Stevia is a sweetener and
sugar substitute extracted from the leaves of the plant species
Stevia rebaudiana.
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The active compounds of stevia are
steviol glycosides (mainly
stevioside and
rebaudioside), which have up to 150 times the
sweetness of sugar,
[4] are heat-stable,
pH-stable, and not
fermentable.
[5] These steviosides have a negligible effect on
blood glucose, which makes stevia attractive to people on
carbohydrate-controlled diets. Stevia's taste has a slower onset and longer duration than that of sugar, and some of its extracts may have a bitter or
licorice-like
aftertaste at high concentrations.
The legal status of stevia extracts as food additives and supplements varies from country to country. In the United States, stevia was banned in 1991 after early studies found that it might be
carcinogenic; after additional studies, the FDA approved some specific glycoside extracts for use as
food additives in 2008.
[6] The
European Union approved stevia additives in 2011,
[7][8] and in Japan, stevia has been widely used as a sweetener for decades.
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