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Stevia

Stevioside (CNS: 19,008; INS: 960), also known as stevioside, is a glycoside extracted from the leaves of Stevia Rebaudia, a composite plant (called Stevia rebau diana rebaudia in China). Its sweet component consists of stevioside and stevioside A, B, C, D and E. Stevioside can be extracted from dry leaves with water, clarified and crystallized. In actual production, three types of stevioside were obtained, namely crude extract and products with 50% and 90% purity.
Many different uses of stevia as a sweetener are already known, such as table sweetener, soft drinks, pastries, pickles, candies, jam, yogurt, chewing gum and...
Stevioside and Reb audio sid A are natural components of the plant Stevia rebau diana Bertoni. Both stevioside and Reb audio sid A are 250 to 480 times sweeter than sucrose and can serve as zero-calorie sweeteners. Stevioside is already used as a sweetener in a number of South American and Asian countries. Stevia is a sweetener and sugar substitute that is obtained from the leaves of the plant Stevia rebau diana. 

The active ingredients of Stevia are steviol glycosides (mainly stevioside and Reb audio sid), which have up to 150 times the sweetness of sugar, are heat stable, pH stable and cannot be fermented.

Stevia extract powder

As a new type of natural sweetener, stevia extract is widely used in food, beverages and daily chemicals. In all sugar products, stevia extract can replace sucrose or glucoside. Currently, stevioside is mainly used in beverages, especially beverages. Stevia extract is also used in frozen foods, canned foods, preserves, spices, wine, chewing gum, and toothpaste, and the amount of stevioside varies depending on the product.

APPLICATION

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 sucrose chloride, steviol glycoside and its salts, which can be used to accelerate the ripening of fruits and vegetables; Stevioside is added to food, beverage or health products as an aromatic flavor enhancer. Used for salt-free storage of food. Stevia is used to produce hard sugar along with lactose, maltose syrup, fructose, sorbitol, maltitol, lactose, etc. Stevioside can be used to produce chewing gum and chewing gum, as well as candies with different flavors, such as soft candies flavored with papaya, pineapple, guava, apple, orange, grape or strawberry. Stevia can also be mixed with sorbitol, glycine, alanine, etc. to make cake powder. Since stevioside is heat stable, it is particularly suitable for this purpose. Various soft drinks, such as: Some drinks, such as low-energy cola drinks, can also be sweetened by mixing stevioside and high-fructose corn syrup. Stevioside can also be used in solid drinks, health drinks, sweet wine and coffee.