SweeGen, Inc. announced the Singapore Food Agency has added SweeGen's Reb M Stevia Leaf Sweetener to the list of permitted food additives. SweeGen's Reb M is a non-caloric stevia sweetener that provides sweetness with a clean, sugar-like taste and now enables food and beverage manufacturers to reduce sugar, without sacrificing taste. This approval comes at a time when Singapore is considering a "sugar tax" hoping to change the behaviors of consumers and manufacturers on reducing sugar-based products. Earlier this year, Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) proposed multiple measures potentially impacting the food and beverage sectors including banning the sale of higher sugar drinks and imposing a tax on sugar-based drinks.