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Manufacturer > Rio Mints & Sweeteners

Rio Mints & Sweeteners
SweetLife is a leading supplier of 3 product ranges:
1: Low calorie sweeteners - private label and ‘Rio’ branded - a wide choice of sweet tempting replacements for sugar! Various innovative recipes (based on stevia, sucralose, cyclamate-saccharin) in a multitude of formats (tablets, powders and liquids) - see www.sweet-life.com
2: SweetLife Natural Sweeteners - Birch Sugar (xylitol), Erythritol and St. John's Bread (Carob) Syrup - the best tasting natural sweetener brand. Much better-for-you and suitable for all sweetening purposes, no matter whether you're looking to replace regular sugar, icing sugar, sugar cubes or honey with a more responsible solution! See www.sweetlifenatural.com
3: Fruit Forest healthy snacks - a rapidly expanding trendy brand of natural, plant-based, original snacks. Fruity and delicious snacking experiences for young and old. See www.fruit-forest.com
4: RIO sugar free mints - uniquely flavoured fruity and refreshing mints. Available in a multitude of convenient formats, under the Rio brand, with your license or private label - see www.sweet-life.com/rio-mints
Our Story:
We develop, produce and market strong consumer brands and tailor-made private brands in a broad range of flavours and package designs. In 25 years, SweetLife has developed into a strong organisation with sales across the globe.
Applying the highest Swiss standards to our state-of-the-art production facilities, we serve an increasing number of satisfied consumers and major retailers on every continent.
1) Swiss quality
This is our heritage. Swiss quality in everything we do. Raw materials, superior fabrication, meticulous attention to detail everything in between.
2) Flexible solutions
We offer highly customized recipe and packaging solutions and short delivery times, while maintaining competitive prices. Flexibility at its best.
3) We make a great team
Teaming up with our clients to create and seize opportunities and building long-standing relationships.
4) Innovation by design
Innovation is the starting point in production and services, resulting in attractive business propositions and fruitful partnerships
5) Global company, local support
SweetLife has offices in 6 countries in support of our local distributors and clients. The local branches are involved in developing tailor-made products and packaging for their specific tastes and markets. We deliver from warehouse in different countries in order to be close to our customers
6) Competitive pricing
Key to our success. Taylored high quality products at prices affordable to the market.
7) Production
Our main factory (sweeteners and sugar free mints) is located in China but is 100% owned and managed by SweetLife AG Switzerland (ie. No JV with a local Chinese company).
SweetLife has IFS Higher Level Certification, the highest possible for European retailers and suppliers. The factory is SGS compliant. Meaning that it complies with the national and international regulations and standards for the entire supply chain from raw materials to final consumption.
We also have Social Audit Certification SMETA 2Pillar Semi-announced which indicates our compliance with universal human rights principles, as well as with local labor regulations.
8) Customer References
We produce for and supply to retailers such as Starbucks, COOP, Tesco, Carrefour, Auchan, Dia, AH/Delhaize, Jumbo, Colruyt, Rewe, Lidl, Aldi, etc
Headquarters
Utrecht, Netherlands
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Since 1992
33 years in 2025
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