Rebaudioside

Long shunned by regulators and ignored by food and beverage processors in the US, the natural non-calorie sweetener known as Rebaudioside A, an extract derived from the green leaves of the stevia plant, is coming to the rescue of the soda pop industry.

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To get Truvia approved, Cargill focused its safety research on what it perceived to be stevia's best-testing component—Rebaudioside A.

Bracing for the Fake Sugar Rush Anne Marie Chaker 2012

Michael Jacobson , executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest points to studies in which animal and bacterial cells were administered a stevia component closely related to Rebaudioside A and showed genetic damage, which raises the prospect that it may cause cancer, CSPI said.

Bracing for the Fake Sugar Rush Anne Marie Chaker 2012

Fast Forward to May 2007 when Cargill requests a patent on rebiana (or Rebaudioside A), a high-purity form of the best tasting part of the stevia leaf.

Is Truvia a Safe Alternative to Sugar? 2009

Rebaudioside A (RA) and Stevioside (STV) are the two major components from the stevia plant and the GLG R&D and production teams have been working on know-how technologies and patents to produce high purity RA and STV as well as the blend of RA and STV stevia extracts since 2001.

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Seventeen test fields have been established in five provinces in the northern half of the country with a total propagation of 20 Ha (hectares) of which eight Ha is growing high value Reb-A (Rebaudioside A, the most valued steviol glycoside) of the Morita 2 and Morita 3 varieties and 12 Ha with a local variety under conversion to Reb-A.

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S6821 has demonstrated activity against bitter tasting foods and beverages that include soy and whey proteins, menthol, caffeine, cocoa, and Rebaudioside A stevia.

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Rebaudioside A is almost identical in chemical structure to stevioside, and the body breaks it down into the same basic parts.

The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

PureCircle has pioneered the large scale production of Rebaudioside A

Food IngredientsFIrst News 2010

Rebaudioside D and Rebaudioside F, which the company says have won FDA GRAS approval for the first time.

BeverageDaily RSS 2010