Stevia Sweetener Line for Caloric Reduction

MARKOVCI, SloveniaA line of natural stevia-based sweeteners, from Vitiva, launched its stevia line, provides maximum sweetness with minimum bitterness in finished products. The SweetnVit line has a pleasant taste profile and can be used as a solo sweetener; in combination with bulk natural sweeteners such as erythritol or maltitol; or in combination with sucrose to offer optimal taste and mouthfeel.

All SweetnVit products are extracted from leaves Stevia rebaudiana bertoni. This product range is standardized with a minimum of 95% steviol glycosides, in compliance with European Commisson (EC) legislation on food additives and has GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status in United States. The products are of all-natural origin with zero calories, zero carbohydrates and inducing no glycaemic response.

In an effect to reduce caloric intake, the company projects that the demand for products with reduced or replaced sugar to be reflected across all food applications, from soft drinks to dairy, as well as table-top sweeteners, while reducing the use of artificial sweeteners such as aspartame and sucralose. Vitiva also offers customized natural sweetener systems which make use of the synergies to be found by combining different sources of natural intense and bulk sweeteners.