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Stevia leaf powder
Powdered stevia leaf is roughly 10 to 20 times sweeter than sugar, but is calorie-free and doesn’t impact blood glucose levels. To use in beverages or in cooking or baking, 2 tablespoons of stevia leaf powder is the approximate equivalent of 1 cup of sugar.
How to use green leaf stevia powder
Use to sweeten foods and beverages. The powdered extract may also be used in baking. Note that While the leaf is said to be provide up 15 times the sweetness of cane sugar, the extract, which contains up to 95% steviosides, can be as much as 300 times sweeter.
Powdered stevia powder is used in as an alternative to sugar in beverages, baked goods and other foods. Because it is several hundred times sweeter than regular sugar, only a small amount is needed.
Although stevia leaf is widely used around the world in the manufacture of sugar-free foods, beverages and candies, the US Food and Drug Administration does not currently approve of the use of the herb as an alternative sweetener or food additive. After more than a decade of debate regarding the established safety of stevia that involved lobbyists from the artificial sweetener and natural food industries, a compromise was reached to permit the use of refined stevia as a dietary supplement.