Q. Do stevia sweeteners offer any special advantage because they are natural? A. Keep in mind that “natural” on food labels has no legal definition; in fact, Stevia sweeteners are highly purified ...

A relatively easy-to-grow herb, it’s native to South America, and is sometimes called candyleaf or sugarleaf. It doesn’t contain sugar, but the leaves are incredibly sweet anyway, and calorie-free.

Just when you thought life couldn’t get any sweeter (yeah, right!), along comes a newly FDA-approved artificial sugar substitute called stevia. Made from the leaves of a South American shrub and ...

“Zero calories and 100% natural... new Splenda Stevia, made from the leaves of the stevia plant,” the voiceover begins his pitch. The woman hearing it in her modern kitchen takes it all in and ...

TORONTO, April 3, 2013 /CNW/ - Pure Via™ sweeteners, made from the pure extract of the stevia plant, arrive in Canada this spring. Pure Via's great tasting sweeteners are naturally sourced ...

Stevia. On paper, switching to a plant-based sweetener that’s 200 times sweeter than sugar with zero calories seems like an absolute no-brainer. But what actually is stevia? How does it stack up ...