Adams Berzins

Senior Manager, Sugar Reduction Innovation

Mobile Image

Adams Berzins

Senior Manager, Sugar Reduction Innovation

Adams Berzins (he/him) is an R&D professional with over 20 years of experience in the food and beverage industry. He has an extensive background in R&D and applications and specializes in sugar reduction solutions. In his current role leading the Global Sugar Reduction Applications and Customer Agility team, he’s working to expand access to the best tasting plant-based sugar reduction tools for customers and consumers across the globe. Adams also sits on Ingredion's global and U.S.-Canada Inclusion and Belonging councils and has had the good fortune to build diverse teams throughout his various roles with Ingredion.

Explore taste science and sugar reduction with Adams Berzins

Webinar

The sweet shift: Adapting to evolving consumer preferences

Consumer taste tests reveal that multiple sweetener combinations are preferred over single sweeteners. Our webinar uncovers new consumer sweetness segments, key drivers influencing preferences and sugar replacement solutions to deliver desired eating and drinking experiences that help brands grow.

See Adams in action

“Sugar reduction is ultimately an experience challenge, not just a sweetness challenge. Formulators who succeed are the ones who design for how consumers actually perceive taste in real‑world products.”
Adams Berzins
Senior Manager, Sugar Reduction Innovation

Our expert's perspective

Explore Adams Berzins’ thinking on sugar reduction, spanning trends, formulation strategies and practical application.

Scalable solutions for reduced-sugar products are transforming the food industry. Discover consumer trends, taste challenges, stevia-based sweeteners and sustainable innovations.

Learn more

What you should know before using a sugar substitute for baking

Learn how sugar substitutes impact baking beyond sweetness. Explore consumer demand, stevia and allulose functionality, and tailored sweetener systems for better texture, moisture and shelf life.

Learn more

Sugar reduction is an art and a science

Whether you’re looking to replace sweetness or build back mouthfeel in your reduced-sugar formulation, Ingredion has the polyols, nutritive sweeteners and non-nutritive sweeteners to help you reach your goal.

Learn more

Sweetener Innovation & Consumer Shifts: A Conversation with Ingredion’s Adams Berzins

In this Taste Radio conversation, host Ray Latif sits down with Adams Berzins, Innovation Project Manager at Ingredion, to discuss how the company is helping modern food and beverage brands navigate the evolving landscape of sweetness, formulation and consumer expectations.

Learn more

A Little Sweetness Goes a Long Way

Sweetness researcher Adams Berzins explains artificial and natural sweeteners and their role in reducing sugar intake.

Learn more

Let’s make your goals reality

As experts in taste, texture and sensory science, Ingredion can help you make your brands healthier while still delivering the same eating experience your customers love.

Contact Ingredion's experts