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Many different uses of Stevia as sweetener are already well-known, such as table sweetener, soft drinks, pastries, pickles, candy, jam, yogurt, chewing gum and sorbets.
Stevia has many amazing properties in food. It is :
- Flavour enhancing
- High heat resistance
- Prevents fermentation and discoloration
- Reduces “stickiness” in beverages caused by the use of sucrose.
Here are some ways our products are used for :
Enhances the taste and pleasantness when used with other sweeteners such as sucrose, glucose or fructose. It is suitable in replacing 40-60% of sucrose used in food products thereby reducing the production cost.
Stevia can preserve the crispiness and crunchiness of cookies and biscuits when use in place of sugar.
It’s large molecular weight makes it less likely to be absorbed into preserved or canned food. This helps to retain the original taste and freshness of the food. It also prevents the stickiness and fermentation normally caused by sucrose
Provides a long and lingering sweetness, great for the production of sugarless gums
Harmonises very well with salt to give it a deeper variety of taste. It can maintain a pleasant colour even when cooked in high heat.
Acts as a suppressing agent for removing unwanted flavours in medication.
Known to improve the palatability of animal feeds, thereby reducing feeding times and improving the appetite of livestocks.
Readily dissolves in alcohol without reaction to its taste and properties.
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