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Stevia is a kind of natural healthy sweetener and medical auxiliary agent extracted from stevia leaves, a plant of asteraceae herb. It is pure white, with good taste, no peculiar smell, stable in property, not easy to become mouldy, and also easily soluble in water and alcohol. t is a kind of sweetener ever discovered with the most similar taste to sucrose, and approved for use worldwide. Stevia is high in sweetness, low in calorie, its sweetness is about 200-450 times to sucrose, but calories is only 1/300 times. It is widely used in food, beverage, medicine, cosmetic industry, wine, etc. at the cost of 30% of sucrose. Therefore stevia is an ideal alternative of sucrose, honored as "the Third Source of Sweetener" internationally.
Function and Application
* Natural Sweetener: Substitute sucrose, low calorie, sugar reduction and fat loss, prevention of diabetes, heart disease, etc., the most important applications.
* As a sweetener and adjuvant for diabetic patients
* Reducing weight and preventing cardiovascular disease
* Prevention of dental caries and other oral diseases
* Antihypertensive and antiallergic
* Improving gastrointestinal function
Product specification
|
Item |
Standard |
Test Method |
|
Assay |
Steviosides≥Agreed Value |
HPLC |
|
Appearance |
White Powder |
Visual |
|
Odor |
Characteristic |
Organoleptic |
|
Particle Size |
95% passed 80 mesh |
Ch. P. C. Rule 47 |
|
Loss on Drying |
≤5.00% |
Ch. P. C. Rule 52 |
|
Ash |
≤5.00% |
Ch. P. C. Rule 2302 |
|
Heavy Metals |
≤10mg/kg |
Colorimetric method |
|
Arsenic (As) |
≤2mg/kg |
Ch. P. C. Rule 21-ICP-MS |
|
Lead (Pb) |
≤2mg/kg |
Ch. P. C. Rule 21-ICP-MS |
|
Mercury (Hg) |
≤0.1mg/kg |
Ch. P. C. Rule 21-ICP-MS |
|
Cadmium (Cd) |
≤1mg/kg |
Ch. P. C. Rule 21-ICP-MS |
|
Total Plate Count |
≤1000CFU/g |
Ch. P. C. Rule 80 |
|
Total Yeast & Mold |
≤100CFU/g |
Ch. P. C. Rule 80 |
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Coliforms |
≤10CFU/g |
Ch. P. C. Rule 80 |
|
Salmonella |
Negative |
Ch. P. C. Rule 80 |
|
Pesticide Residues |
≤10mg/kg |
EC 1831/2003 |