Heartland Food Products

Heartland Food Products Group, the Indiana-based owner and manufacturer of the Splenda, SlimFast and Java House brands, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Americas business of Whole Earth Brands, Inc. The transaction will include the Equal, Whole Earth, Swerve and Chuker sweetener brands across North America and Latin America. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is intended to strengthen Heartland Food Products Group’s …

Irish global nutrition group Glanbia has announced that it has signed an agreement to sell weight management brand SlimFast US to Heartland Food Products Group, a US-based leader in the consumer-packaged goods industry, for an undisclosed sum. The existing Heartland Food Products Group portfolio features Splenda, a zero-calorie sweetener brand offering stevia and monk fruit in powder and liquid form, as well as coffee creamers, nutrition shakes and water enhancers. …