However, some of these ingredients, as long as they are certified organic or made from non-GMO corn, may be okay if you dislike the taste of
pure stevia products.
Not exact matches
If you do choose to use
stevia, opt for
pure stevia plant extract as opposed to
products that contain other additives and colorings (like TruVia & PureVia).
Expansion into international markets and different
product types is a high priority for the company, which markets and manufactures the Equal ®,
Pure Via ®
stevia and Canderel ® tabletop sweetener brands.
-- In case you'd like more information about the
products I mention in this post: Vanilla
Stevia — NuNaturals Nustevia Vanilla Alcohol Free
Stevia Glass Bottle Liquid, 2 - Ounce,
Pure Vanilla Extract — Frontier Vanilla Extract Fair Trade Certified, 4 - Ounce Bottle, Pumpkin Pie Spice — Frontier Pumpkin Pie Spice Salt - Free Blend, 1.92 - Ounce Bottle, Cinnamon — Simply Organic Cinnamon Ground Certified Organic, 2.45 - Ounce Container, Coconut Butter — Artisana 100 % Organic Raw Coconut Butter — 16 oz.
Many companies are selling
Stevia in its «
pure» form as an ingredient; most of these same companies have no idea what the
product might contain and in what concentration.
Note that
stevia —
pure stevia — is NOT an ingredient in either of these
products.
I am also trialling making jelly babies (similar to US gummy bears) using
pure fruit juice, gelatin and Natvia (a
stevia product) Can anyone help me with any ideas.
Be on the lookout during this challenge for: dextrose, maltodextrin, sucrose, fructose, cane sugar, evaporated cane juice, acesulfame potassium (sold as Sweet One — often combined with aspartame or sucralose to sweeten gum, diet soda and other sweet
products), aspartame (Nutri - sweet and equal), saccharin (sold as Sweet n» Low),
stevia (combined with sugar alcohol and sold under brand names like Truvia and
Pure Via), erythritol (a sugar alcohol derivative of corn) xylitol, brown rice syrup (and other syrups), high fructose corn syrup (made by treating starch extracted from corn with enzymes to make fructose and glucose)-- and if there's anything on a food label that you think might be sugar, google it.
To prevent this unpleasant aftertaste (often compared to a bitter, licorice - like flavor) and create a
purer and sweeter
product, Body Ecology opted to forgo standard
Stevia extraction methods and use an exclusive, proprietary extraction process instead.
It depends on the
product but if it's
pure stevia powder, it will be 200 - 300 times sweeter than sugar.
We want to use
products that are as
pure and as close to the original
stevia leaf as possible.
Some
stevia products contain additional sweeteners such as maltodextrin, other may be chemically processed (
pure SweetLeaf
stevia lacks chemicals).