Stevia Extract Natural low calorific value

Stevia glycosides are currently found in the world and approved by the Ministry of Health of the sweetener, its natural low calorific value and very close to the taste of sugar. Is the second sugar cane, beet sugar outside the third development value and health respected natural sweetener, the international reputation as "the world's third source of sugar."

Sweet taste is the most important one, everyone loves sweet. However, modern people's worries about weight and let them on the traditional high-calorie sugar at arm's length.

In fact, the South American residents as early as a few hundred years ago found and as a herb and the use of stevia stevia can solve this contradiction; and from this plant to extract high sweet low-grade stevioside market for the history of the application Has been for decades; China is now the world's largest producer and exporter of stevioside.

Sugar is one of the most important ingredients in the food industry. If you have not paid much attention to its new development, it may be risking that it will be left behind in this industry.

Stevia: healthy low card of the future of sugar

Stevia, also known as stevioside, is a new natural sweetener derived from the herbaceous herbaceous stevia (or stevia leaves). Its greatest feature is high sweetness, low heat energy. The same amount of sweetener sweetness is 200-300 times the sucrose, and calorific value is only 1/300 of sucrose, use it to produce low-calorie foods, beverages, not only conform to food, beverage gradually to the requirements of low saccharification, For diabetes, obesity, atherosclerosis patients to provide more choices. According to a recent report published by market research institutions, the plant sweetener stevioside has quietly gained the favor of consumers and is subverting the order of the mature traditional sweeteners in the market.

Although the value of stevioside as an additive in food and beverage production reached $ 110 million in 2013, it is expected that this value will grow to $ 275 million by 2017. In contrast, the market value of aspartame is expected to fall to £ 210 million by 2017, as the combination of stevioside and stevioside with other sweeteners begins to seize greater market share. However, if the European Food Safety Authority in accordance with the current recommendations, consumers use aspartame is considered safe. In 2013, aspartame market size reached £ 280 million.

Plant preparations are considered "more healthy"

In 2009, only 5% of the food and beverage products introduced to the market using high-intensity sweeteners were exclusively used for plant sweeteners. By contrast, by 2013, the market share of plant sweeteners jumped to 15%. In North America, from 2011 to 2013, plant sweeteners accounted for up to 28% of the market share in the products launched.