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Stevia is a sweetener and sugar substitute extracted from the leaves of the plant species Stevia rebaudiana.

The active compounds of stevia are steviol glycosides which have up to 150 times the sweetness of sugar, are heat-stable, pH-stable, and not fermentable.

stevia glycoside extracts are generally recognized as safeand allowed as ingredients in food products
stevia has been widely used as a sweetener for decades