Best Quality Natural Low Calorie Stevia Sugar Sweeteners

Stevia Sugar (commonly known as stevioside, stevioside) is a new natural sweetener extracted from Stevia rebaudiana (or Stevia leaf), a herbal plant of Compositae. Stevia rebaudiana has been used as a herb and sugar substitute for centuries in South America. International sweetener industry data show that stevioside has been widely used in food, beverage and condiment production in Asia, North America, South America and EU countries. China is the world's leading stevioside producer.



Stevioside is stable in acid and salt solution and stable at room temperature. It is soluble in water and absorbs moisture rapidly in air. The solubility is over 40% at room temperature. Stevioside has good taste when combined with citric acid or glycine and other sweeteners such as sucrose and fructose. It is a good natural sweetener for diabetes and obesity patients because it does not absorb heat energy after eating.

Application:
Stevioside as a new sweetener, can be widely used in all kinds of food, beverage, daily chemical industry. It can be said that almost all sugar products can be stevioside substitute part of sucrose or all substitute for saccharin and other chemical sweeteners.

1. Stevioside can be used as a flavor enhancer for the following products: stevioside and stevioside A can be used for ice cream and soft drinks; stevioside is used to enhance the sweetness of chlorinated sucrose, aspartame and cyclamate; stevioside and its salts can be used for ripening of fruit and vegetables. Stevioside is added to food and beverage as aromatic flavor. Flavor enhancer; stevioside is used in salt free storage of foods. Stevioside is used in making hard sugar with lactose, maltose syrup, fructose, sorbitol, maltitol and lactulose. Stevioside can be used to produce gum and bubble sugar, and stevioside can also be used to produce a variety of flavors.Stevioside can also be mixed with sorbitol, glycine and alanine to produce cake powder. Stevioside is very suitable for this purpose because of its thermal stability.

2. In various soft drinks, such as low-energy cola drinks, stevioside and high fructose syrup can also be used to sweeten. Stevioside can also be used in solid beverages, healthy drinks, sweet wine and coffee. Steviodies are low calorie sweeteners. The heat value of steviodies is only 1/300 of sucrose, which is not absorbed after intake of human body and does not produce heat. When steviodies are mixed with sucrose fructose or isomerization sugar, the sweetness can be improved and the taste is improved. Stevioside can be used in confectionery, pastry, beverages, solid beverages, fried small foods, condiments, preserves. Use appropriate amount according to production needs.