Stevia Extract's Rebaudioside A anti-bacterial properties help prevent minor illness
and cure minor wounds.
The active compounds
are various steviol glycosides(mainly stevioside and Rebaudioside), which have 250-
300 times the sweetness of sugar.
Stevia Extract Rebaudioside A induced beverages lead to improved digestion
and gastrointestinal functions besides providing relief from upset stomachs.
Rebiana, or high-purity Rebaudioside A, is generally recognized as safe by the Food and Drug Administration(FDA)
and may be used as an artificial sweetener in foods and beverages.
Rebaudioside A are extracted from the dried leaves of stevia in water,
separating the liquid from leaves and stems by filtration, and further purifying with water or food-grade alcohol- a completely traditional method of plant extraction.
Stevia is a natural sweetener and zero calories sugar substitute extracted from the leaves of the plant species Stevia rebaudiana The active compounds of stevia are steviol glycosides it
s call steviosides mainly stevioside and Rebaudioside The.
Based on FDA standards(which were set back in 2008), these extracts have to contain more than 95% pure Rebaudioside A glycosides
and should not contain other forms of Rebaudiosides or steviosides in order for them to be legally marketed as food.
In December 2008, the FDA gave a"no objection" approval for GRAS status to Truvia(developed by Cargill and the Coca-Cola Company) and PureVia(developed by PepsiCo and the Whole Earth Sweetener Company, a subsidiary of Merisant),
both of which use Rebaudioside A derived from the stevia plant.
In 2006, the World Health Organization(WHO) performed a thorough evaluation of recent experimental studies of stevia extracts conducted on animals and humans,
and concluded that"stevioside and Rebaudioside A are not genotoxic in vitro
or in vivo and that the genotoxicity of steviol and some of its oxidative derivatives in vitro is not expressed in vivo.