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As You May Know
  • Stevia is the safest and healthiest zero calorie sweetener.
  • It is the natural product-extracted from a Non-GMO plant.
  • It is 200-300 times sweeter than Sugar.
  • Apart from being a Sweetener, it also has several additional health benefits.
  • It is approved to be safe by all important regulatory agencies.
  • The most important sweetener option for health-friendly, organic, and natural foods and beverages is none other than Stevia.

Steviol Glycosides Challenge

  • Steviol Glycosides are unparalleled high intensity sweeteners - which are natural and, so far, most health friendly. Consumer awareness about Stevia is  very high and its demand is growing at an extraordinary high rate.

  • But, deep reduction of sugar and its replacement by Steviol glycosides presents some technical challenges.

Sugar Function In Food

Sugar, one of the major ingredient needs to apply on every food to make it palatable. Sweet taste is the main reason to use sugar in food, but it has some other character in food technology.

High sweetness intensity and enormous additional health benefits of Stevia make it the most acceptable sugar replacement option in different foods. Unfortunately, some of its specific physico-chemical properties impose technical challenges for deep replacement of sugar by stevia alone without adversely affecting the original qualities.

  • Stevia is the safest and healthiest zero calorie sweetener.
  • It is the natural product—extracted from a Non-GMO plant.
  • It is 200-300 times sweeter than Sugar.
  • Apart from being a Sweetener, it also has several additional health benefits.
  • It is approved to be safe by all important regulatory agencies.
  • The most important sweetener option for health-friendly, organic, and natural foods and beverages is none other than Stevia.

Stevia Application Challenges

Tools For Overcoming The Challenges

To address the application issue, steviol glycoside is mixed with some other natural and low calorie elements to develop food and beverages specific sweetener pre-mix. The feature of this pre-mixes are to provide all the functions of sugar in food.

The pre mixes are:

  • Making of the volume without contributing a large amount of calories
  • Simulation of the exact taste and mouth-feel of sugar
  • Maintenance of the original texture and stability
  • Freedom from after-taste
  • Improvement of the keeping quality
  • Low glycemic index

Pre-mix Ingredients Characteristics

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