Stevioside is a new natural sweetener extracted from Stevia rebaudiana (or Stevia leaf), a herbal plant of Compositae. Stevioside has been used as a herb and sugar substitute for centuries in South America. International sweetener industry data show that stevioside has been widely used in food, beverage and condiment production in Asia, North America, South America and EU countries. China is the world's leading stevioside producer.

Sweetness is 250-450 times of sucrose, with slight astringency, stevioside A has obvious bitterness and a certain degree of astringency and menthol taste, taste characteristics are worse than stevioside A, moderate and tasty, pure taste is less, is the closest natural sweetener to sugar. But when the concentration is high, it will have a bad smell.

Stevioside is stable in acid and salt solution and stable at room temperature. It is soluble in water and absorbs moisture rapidly in air. The solubility is over 40% at room temperature. Stevioside has good taste when combined with citric acid or glycine and other sweeteners such as sucrose and fructose. It is a good natural sweetener for diabetes and obesity patients because it does not absorb and produce heat energy after eating.

Stevioside can be used as flavor enhancers for the following products: stevioside and stevioside A can be used in ice cream and soft drinks; stevioside can be used to enhance the sweetness of sucrose chloride, aspartame and cyclamate; stevioside and its salts can be used for ripening fruits and vegetables; stevioside can be added to foods, beverages or medicines as flavor enhancers; stevioside can be used for salt-free storage of foods. 。 Steviose is used to make hard candy together with lactose, maltose syrup, fructose, sorbitol, maltitol and lactose. Stevioside can be used to produce chewing gum and bubble gum. It can also be used to produce sweets with various flavors, such as papaya, pineapple, guava, apple, orange, grape or strawberry. Steviose can also be mixed with sorbitol, glycine and alanine to produce cake powder. Stevioside is especially suitable for this purpose because of its heat stability.

Various soft drinks, such as low-energy cola drinks, can also be sweetened by the combination of stevioside and high fructose syrup. Stevioside can also be used in solid drinks, healthy drinks, sweet drinks and coffee.

It is a natural low calorie sweetener. Stevia has a calorific value of only 1/300 of sucrose. It is not absorbed and produces calories after intake. It is a suitable sweetener for patients with diabetes and obesity. When steviose is mixed with sucrose fructose or isomerized sugar, its sweetness and taste can be improved. It can be used for sweets, cakes, drinks, solid drinks, fried snacks, seasonings and preserves. Appropriate use according to production needs.