FDA Approved Stevia - Zero-Calorie Natural Sweetner. In December 17, 2008 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Stevia product rebaudioside A (rebiana) as a general purpose sweetener. Rebiana is an ingredient derived from the leaf of the stevia plant.
Stevia has been available as a dietary supplement in natural food markets for a long time but now that it has the FDA stamp of approval as a safe food source we will be seeing it more and more as companies begin incorporating stevia into new products such as Cola-Cola's Sprite Green and Pepsico's zero-calorie Sobe LifeWater (black and blue berry, Fuji apple pear and yumberry pomegranate).
The FDA issued letters to Cargill Inc. and Whole Earth Sweetener Co., a unit of Merisant Co., stating that it has no objections to their separate claims that rebaudioside A, a highly purified derivative of stevia, poses no health threat when used in foods and beverages. Both companies filed notices with the agency in May claiming the sweetener should be generally recognized as safe (GRAS).
Trademarked stevia sweetners are Truvia™ (Coca Cola and Cargill) and PureVia™ (Whole Earth Sweetener Company LLC and PepsiCo).
Jua-Via Stevia from Putrajaya, Malaysia is one of the product which is packaged by using original stevia sweetener powder where is imported from Paraguay.
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