Comments on: What is Stevia? http://shannonfit.com/what-is-stevia Be Motivated, Have Fun, Get Results Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:26:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: yoda http://shannonfit.com/what-is-stevia/comment-page-1#comment-75 yoda Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:59:14 +0000 http://shannonfit.com/?p=295#comment-75 Rebiana, wich is in Truvia and PureVia, is not an ingredient in the stevia plant, nor is it found in nature. It is produced by the action of chemicals and stringent alcohols on various stevia glycosides. Rebiana is the trade name Cargill gave their chemically derived product (Truvia) in 2008. The FDA "No Questions" letter stated that Rebiana contains residues of ethanol and methanol. Rebaudioside-A (Reb-A)is commonly confused with Rebiana. Reb-A is one of the 11 glycoside compounds naturally within stevia leaves and are 400 times sweeter than sugar. It is produced by the action of sunlight on the stevia leaves. Truvia is 9/10 of 1% Rebiana and masking agent (the masking agent is to cover up its bad taste profile) and 99.1% erythritol, a sugar extracted from corn with alcohol (a sugar alcohol), which can be hard on the digestive system. Truvia is essentially corn sugar. PureVia is 8/10 of 1% Rebiana and 99.2% sugars. Actually, the first Stevia product to recieve GRAS status was SweetLeaf Stevia 9 months before Truvia and PureVia on March 5, 2008. Rebiana, wich is in Truvia and PureVia, is not an ingredient in the stevia plant, nor is it found in nature. It is produced by the action of chemicals and stringent alcohols on various stevia glycosides. Rebiana is the trade name Cargill gave their chemically derived product (Truvia) in 2008. The FDA “No Questions” letter stated that Rebiana contains residues of ethanol and methanol.

Rebaudioside-A (Reb-A)is commonly confused with Rebiana. Reb-A is one of the 11 glycoside compounds naturally within stevia leaves and are 400 times sweeter than sugar. It is produced by the action of sunlight on the stevia leaves.

Truvia is 9/10 of 1% Rebiana and masking agent (the masking agent is to cover up its bad taste profile) and 99.1% erythritol, a sugar extracted from corn with alcohol (a sugar alcohol), which can be hard on the digestive system.
Truvia is essentially corn sugar.

PureVia is 8/10 of 1% Rebiana and 99.2% sugars.

Actually, the first Stevia product to recieve GRAS status was SweetLeaf Stevia 9 months before Truvia and PureVia on March 5, 2008.

]]> By: Ricki http://shannonfit.com/what-is-stevia/comment-page-1#comment-74 Ricki Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:00:55 +0000 http://shannonfit.com/?p=295#comment-74 It seems typical of a government agency that they'd designate a derivative--extracted in a laboratory--as safer than the actual, natural, sweetener. Here in Canada, only the pure stevia is available, and I have no qualms about using it. I'd certainly balk at things like PureVia or Truvia, though. It seems typical of a government agency that they’d designate a derivative–extracted in a laboratory–as safer than the actual, natural, sweetener. Here in Canada, only the pure stevia is available, and I have no qualms about using it. I’d certainly balk at things like PureVia or Truvia, though.

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