date:Oct 29, 2013
me 300 times that of table sugar, without adding any calories. Widely used as a table top sweetener, stevia is increasingly being recognised as an ingredient in finished products in particular soft drinks thanks to its versatility. However, it is the ingredients all-natural credentials which make it stand out from the crowd, according to Zenith.
The turning point in stevias fortunes came in 2008 when steviol glycosides, the sweetening components of the leaf, were deemed to be safe and Rebaudi