Stevia sugar is a new natural sweetener extracted from the leaves of stevia which belongs to Composite plants.
It is white or light yellow powder with properties of natural, good taste and odorless.
It has unique properties of high sweetness, low calorie and fresh taste. Its sweetness is 200-400 times sweeter than that of sucrose, but only 1/300 calorie of it.
ITEM | STANDARD |
AppearanceOdor | White fine powderCharacteristic |
Total Steviol Glucosides(% dry basis) | >=95 |
Rebaudioside A % | >=90 |
Loss on Drying (%) | =<4.00 |
Ash (%) | =<0.10 |
PH (1% solution) | 5.5-7.0 |
Specific Optical Rotation | -30º~-38º |
Specific Absorbance | =<0.05 |
Lead (ppm) | =<1 |
Arsenic(ppm) | =<1 |
Cadmium(ppm) | =<1 |
Mercury(ppm) | =<1 |
Total Plate Count(cfu/g) | =<1000 |
Coliform(cfu/g) | Negative |
Yeast&Mold(cfu/g) | Negative |
Salmonella(cfu/g) | Negative |
Staphylococcus(cfu/g) | Negative |