About Stevia
Stevia has been grown and consumed by the Guarani people of Paraguay and Brazil for hundreds of years. It is native to South America and has been used for centuries as a natural sweetener. More recently stevia has been embraced as a sweetener in several countries including Japan, South Korea, Israel, Mexico and Argentina. It is currently sold in the US as a dietary supplement.
Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni (commonly called stevia) is a member of the Chrysanthemum plant family and is widely grown for its sweet leaves and nutritional benefits. The sweetness found in stevia can be attributed to steviol gylcosides, the sweet components of the leaf: stevioside and rebaudioside. These natural sweeteners are over 200 times sweeter than sugar.
Rebaudioside A (Reb A) is the second most abundant glycoside and the sweetest, least bitter extract from the stevia leaf. Reb A is an excellent sweetener because it tastes great and is soluble in water.
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