How has stevia been used in food applications?
First, as a prepackaged replacement for sugar and artificial sweeteners. Second, it has been used in various food products, including the Japanese sugar-free versions of Wrigley’s gums, Beatrice Foods yogurts and even diet Coke. It has also been used in Japanese style pickles, dried seafoods, fish meat products, vegetables and seafoods boiled down with soy sauce, confectioneries and a host of other products.
First, as a prepackaged replacement for sugar and artificial sweeteners. Second, it has been used in various food products, including the Japanese sugar-free versions of Wrigley’s gums, Beatrice Foods yogurts and even diet Coke. It has also been used in Japanese style pickles, dried seafood, fish meat products, vegetables and seafood boiled down with soy sauce, confectioneries and a host of other products. Whether it will reach into food applications such as these in the U.S. market will depend largely on the FDA’s regulatory position and health industry efforts to re-classify stevia as a GRAS (generally recognized as safe) substance.
First, as a prepackaged replacement for sugar and artificial sweeteners in countries outside the USA. Second, it has been used in various food products, including the Japanese sugar-free versions of Wrigley’s gums, Beatrice Foods yogurts and even diet Coke. It has also been used in Japanese style pickles, dried seafood, fish, meat products, vegetables and seafood boiled down with soy sauce, confectioneries and a host of other products. Whether it will reach into food applications such as these in the U.S. market will depend largely on the FDA’s regulatory position and health industry efforts to re-classify stevia as a GRAS (generally recognized as safe) substance.
