Stevia
rebuaudianum sugar has,as a new natural sweet
agent,been widely used in foods,drinks,medicines
and daily chemicals,Broadly speaking,in all the
sugar products,the stevia rebaudianum sugar can
be used to take the place of cane sugar or gluside,Presently,stevia
rebaudianum sugar is mainlyused
in
drinks
and medicine,especially
in beverage,It is also used in the frozen food,canned
rood,candied fruits,spices,liquors,chewing gum
and toothpaste,The dosage of stevia rebaudianum
sugar varies according to the difference of products.It
can be detemined through repeated research and
experiments so as to guarantee the quality,feeling
and taste of product.
Referred
Dosage of stevia Rebaudianum Sugar in Various
Products:
Variety
Substituted
Quantity of Cane Sugar
Strong
Points
Drinks
10-15%
(1)Improve taste、Reduce
sweet-tirdeness(2)Extend shelf life(3)Suitable
for sugar-avoiding persons。
(1)Clear
in taste。(2)Reduce sweet-tiredness(3)Extend shelf
life
Aquatic
Products
30-50%
(1)Prevent going bad
and moldy (2)Avoid loose appearances (3)Improve
taste and lower cost
Candied
Fruits
23-30%
Improve
taste and Lower cost。
Flavoring
20-30%
(1)Improve taste and
estend shelf life (2)Shorten salting time and
prevent dewatering (3)No brown stain
Salted
Products
20-40%
(1)Fattening
rate is zero(Cane sugar is 100%) (2)I mprove taste
and extend shelr life (3)Lower productive cost
Toothpaste
As
per actual needs
(1)Extend sweet taste
(2)Lower growth of bacte ria and reduce dentist
disease
Beer
10-40%
(1)Improve
taste (2)Enrich and whiten foam
Fruit
Liquor
50%
(1)Improve taste(2)
Reduce sweet-tiredness
Liquor
10-20%
Remove
the taste of hotness
Stevia
can be used as the flavor intensifier of the following
products:
1. Stevioside and Rebaudiana-A can be used in
ice cream and soft drinks.
2. Stevioside intensifies the sweetness of aspartame
and cylamate.
3. Stevioside and its salts can be used for the
ripening of fruits and vegetables.
4. Stevioside can be added to foods, beverages
or pharmaceutical products as an intensifying
agent of aromatic flavor.
5. Stevioside can be added to low-grade rice.
6. Stevioside can be used for the non-salt preservation
of foods.
7. Stevioside can be used to conceal the bitterness
of the fatty. Some of the non-food applications of stevioside
include:
1. It can be used in products of oral health,
for instance, application in toothpaste under
the stabilizing function of lecithin along with
the mixture of aspartame.
2. It is used in cosmetics, and Rebaudiana-A
is especially suitable for applications in such
aspects.
3. It is used in the industry of amylase.
4. It is used as the growth regulator and enhancer
of plants.