Stevia Extract Obvious Advantages, Form : Powder

Stevia, also known as stevioside, is the main active ingredient in stevia extract, derived from the leaves of stevia, a compositae plant, and is used in the market as a novel natural sweetener. Stevia extract as a natural sweetener has been added in Asia, North America, South America, the European Union and other countries in the production of food, beverage, feed, daily chemicals and other products.

Stevia extract is very sweet, 150 to 300 times sweeter than sucrose, but compared with sucrose, stevia extract has a slightly astringent taste, may not be as easy to taste as sucrose, but it is the closest to the taste of sugar is a natural sweetener. In actual use process, we tend to stevia extract used together with other sweeteners, such as citric acid, fructose, sucrose, such not only can reduce the quantity of heat, can ensure the taste, stevia extract by human body after intake of different from fructose, sucrose, etc., it will not be absorbed by human body, also won't generate heat, so this kind of natural sweeteners can be obese patients and diabetic patients to eat.