Sweeteners

About Stevia

Meet the stevia plant. The proud parent of our natural* sweetener. People have been sweetening foods and beverages with stevia leaves for hundreds of years. Stevia is a plant (specifically, a member of the chrysanthemum family) native to portions of northeastern Paraguay. The taste comes from natural ingredients from the leaves called steviol glycosides. Truvia® stevia leaf extract is comprised of the best tasting steviol glycosides.

Making Truvia® stevia leaf extract:

Making Truvia Stevia Leaf Extract

Glossary of Terms

Term	Description
Stevia	General term used to refer to the plant and commercially to food uses of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni (botanical name)
Steviol glycosides	Sweet tasting components in leaves of the stevia plant The leaf contains at least 10 unique steviol glycosides including rebaudioside A, stevioside, rebaudioside C
Rebaudioside A	Predominant steviol glycoside Also referred to as ‘RA.’ ‘reb A,’ or ‘rebiana’; also used on food labels in the US Purified from the leaf, it provides a clean, sweet taste
Stevia leaf extract	Refers to compounds isolated (extracted) from stevia Name for purified stevia extract that appears on ingredient labels in the US
Truvia®	Brand name of leading sweetener derived from stevia

* FDA has not defined natural. Contact Cargill for source and processing information.