Stevia Market: Global Industry Analysis and Forecast to 2020
Stevia is a natural, plant based, zero calorie and high-intensity sweetener. Stevia is a shrub, whose leaves are used as a sugar substitute. Stevia Rebaudiana is the most widely used variety of this shrub and it is mostly grown in Brazil and Paraguay. Around 40 years ago, the commercialization of stevia began when Japan started consuming it as a sweetening agent. Stevia remains stable under heat and thus can be utilized in processed foods. It is 200 to 300 times...
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