Is Stevia Safe?

Is Stevia Safe?

“Steviol sweeteners are safe to use in food and beverages. In addition, high-purity Steviol Glycosides have no effect on blood pressure or glycemic response and are safe for people with diabetes, children and pregnant women, and other general populations Yes.” - Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization

“Studies on the safety, metabolism, and intake of steviol glycosides have shown that they are safe for consumption by all populations. The long-term acceptable daily intake for steviol is 4 mg/kg body weight of the equivalent steviol, or 12 mg/day steviol glycosides per kilogram of body weight." - European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

"Expressed agreement with the conclusion of the panel that rebaudioside A is generally regarded as safe (GRAS) for use as a general-purpose sweetener. As of today, the FDA has indicated that it has no objection to the notification that some individual Stevia Extracts have been granted the GRAS test mark. ."

Steviol glycosides, also known as stevioside, stevioside, and stevioside, are high-sweet, low-calorie sweeteners extracted from the leaves and stems of the Compositae herb Stevia. Disease, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, dental caries, etc. have a certain role in adjuvant therapy. The sweetness of stevioside is 15O to 300 times that of sucrose, but its calorific value is about 1/250 of that of sucrose. Steviol glycoside is a natural low-calorie sweetener that has been found in the world and has been approved by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Light Industry of my country. Steviol glycoside is the third natural sucrose substitute with development value and health praise after sugar cane and beet sugar, and is internationally known as the "third sugar source in the world". As people pay more and more attention to health, stevia, as a functional carbohydrate, is widely used in the food industry and has a very broad application prospect.