Stevia

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Stevia is a sugar substitute that is about 50 to 300 times sweeter than sugar. It is extracted from the leaves of Stevia rebaudiana, a plant native to areas of Paraguay and Brazil. The active compounds in stevia are steviol glycosides, mainly stevioside and rebaudioside A. Some 60 different steviol glycosides have been identified in the leaves of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni.

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