Stevia Stevioside: Not Just One Product

Stevia Stevioside is a group of diterpenoid compounds extracted from Stevia of the Asteraceae family, known for high sweetness (150 - 300 times that of sucrose). With low calorie, good stability and low cost, it is widely applied in pharmaceutical, daily chemical, beverage, food and brewing industries. The main sweet ingredients include Rebaudioside A, Stevioside, etc., with Rebaudioside A being t

^{_{Stevia Stevioside is a class of diterpenoid compounds with high sweetness extracted from the herbaceous plant Stevia of the Asteraceae family. Currently, more than 30 species are known, and their sweetness is about 150-300 times that of sucrose. Stevioside is considered to be the "third natural glycogen in the world". Because of its low calorie, high sweetness, good stability and low price, it is widely used in the pharmaceutical, daily chemical, beverage, food, brewing and other industries. The main sweet ingredients contained in stevioside are shown in the table below. Among them, rebaudioside A and stevioside have the highest content, and the content of both accounts for more than 80% of the total content of stevioside. Rebaudioside A (RA) is also the most widely used stevioside reported at present, and its sweetness is 350 to 450 times that of sucrose. In addition, the taste of rebaudioside D (RD) and rebaudioside M (RM) is closer to sucrose than other stevioside ingredients, so it is one of the directions for the development and upgrading of new stevioside products.}}