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Stevia (/ ˈ s t iː v i ə, ˈ s t ɛ v i ə /) [1] [2] is a sweet sugar substitute that is about 50 to 300 times sweeter than sugar. [3] It is extracted from the leaves of Stevia rebaudiana, a plant native to areas of Paraguay and Brazil. [4] [5] The active compounds in stevia are steviol glycosides (mainly stevioside and rebaudioside).
The plant prefers warm, moist and sunny conditions. [2] The plant cannot survive frost during the winter and therefore greenhouses are used to grow stevia in Europe. [8] Stevia rebaudiana is found in the wild in semiarid habitats ranging from grassland to mountain terrain, do produce seeds, but only a small percentage of the seeds germinate.
The species Stevia rebaudiana in this genus is widely grown for its extraction of sweet compounds from its leaves and sold as a sugar substitute known as stevia and other trade names. Taxonomy [ edit ]
When stevia first hit the U.S. market in 2008, many in the nutritional community were over the moon about the health potential of this new sugar substitute. There was finally a “natural” sugar ...
Students are ingesting a seed that can cause psychosis, auditory and visual hallucinations, spatial and temporal distortion and other side effects. Forget pot -- students use familiar method to ...
An edible seed [n 1] is a seed that is suitable for human or animal consumption. Of the six major plant parts, [n 2] seeds are the dominant source of human calories and protein. [1] A wide variety of plant species provide edible seeds; most are angiosperms, while a few are gymnosperms.
Poppi, Zevia and other modern sodas feature natural sweeteners (such as monk fruit, stevia or fruit juice) instead of regular sugar or artificial sweeteners. What ingredients should you look for?
Stevia plummerae, or Plummer's candyleaf, [2] is a plant species known from Arizona, New Mexico, Chihuahua, Sonora and Durango. [3] It is an herb up to 80 cm tall, with white, pink or red flowers. Leaves are opposite in arrangement with coarsely serrated margins. [4] It tends to grow in pine forests at an elevation of 2,000–3,000 m (6,600 ...