Stevia is a sweetener used as a substitute for sugar. It is extracted from the leaves of the plant Stevia rebaudiana and can be purchased as a powder or liquid form. Since 2008 Stevia has been finding its way into drinks as replacement for other sweeteners, and to help lower sugar levels....
stevia sweetenersteviol glycosidesoft drinkLC-TOFMSprincipal-component analysisThe aim of this study was to develop a comprehensive analytical method for the characterisation of stevia sweeteners in soft drinks. By using LC and time-of-flight MS, we detected 30 steviol glycosides from nine stevia ...
Conventional soft drinks contain 90 percent water, while diet soft drinks may contain up to 99% water. Drinking water includes trace amounts of various ions which alter its taste. Soft drinks manufacturers usually use softened water to prevent off-tastes from chlorine residues [12]. The most fr...
"Sunlight is a hazard as it can cause cancer, but the risk depends on the amount of sunlight and whether we use protection. Likewise, even if aspartame causes cancer at very high amounts, there is no risk when consuming it at the amounts that are permitted in foods," he said. Alternat...
“To counter declining sales of traditional carbonated soft drinks, producers have expanded low- and zero-calorie offerings often sweetened with supposed non-nutritive sweeteners like aspartame, sucralose or stevia,” she explains. “Additionally, some companies have shifted their focus toward non-carbona...