The application of stevia extract

Stevia extract, as an emerging sweetener and dietary supplement, has received widespread attention and application in recent years. What is stevia extract and where is stevia extract mainly used? Today we're going to talk about stevia extract.

Stevia extract is a sweetener and sugar substitute extracted from the leaves of the plant species Stevia rebaudiana. The active compounds of stevia are steviol glycosides (mainly stevioside and rebaudioside), which have up to 150 times the sweetness of sugar, are heat-stable, pH-stable, and not fermentable. 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 extract as a food additive or dietary supplement varies from country to country. In the United States, high-purity stevia glycoside extracts are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) and allowed as ingredients in food products, but stevia leaf and crude extracts do not have GRAS or Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for use in food. The European Union approved stevia additives in 2011, and in Japan, stevia has been widely used as a sweetener for decades.

Stevia extract‐based sweeteners offer a combination of favourable attributes for a dietary supplement: low calorie and high intensity. Therefore, the stevia extract also has the function of weight Loss. The major application of Stevia extracts and stevioside is their use as a sweetener and dietary supplement; this covers all aspects of artificial sweeteners (non‐sucrose) such as saccharin, aspartame, etc., as well as where sugar is used. Steviol glycosides as a food additive significantly enhance the palatability of food and drinks. In addition, stevioside can also be used in chewing gum, toothpaste and some cosmetics. This chapter provides different practical applications of Stevia extract in various forms. It discusses ethnomedical uses of Stevia extract in different parts of the world. Apart from the sweet content, Stevia rebaudiana constituents also offer therapeutic benefits, having antihyperglycaemic, antihypertensive, anti‐inflammatory, antitumor, antidiarrheal, diuretic and immunity enhancers effects.

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