Stevia is a natural sweetener and sugar substitute derived from the leaves of the plant species Stevia Rebaudiana, a native to Brazil and Paraguay. It is now even grown in Japan and China. The active compounds in this product are steviol glycosides (mainly stevioside and rebaudioside), which have 30 to 150 times the sweetness of sugar. They are heat-stable, pH-stable and not fermentable. The body does not metabolize the glycosides...Continue Reading