Stevia,or Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni, also known as sweet herb or honey leaf, is a small perennial shrub which belongs to the chrysanthemum family of plant, the stevioside is extracted from stevia leaves, it is an outstanding herb bearing leaves of very refreshing sweet taste and remarkable health promoting qualities, it can be used as supplementary material of medicine medium. The stevioside is an ideal alternative of sugar, its sweetness is 250-300 times than sugar cane with its calorie of 1/300 than sugar. Stevia has been used as food additives for more than 400 years.
A large number of pharmaceutical tests have proved that stevia sugar has no side effects, carcinogens, and is safe for us. It is no harm to the people who got the illness of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, heart disease and carious teeth.So it is an extremely ideal sweetener that can replace sugar cane. Now stevia can be widely used in all kinds of industries, such as food, beverage, medicine, daily chemicals, brewery and cosmetics. Co***red with cane sugar, it can save 40-70% of the cost. With pure white color, pleasing taste and no peculiar smell, Stevia sugar is a new sugar source with broad perspective for development.Stevia industry, it is the natural low-hot sweet agent mostly similar to the flavor of sugar cane. The stevioside has been found and approved to be used by State Ministry of Health and Ministry of Light Industry as the most closest and lowest calorie. It is the third natural succedaneum of sugar cane which is after beet sugar to be worth developing with health -care value. The stevioside is considered as the "3rd sugar resources of the world".
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