Poor, poor Michael Dell: too much money and nowhere to put it. That's
where MSD Capital comes in. Taking its name from Dell's initials, the
investment firm handles the Dell Computer founder's
personal investments in companies outside his namesake business,
allowing him to focus on making PCs.
Dell bankrolled MSD with approximately $1 billion in seed
money in 1998 with the mandate to invest in promising technology
startups and other companies; it has backed online bridal service
WeddingChannel.com, among others. In addition to VC
investing, MSD Capital invests in public stocks and private equity
deals, including LBOs and MBOs. The firm will occasionally invest in
other investment firms' limited partnership funds."

http://www.msdcapital.com/what.html
http://www.msdcapital.com/management.html
MSD Capital LP
645 Fifth Avenue, 21st Floor
NY, NY 10022-5910
212-303-1650 fax 212-303-1634
50 staff in 2001, 70 in 2007 investments@...,

MSD Capital, L.P. was formed in 1998 to exclusively manage the capital
of Michael Dell and his family.
MSD is an investment firm primarily focused on the following investment
activities:
Investing in publicly-traded securities;
Engaging in traditional private equity activities;
Investing in real estate; and
Selectively forming "partnerships" with established third-party managers
in the private and public markets.
MSD Capital has been organized to engage in a broad range of investment
activities.
Its primary objective is to build an investment portfolio focused on
long-term capital appreciation.

Glenn R. Fuhrman
Mr. Fuhrman is the Co-Managing Partner of MSD and the Co-Founder of the
firm.

John C. Phelan
Mr. Phelan is the Co-Managing Partner of MSD and the Co-Founder of the firm.

Stuart (Stu) Zlotolow
Comptroller

Howard M. Berk
Mr. Berk joined MSD as a Partner in 2002.

Massy Ghausi
Mr. Ghausi joined MSD in 1998 as the co-manager of a convertible bond
and public technology portfolio, and he became a Partner of MSD in
January 2002.

Andrew C. Hee
Mr. Hee joined MSD in 2001. He became the co-manager of the Special
Opportunities Funds in October 2001 and a Partner of MSD in January 2006.

John Kim
Mr. Kim joined MSD in 1998 as the co-manager of a convertible bond and
public technology portfolio, and he became a Partner in January 2002.

Robert M. Platek
Mr. Platek joined MSD in January 2002 as co-manager of the Special
Opportunities Group, and he became a Partner of MSD in January 2006.

Eric J. Rosen
Mr. Rosen joined MSD as a Partner in March 2005 to lead the firm’s
private equity group.

Barry A. Sholem
Mr. Sholem joined MSD as a Partner in 2004 to lead the firm’s
newly-formed real estate investment group.

www.dell.com <http://www.dell.com>
Dell Computer Corporation
1 Dell Way
Round Rock, TX 78682-0001
800-289-3355
512-728-4100 Media Relations Team

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell

As of 2006 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006>, Dell employed more than
78,700 people worldwide.
Michael Dell, CEO <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEO> and co-Chairman of
the Board (previously Chairman of the Board)
Don Carty, CFO <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFO> and co-Chairman of the
Board (previously Board member)
Michael R. Cannon, former CEO of Solectron
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solectron>, as President, Global Operations^
Ron Garriques, who formerly headed Motorola
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola>'s mobile phone unit, as
President, Global Consumer Group^
Stephen F. Schuckenbrock, Senior Vice President, Global Services

Michael Dell <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dell>, the founder of
the company, serves on the board.
Other board members include Don Carty
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Carty>, William Gray
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gray>, Judy Lewent
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Lewent>, Klaus Luft
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Klaus_Luft&action=edit>, Alex
Mandl
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alex_Mandl&action=edit>,
Michael A. Miles <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_A._Miles>, and
Sam Nunn <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Nunn>.

Dell has regional senior vice presidents for countries other than the
United States, including David Marmonti for EMEA
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe%2C_the_Middle_East_and_Africa> and
Stephen J. Felice for Asia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia>/Japan
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan>.
As of 2007 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_of_2007>, other officers
include Martin Garvin (senior vice president for worldwide procurement)
and Susan E. Sheskey <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Sheskey> (vice
president and chief information officer
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_information_officer>).


http://www.msdf.org/
The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation
http://www.msdf.org/mediacenter/mediacontact.aspx
Communications (512) 329-0799

http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/DellHealthyLiving/home.asp
The Michael and Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living

Founded in 2006 with a generous grant from the Michael and Susan Dell
Foundation, the Center will become one of the leading research
institutions with a focus on improving healthy living in communities.
The Center will achieve this by addressing:
Childhood obesity epidemic
Child and adolescent development
Community programs and policies that support these efforts

The above-mentioned areas will be addressed through forward-thinking:
Research and demonstration projects
Professional and community education
Dissemination of evidence-based programs and policies

http://www.msdf.org/about/board.aspx
Susan Dell
With an endowment of more than $1 billion, the Foundation has committed
more than $300 million to children’s and community initiatives to date.
Susan is also Chairman of the Board of Phi, a New York City-based
women's designer collection company that made its runway debut in Fall 2004.
In addition to her business and foundation roles, Susan competes in
marathons, triathlons, and cycling races.
Susan is a member of the President’s Council for Physical Fitness and
Sports and a board member of the Cooper Institute in Dallas.
She and her husband, Michael, live in Austin, TX, with their four children.

Michael Dell www.referenceforbusiness.com/businesses/A-F/Dell-Michael.html
Michael Dell was born on February 23, 1965, in Houston, Texas.
His father Alexander was an orthodontist and his mother Lorraine was a
stockbroker.

Dr. Alexander Dell
Dr. Alexander Dell is a board member of the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation.
He received his B.S. from City College of New York in 1955;
his D.D.S. from Columbia University’s School of Dental & Oral Surgery in
1959; and
his MS in Orthodontics from the State University of New York at Buffalo
in 1964.
Dr. Dell ran a private orthodontic practice in Houston, Texas from
1964-1998.
He is a Diplomate of the America Board of Orthodontics.
In addition to serving on the board of the Michael and Susan Dell
Foundation, Dr. Dell serves the following organizations:
Columbia University,
SDOS-Advisory Board;
American Jewish Committee Board and
Aspen Music Festival & School National Board.

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Janet Mountain
Executive Director
Janet Mountain has served as the Executive Director since January 2003.
Prior to joining MSDF, Janet was a Vice President at Dell, Inc. and most
recently the General Manager of the US Consumer Division. Janet has an
MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated from the University of
Texas at Austin with a BBA in International Business.

Caitlin Baron
Programs
Caitlin Baron joined the MSDF team in April, 2005. Prior to joining
MSDF, Caitlin was the Manager of Strategy Services at Women's World
Banking, a global microfinance non-profit based in New York. Other past
experience includes work as a strategy consultant with Monitor Company
in Boston. Caitlin studied Political Science at the University of
California, Los Angeles.

Eileen Berkeley
Administration, India
Eileen Berkeley joined the MSDF India team in April, 2006. Prior to
joining MSDF, Eileen served in administrative functions at McKinsey &
Company, Max Healthstaff International Limited, Vivendi Water UK PIc,
Delphi Automotive Systems Pvt Ltd, Gemex Trading Ltd and the Taj Mahal
Hotel in New Delhi. Eileen’s certificates of completion are from the
ISC, ICSE and Loreto Commercial College.

Chris Busse
Programs
Chris joined the Foundation in November 2006 after ten years with Dell,
Inc. Most recently, Chris was a Director in the Consumer Sales area, and
his other Dell experience included several sales and financial planning
and analysis roles. Prior to Dell, Inc. Chris worked as a financial
analyst for IBM after graduating from Indiana University with a BS in
Accounting.

Kevin Byrne
Scholarships
Kevin Byrne joined the MSDF team in February 2004. Prior to joining
MSDF, Kevin was Director of Program Services and Development with the
Horatio Alger Association. Other past experience includes work with the
Center for International Security and Strategic Studies. Kevin has a BBA
in Finance from Mississippi State University and an MBS in Strategy as a
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar from University College Cork in Cork, Ireland.

Ian Christopher
Technology
Ian Christopher joined the MSDF team in November 2004. Prior to joining
MSDF, Ian founded Umlaut LLC, an Austin-based technology services and
consultancy firm. Other past experience includes experience in technical
development for the public and private sector.

Ann Deering
Finance
Ann Deering joined the MSDF team in January 2004. Prior to joining MSDF,
Ann was the Controller for Susan Dell, Inc. Other past experience
includes CPA work at Ernst & Young. Ann graduated from the University of
Texas at Austin with a BBA in Accounting and an MPA in Professional
Accounting.

Lori Fey
Programs
Lori Fey joined the MSDF team in July 2003. Prior to joining MSDF, Lori
worked as a non profit management and fund raising consultant with Dini
Partners. Other past experience includes positions with non profit
organizations such as El Buen Samaritano and Habitat for Humanity as
well as work in insurance administration and regulation for the Texas
Association of School Boards and Texas Department of Insurance. Lori has
a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.

Kathy Furler
Administration
Kathy Furler joined the MSDF team in January 2005. Prior to joining
MSDF, Kathy was a Sr. Administrative Assistant for HR Learning &
Development at Dell, Inc. Other past experience at Dell, Inc. included
work in Human Resources and Legal.

Kristen Jaros
Programs
Kristen Jaros joined the MSDF team in August 2005. Prior to joining
MSDF, Kristen completed a two-year fellowship for business professionals
with the San Diego Unified School District. Other past experience
includes investment banking with ThinkEquity Partners and Merrill Lynch,
where she served clients in the K-12 education sector. Kristen holds a
BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Barun Mohanty
Director, India
Barun Mohanty joined the MSDF team in April 2005. His past experience
includes 15 years with McKinsey & Company in Canada, the Netherlands,
India and Portugal, where he was a Partner, as well as leading Techna
Iberia in Portugal. Barun graduated from the Indian Institute of
Technology in New Delhi with a Bachelor of Technology degree in
Mechanical Engineering, and from the University of British Columbia in
Vancouver with a Masters in Business Administration.

Kendall Pace
Program Evaluation
Kendall Pace joined the MSDF team in February 2004. Prior to joining
MSDF, Kendall was a Director with Dell Inc. leading the corporate and
investment finance and capital markets groups. Other past experience
includes investment banking and independent business consulting. Kendall
has a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mukta Pandit
International Programs
Mukta Pandit joined the MSDF team in September 2004. Prior to joining
MSDF, Mukta worked for McKinsey and Company serving clients primarily in
the non-profit, petroleum and electric power, and technology industries.
Other past experience includes work in information technology positions
in the U.S. and India. Mukta received her undergraduate degree in
Electronics Engineering from the Regional Engineering College in Bhopal
in India and her MBA from the Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania.

Lory Pilchik
Programs
Lory Pilchik joined the MSDF team in February 2005. Prior to joining
MSDF, Lory was a Director with Dell Inc. leading Marketing organizations
including Brand Management, Communications, and Pricing. Other past
experience includes Business to Business Sales with both Dell and IBM.
Lory has a MBA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a
BA in History from the University of Pennsylvania.

Sharon Reddehase
Program Evaluation
Sharon joined the MSDF team in December, 2006. Prior to joining MSDF,
Sharon was an investment manager for a family-owned investment firm.
Other past experiences include investment management, research
evaluation and strategic planning roles at Dell, Compaq and
MillwardBrown, Inc. Sharon graduated from the University of Texas at
Austin with a BBA in Marketing.

Kristian Reich
Technology
Kristian Reich joined the MSDF team in April 2005. Prior to joining
MSDF, Kristian worked for Dell, Inc. creating online and reporting
solutions for the Software and Peripherals team. Other past experience
includes management, design and development work on Dell's Intranet,
dell.com and online commerce applications for Dell, Inc., Dellhost and
Compaq. Kristian graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a
BBA in Marketing.

Mrinal Sinha
Programs, India
Mrinal Sinha joined the MSDF India team in November 2005. Prior to
joining MSDF, Mrinal was a Senior Business Analyst with McKinsey &
Company in New Delhi. Mrinal has a dual (Masters and Bachelors) degree
in Electrical and Communication Systems Engineering from the Indian
Institute of Technology in Chennai.

Oscar Sweeten-Lopez
Scholarships
Oscar Sweeten-Lopez joined the MSDF team in December, 2005. Prior to
joining MSDF, Oscar was Director of Student Retention and Workforce
Development for the Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement. Other past
experience includes work with the Oregon Human Development Corporation
and AmeriCorps. Oscar has a BA in Political Science and Spanish from the
University of Oregon and is a Leadership Fellow at the Institute of Non
Profit Management at Portland State University.

Michelle Meyer Turner
Legal
Michelle Turner joined the MSDF team in September 2003. Prior to joining
MSDF, Michelle was a Director, Assistant General Counsel for Dell, Inc.
leading legal groups for its various multi-billion dollar business
entities. Other past experience includes work in the education and
technology industries, and, as an attorney, practicing law in several
large private law firms. Michelle graduated from Vanderbilt University
with a BS in Mathematics and Economics and received her JD from The
George Washington University School of Law.

Zeynep Young
Programs, Central Texas
Zeynep Young joined the MSDF team in October, 2005. Prior to joining
MSDF, Zeynep was an Associate Principal within the High Tech and Sales &
Marketing Practice of McKinsey & Co. Other past experience includes
strategic planning for Leadership Houston, a non-profit spin-off from
the Houston Chamber of Commerce. Zeynep holds a B.A. from Rice
University and a master’s degree in management from the J.L. Kellogg
Graduate School of Management.

Lora Zarbock
Technology
Lora Zarbock joined the MSDF team in October 2003. Prior to joining
MSDF, Lora worked as a Senior Manager for Dell, Inc. managing the
development and operations teams responsible for dell.com and Dell's
Online Store. Other past experience includes work at Andersen Consulting
(Accenture) and as an independent technology consultant. Lora has a BS
in Mechanical Engineering and a MS in Engineering/Operations Research,
both from the University of Texas at Austin.


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The NutraSweet Company
10 S. Wacker Dr., Ste. 3200 Chicago, IL 60606 USA
Phone: +1 312-873-5000 Fax: +1 312-873-5050

$ 260 million revenues in 2000
375 employees in 2001, + 7.1% growth in a year.

Chairman Tim Healy
President and CEO Nick E. Rosa [former Monsanto Senior Vice President]
CFO William Schumacher

Investment firm J.W. Childs bought NutraSweet from Monsanto in 2000;
NutraSweet management also has a stake in the company.

http://www.jwchilds.com/
J. W. Childs Associates, L.P.
111 Huntington Avenue - Suite 2900
Boston, MA 02199-7610
617-753-1100 617-753-1101 info@...,info.asia@...,

J.W. Childs Associates, L.P. ("JWC") is a private equity firm based in
Boston, Massachusetts specializing in leveraged buyouts and
recapitalizations of middle-market growth companies.
Since 1995, JWC has invested in companies with a total transaction value
of over $10 billion.
We currently invest through J.W. Childs Equity Partners III, L.P., an
investment fund with total committed capital from financial
institutions, pension funds, insurance companies and university
endowments of $1.75 billion.
NutraSweet was acquired in May 2000.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/841
Merisant Co., MSD Capital, Dell Computer Corp.,
NutraSweet Co., JW Childs Assc.: aspartame, neotame toxicity: Murray
2002.07.10
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1457
aspartame bans, tis more an avalanche than a trend...: Rich Murray
2007.08.11

[ see also:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1458
ASDA, Wal-Mart's UK supermarket chain, bans artificial colors, trans
fats, MSG and aspartame, Marguerite Kelly, The Washington Post: Murray
2007.08.03 ]

So far, USA print and broadcast media are deaf, blind, and dumb,
regarding recent major bans of aspartame and MSG in the UK and EU.

The EU Parliament voted July 12 to ban artificial sweeteners
in newly born and infant foods.

On May 15 four huge UK supermarket chains announced bans
of aspartame and MSG, food dyes, and many additives
to protect kids from ADHD --
Sainsbury, Tesco, Marks & Spencer, and ASDA, a unit of WalMart.

May 31: Coca-Cola and the much larger Cargill Inc.,
after years of secret development, with 24 patents,
will soon sell rebiana (stevia) in drinks and food
in the many nations where it is approved as a sweetener --
for decades a major sweetener in Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan,
Thailand, Malasia, Saint Kitts, Nevis,
Brazil, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Israel,
and an approved supplement in USA, Australia, and Canada,
according to Wikipedia.


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1454
recent research and news re aspartame and stevia: Murray 2007.08.11

"Of course, everyone chooses, as a natural priority,
to actively find, quickly share, and positively act
upon the facts about healthy and safe food, drink,
and environment."

Rich Murray, MA Room For All rmforall@...
505-501-2298 1943 Otowi Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages
group with 81 members, 1,462 posts in a public,
searchable archive http://RMForAll.blogspot.com

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1395
Aspartame Controversy, in Wikipedia democratic
encyclopedia, 72 references (including AspartameNM # 864
and 1173 by Murray, brief fair summary of much more research:
Murray 2007.01.01

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1453
Souring on fake sugar (aspartame), Jennifer Couzin,
Science 2007.07.06: 4 page letter to FDA from 12 eminent
USA toxicologists re two Ramazzini Foundation
cancer studies 2007.06.25: Murray 2007.07.18

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNMmessage/1451
Artificial sweeteners (aspartame, sucralose) and coloring
agents will be banned from use in newly-born and baby foods,
the European Parliament decided: Latvia ban in schools 2006:
Murray 2007.07.12

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNMmessage/1437
stevia to be approved and cyclamates limited by
Food Standards Australia New Zealand:
JMC Geuns critiques of two recent stevia studies by Nunes:
Murray 2007.05.29

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1427
more from The Independent, UK, Martin Hickman, re ASDA
(unit of Wal-Mart Stores) and Marks & Spencer ban of
aspartame, MSG, artificial chemical additives and dyes
to prevent ADHD in kids: urray 2007.05.16
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article2548747.ece

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1426
ASDA (unit of Wal-Mart Stores WMT.N) and Marks & Spencer
will join Tesco and also Sainsbury to ban and limit
aspartame, MSG, artificial flavors dyes preservatives additives,
trans fats, salt "nasties" to protect kids from ADHD:
leading UK media: Murray 2007.05.15

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1461
John O. Warner with U. Southampton team in 2007 finds kids hyperactive
from six food colors, confirming their report in 2004 on study in
2000: Murray 2007.08.11

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1438
Coca-Cola and Cargill Inc., after years of development,
with 24 patents, will soon sell rebiana (stevia)
in drinks and foods: Murray 2007.05.31

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1277
50% UK baby food is now organic - aspartame or MSG
with food dyes harm nerve cells, CV Howard 3 year study
funded by Lizzy Vann, CEO, Organix Brands,
Children's Food Advisory Service: Murray 2006.01.13

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1271
combining aspartame and quinoline yellow, or MSG and
brilliant blue, harms nerve cells, eminent
C. Vyvyan Howard et al, 2005 education.guardian.co.uk,
Felicity Lawrence: Murray 2005.12.21

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1417
formaldehyde as a potent unexamined cofactor in cancer research --
sources include methanol, dark wines and liquors,
aspartame, wood and tobacco smoke: IARC Monographs on the Evaluation
of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans implicate formaldehyde
in #88 and alcohol drinks in #96: some related abstracts:
Murray 2007.05.15

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1286
methanol products (formaldehyde and formic acid)
are main cause of alcohol hangover symptoms
[same as from similar amounts of methanol, the 11% part of aspartame]:
YS Woo et al, 2005 Dec: Murray 2006.01.20

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1143
methanol (formaldehyde, formic acid) disposition:
Bouchard M et al, full plain text, 2001: substantial sources
are degradation of fruit pectins, liquors, aspartame, smoke:
Murray 2005.04.02

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1455
FEMA slow to safety test Katrina toxic trailers,
Charles Babington, Associated Press -- 1 ppm formaldehyde in air
is about half the daily dose from 3 cans aspartame diet soda
and ten times the 1999 EPA alarm level for drinking water:
Murray 2007.07.23

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1459
third study by expert Greek team of neurotoxicity
in infant rats by aspartame (or its parts, methanol,
phenylalanine, aspartic acid), KH Schulpis et al,
Food Chem Toxicol 2007.06.16: Murray 2007.08.05

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNMmessage/1447
second study by expert Greek team of neurotoxicity
in infant rats by aspartame (or its parts, methanol,
phenylalanine, aspartic acid), KH Schulpis et al,
Toxicology 2007.05.18: Murray 2007.07.04

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNMmessage/1444
expert Greek group finds aspartame (or its parts,
methanol, phenylalanine, aspartic acid) harm infant rat
brain enzyme activity, KH Schulpis et al,
Pharmacol. Res. 2007.05.13: Murray 2007.06.23

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1414
effect of aspartame on oncogene and suppressor gene
expressions in mice, Katalin Gambos, Istvan Ember, et al,
University of Pecs, Hungary, In Vivo 2007 Jan;
scores of their relevant past studies since 1977: Murray 2007.04.14

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1373
aspartame rat brain toxicity re cytochrome P450 enzymes,
especially CYP2E1, Vences-Mejia A, Espinosa-Aguirre JJ et al,
2006 Aug, Hum Exp Toxicol: relevant abstracts re formaldehyde
from methanol in alcohol drinks: Murray 2006.09.29

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1340
aspartame groups and books:
updated research review of 2004.07.16: Murray 2006.05.11

Dark wines and liquors, as well as aspartame,
provide similar levels of methanol,
above 120 mg daily, for long-term heavy users,
2 L daily, about 6 cans.

Within hours, methanol is inevitably largely turned into formaldehyde,
and thence largely into formic acid -- the major causes
of the dreaded symptoms of "next morning" hangover.

Fully 11% of aspartame is methanol -- 1,120 mg aspartame
in 2 L diet soda,
almost six 12-oz cans, gives 123 mg methanol (wood alcohol).
If 30% of the methanol is turned into formaldehyde,
the amount of formaldehyde, 37 mg, is 18.5 times the
USA EPA limit for daily formaldehyde in drinking water,
2.0 mg in 2 L average daily drinking water.
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