Stevia leaf powder comes from leaves of the plant species “Stevia rebaudiana”, native to Brazil and Paraguay.
The active compounds are steviol glycosides (mainly stevioside and rebaudioside), which have 30 to 150 times the sweetness of sugar, are heat-stable, pH-stable, and not fermentable. The human body does not metabolize the glycosides in stevia, so it contains zero calories.
Stevia’s taste has a slower onset and longer duration than that of sugar.
Use 1/4 of a teaspoon of stevia leaf powder for every 1 tablespoon of sugar.
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