Stevioside Industrial Grade

Stevioside is a natural, calorie-free sweetener obtained from the leaves of the plant stevia rebaudiana bertoni. it is a steviol glycoside in which steviol’s carboxyl and hydroxyl hydrogen atom is replaced with glu- cose; it has two linked glucose molecules at the hydroxyl site. it is the major steviol glycoside found in the stevia plant and is 250–300 times sweeter than sugar. it is heat and ph stable. it has been associ- ated with a bitter and licorice taste. see steviol glycoside.

White to light yellow crystalline powder. Melting point 198 ℃. 1g the materials can be dissolved in 800ml water, slightly soluble in ethanol. This optical rotation [α] 20/D is-39.3 ° (C = 5.7, H2O). It quickly drains wet in the air. High temperature, acidic and alkaline solution is relatively stable.