Stevia Extract

Question: How many calories are in stevia extract? The NuNaturals pure liquid alcohol free stevia. It is based in vegetable glycerine. How many calories and/or carbs are in a 2 fl. oz. (59 ml) bottle?

Answer: 0 (zero, none)

Question: How to extract leaves of stevia rebaudiana to turn it into liquid? Can someone please help us on how to get the extract of stevia rebaudiana. And also if possible. what machine can help us measure the stevioside content of stevia. FOR THOSE WHO WILL ANSWER, PLS INCLUDE YOUR LAST NAME, the chosen best answer will be our basis for our research so you will be one of our TRUSTED source :D we really appreciate your answers :) Thanks

Answer: Methods for water-based extract and ethanol-based extract: http://www.ehow.com/how_5999232_refine-stevia.html For quantitative analysis of stevioside content High-performance liquid chromatography is routinely used. Another method is infrared reflectance spectroscopy. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/113319821/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Question: what is the industrial process for making white powder extract from stevia? can anyone tell me how the white powder extract is obtained from stevia leaf or where can i find information on the same ?? what would be the industrial requirements and approximately how much is it to cost??? I don't think it is a patented process as there are so many people making the powder....

Answer: Stevia has a natural sweetener - much more sweet then Sugars, and it can be consumed by a diabetic persons. It is a water soluble compound. It can be extracted in water or Ethyl alcohol, bleached with activated carbon and then dehydrated using vacuum evaporation of the solvent. cost part depends on scale of operation. It has very large effect on cost of production - as I know it from my experience of working in a chemical industry.

Question: Is there a big difference in the quality of Stevia Powder Extract? I've read lots about using Stevia and how good it is, with a minor after taste, but I bought some and there is a really strong after taste. Did other people just understate it, or is there a difference in quality depending on where you get it?

Answer: 200-300 times sweeter than sugar. Stevia Powder has a slight licorice-like flavor that most of us with a sweet tooth, and all the children we have ever met, love. For some people who only like the taste of real sugar it may take a little getting used to, but it has such important medicinal value that it is well worth learning to love.Working with the white Stevia Powder (extract) is difficult, so we usually recommend creating a liquid concentrate from the white powder. We call this concentrate our Stevia Working Solution. To make it, dissolve 1 tsp. white stevia powder into 3 Tbsp. filtered water. The white powder may stick to the spoon but will soon dissolve. Pour this concentrate into a small bottle with a dropper top and refrigerate it to increase its shelf life.

Question: Where can I buy Greenlite Stevia Powdered Extract in PJ/KL area? I've checked Jusco in Midvalley and Sunway. I also looked at Cold Storage in KLCC and Ikano. I was looking for it beside ordinary sugar and the alternative sweeteners such as PalSweet and Equal but I couldn't find it. I found the tablet version in Aeon Wellness in Sunway but that has additives. I'm looking for the concentrated version. By the way, any brand will do as long as it's the concentrated product.

Answer: I think at midvalley had it but don't know about you

Question: What is your opinion on the plant extract "stevia"? Do you think it's unhealthy, yucky, tasty, what?

Answer: I tasted it once and I think it's disgusting. But I like sugar so no artificial or semi-articficial sweetener taste good to me. The Stevia was horrid though.

Question: how do you get the extract from stevia leaves and make it in powder form?

Answer: extract it with an appropriate solvent. it could be water, alcohol, or maybe hexane. this depends on the solubility of the substance your after. then you could freeze dry it to remove the solvent and all your left is the powder form.

Question: In what form do you buy Stevia (powder, drops, extract, leaves...)? What would you recommend?

Answer: We all have our preferences. Personally, I prefer to use a drop in a twenty ounce protein shake. It is powerfully sweet. My sister prefers the powder but she has a sweeter sweet tooth than I do. And Shaman - Stevia is legal. Incedible sweet and inexpensive. The sugar industry and Monsanto, the chemical company that brought us aspartame tried to keep it banned, but happily those days are long gone.

Question: Is Stevia Sweetener with lactose really calorie-free? I recently bought Trader Joe's Stevia Extract which claims to be calorie free. But after checking the label the other ingredient is lactose which has about 6 calories per teaspoon (not mentioned on label) . Is this a false claim from Trader Joe's? Shouldn't they say HALF the calories of sugar and not calorie FREE?

Answer: There are more and more companies coming out who are processing Stevia. Therefore one brand will probably differ from the next. Stevia itself is a plant and true Stevia is free of calories. Read this article for more info...

Question: Wondering if all of the following ingredients are okay for dogs to consume: Boron, Stevia leaf extract,? vanadium sulfate, vegetarian source of glucosamine hydrochloride, L-Carnitine, Iodine, Molybdenium, Chloride, Chromium, Manganese gluconate, selenium, copper, cholecalciferol, magnesium hydroxide, zinc gluconate, potassium chloride, potassium iodide, iron gluconate, calcium carbonate/orotate, omegas 3, 6 and 9, glycerin, xylitol, inulin, flax oil,natural vanilla flavors, cellulose and montmorillonite.

Answer: Boron is good for animals and specially dogs although the effect is not clear yet , but it is known to be an anti-biotic . and small amounts of it is healthy . Stevia leaf extract is a dietry supplement . it is sugary without having any calories .

Question: Can anyone find the link to FDA Stevia statute or regulation from September 18 1995? In that date the FDA revised its import alert from 1991 to allow Stevia and its extracts to be imported as a food supplement but not as a sweetener. I ploughed the whole net and couldn't find the said above. The FDA statute or regulation must be original!

Answer: Yes. It's called the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994. It seeks to ban stevia. Google.com has several hits when you enter the name of the act as I have it above. Good luck.

Question: How can I make vanilla extract without alcohol or glycerine? I am on a very strict allergy cleanse/candida diet and want to make vanilla extract. I can't use any form of alcohol, glycerin, or any sugary substance. I'm not opposed to the concoction sitting in the fridge if it needs to keep there. Thanks for the help! Allowed ingredients: *distilled water *stevia or Truvia, etc. *any nut milks *unprocessed vanilla beans *olive oil

Answer: If I were you, I would use and buy vanilla beans as needed. They are really easy to work with and there is no need to make vanilla extract. They can be used in ANY recipe calling for vanilla extract. Simply steep the beans. Do this buy heating whatever liquid the recipe calls for, drop a vanilla bean into the liquid, simmer for a minute, pull it off the heat and let it steep for about 5 minutes and strain the liquid. If the recipe calls for cold liquid, then simply cool the liquid before you use it. You also want to cut the bean in half length wise before steep it. You can scrape the seeds out with the dull side of knife and add both the bean and the seeds to the liquid to steep. The seeds is where all the flavor is. Here is a video that shows you how to scrape a vanilla bean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bICPn7Ifrh8&feature=related Another option to vanilla extract is to buy vanilla bean paste, which is just the inside of a scrapped vanilla bean. You can purchase this at specialty food shops or online. Just add the paste to whatever it is you are making instead of vanilla extract. http://www.amazon.com/LorAnn-Oils-Natural-Madagascar-Vanilla/dp/B000MS69WS

Question: Where can i buy stevia in canada? shoppers? or any other local store? stevia extract in windsor ontario any local store??? its a natural sweetner

Answer: i got a bottle of stevia from a store in toronto ontario (at dufferin mall) - the store was GNC ... it's a health food/vitamin store. it was like $10 or so.

Question: Help me understand stevia? I don't understand all the different types I see, and I don't know which one to buy. There is: stevia leaf powder stevia extract stevia extract powder stevia concentrate liquid stevia stevioside I would like a pure, unadulterated, undiluted stevia that I can bake and cook with. What are the differences in these varieties?

Answer: For baking and cooking you want the stevioside. It comes in powdered form and is the most concentrated and purest form. Extracts will not be as strong because of impurities during the extraction that come along with it. The stevioside is ONLY the pure stevia molecules w/no added fillers or liquids.

Question: Weird stevia aftertaste? We recently bought some stevia for the first time, and found it to have a really bizarre, artificial aftertaste, kind of numbing, a bit like alchohol. It was 100% stevia extract, and we'd never seen anyone mention that type of aftertaste before, so we're a bit confused. Is it the brand, or is that just how it tastes to some people?

Answer: As a sweetener and sugar substitute, stevia's taste has a slower onset and longer duration than that of sugar, although some of its extracts may have a bitter or licorice-like aftertaste at high concentrations.

Question: Can confectioner sugar be substituted for normal sugar in cooking.? I Was making Griddlecake(Pancake) batter; I had no sugar, so I ended up using stevia extract to sweeten instead. Yes or no and why please. Thanks! m k , your right, it was only 3 tablespoons for a recipe making 12-18 griddlecakes And m k, although the general consensus seems to bee against you on the substitution thing, thanks for the sugar-stevia measures.

Answer: Confectioner sugar cannot be used as a direct substitute for (measure for measure) normal sugar. Not only is the former powdered which changes the physical measurement, it is cut with cornstarch to help prevent clumping. Cornstarch is a thickening agent in cooking and will affect the texture of your recipe.