Constituents of Stevia
Diabetes An Indian Epidemic
December 16, 2019
Do you know what all constituents are present in a healthy Stevia leaf?
Dried extracts ‘Steviol glycoside’are white to slight yellowish, crystalline, odourless, slight characteristic odour, water-soluble powders.
Stevia extracts generally contain a high percentage of the glycosides of the diterpene steviol. Stevioside and rebaudioside A are the principal sweetening compounds and are generally accompanied by smaller amounts of other steviol glycosides.
| Steviol Glycosides | Short | Sweeteness | Content |
| Stevioside | STv | 270-300 | 57.30% |
| Rebaudioside A | Reb A | 350-450 | 32.00% |
| Rebaudioside C | Reb C | 40-60 | 8.00% |
| Dulcoside A | D A | 40-60 | 1.50% |
| rebaudioside D | Reb D | 150-250 | 0.60% |
| Rebaudioside E | Reb E | 100-150 | 0.50% |
| Other | Other | 10-15 | 0.10% |
Reb-A is the sweetest ingredient of all.
The Stevia industry has many solutions to balance the taste and costs. Thus you can find many different grades in the industry, from Steviol Glycoside 80%, to Reb-A 99%. They have the same common name stevia, but sweet taste and the price are so different. People should find the proper grade to meet their requirement.
We at Absolute Healthworks Pvt, have taken tremendous efforts to understand Stevia in totality and to bring the best of it to you. Zelorie products are healthiest sugar alternatives to satisfy your sweet cravings. We believe, whatever is healthy has to be tasty as well. Next time when you are enjoying one of our products, you already know it then about the journey of the Stevia leaves!
