Stevia Rebudiana

Stevia is a sweetener and sugar substitute extracted from the leaves of the plant species. The active compounds are steviol glycosides(mainly stevioside and rebaudioside), which have 30 to 150 times the sweetness of sugar, are heat-stable, pH-stable, and not fermentable. The body does not metabolize the glycosides in stevia and therefore it contains 0 calories like some artificial sweeteners. The legal status of stevia as a food additive or dietary supplement varies from country to country.

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The Sweet Herb in raw form is somewhere between 10 to 20 times sweeter than sugar .The main content of the herb is Stevoside responsible for its sweetness. Now a days It is used as a non-sugar sweetener in food and drink, particularly because it does not appear to have any of the side effects of sugar and is not broken down by heat. The powdered herb is added directly to tea or to food.