STEVIA
1. Green:
Stevia is natural Green Sweetener, which is extracted from
Stevia Leaves (Herbaceous herb of the Composite family) and
was proved to be "Green Food" by the Center of China
Green Food Development.
2. Safety:
Stevia has been used as Food additives for more than 400 years
in Paraguay. It does not join the metabolism, no toxicity
which was approved by FAO & WHO. Stevia is widely used
as Food Sweetener (No special limit of quantity) in Japan
and also be separately approved as Natural Sweetener and Medicine
medium by China Hygienic Department in 1985 and 1990.
3. High Sweetness:
Sweetness is more 200~300 times than cane sugar. Stevioside
and Rebaudiana-A are main compositions of Stevia, which taste
cool, refreshing, and soft. Mixture with citric acid, amino
acid, salt and other sweetener will be tasted better.
4.Low Calorie:
Stevia is hold as Nutritional Supplement and Health Protection
Food by Medical Science.400 years before, the original inhabitants
in Paraguay began making use of Stevia as herb to cure influenza,
fistula hyperemia. Modern medical science studied that Stevia
was beneficial to regulate Blood sugar, Blood pressure, improve
brain activity and helpful for Weight control, Skin care.
5.Efficiency:
Stevia is stable to Acid, Alkali, hot, light and not fermentable.
As sweetener in beverage and food, it can be bacteriostatic
and protrat the expiry of qaulity guaranteed. In addition,
Stevia can make nearly a 60% reduction in the cost of production,
expenses of transportation and storehouse can also be saved
at same time.
6.Applicability:
Food, beverage, medicine medium, sweetener complex, pickles,
cosmetics, cigarette flavour, and toothpaste, etc.
| Index name |
Index |
| |
GB8270-1999 |
| Purity % |
≥ 85 |
| Sweetness: |
≥ 200 |
| Optical rotation (A)20 D: |
-30°~ -38° |
| Absorbancy |
≤ 0.10 |
| Loss on ignotion: |
≤ 0.2 |
| Loss on dry: |
≤ 5 |
| Heavy metal (Pb): |
≤ 0.001 |
| As % |
≤ 0.0001 |
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