Stevia (otherwise - honey herb) is not without reason becoming more and more popular lately. After all, this is not only a worthy, but also a much more useful replacement for the usual and far from harmless sugar. Whenever a low-calorie, low-carb diet is required, this natural sweetener is simply irreplaceable. Of a wide range of sweeteners produced on the basis of honey grass, liquid stevia is a very convenient option to use.

A few words about the benefits of stevia

In addition to the phenomenal (30 times higher than sugar) sweetness, honey grass has many more useful and necessary substances for the human body. There are about fifty of them in total: these are vitamins, and trace elements, and minerals, and so on.

By replacing sugar with stevia, there is no need to deny yourself the much-loved taste of sweets. And, what is especially nice, you can also recharge your health. After all, sweeteners (liquid stevia extract, in particular) have the following very useful properties:

• they contain absolutely no calories;
• their glycemic index is zero;
• they improve carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism, lower blood glucose and blood pressure, remove cholesterol, and promote weight loss;
• restore the normal functioning of the liver, pancreas, gastrointestinal tract;
• increase immunity;
• have antifungal, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects.

The origins of unique sweetness

A group of substances called steviosides gives exceptional sweetness to the leaves of honey grass. These are diterpene glycosides with a common aglycone - steviol. These sweet substances are isolated from the plant by the extraction method and are 300 times ahead of sugar in terms of sweetness.

Release forms

In the products offered by our company, the liquid stevia extract is a stevioside with a steviol glycoside content of 95%, diluted with distilled water. It is bottled in glass bottles equipped with a pipette for ease of use, or in plastic bottles of 30 grams each. In order to sweeten a glass of any drink, liquid stevia will take a few drops - only 4-5 pieces. One bottle contains 730 drops of liquid sweetener.

There is a "basic" version - liquid stevia with a natural taste. It is perfect for baking, for sweetening yoghurts, curds and cereals. Moreover, it can be added to both hot and cold dishes and desserts.

Fruit lovers are offered liquid stevia with a variety of flavors: raspberries, strawberries, grapes, lemon. Fans of mint, vanilla or chocolate won't be left without a beneficial sweetener, either.

Latest reviews

• Stevioside SWEET "Crystal" 1 kg

  I ordered on this site for the first time.

  Within 20 minutes after ordering, the manager called me back, everything was agreed. Delivery of SDEK, after 4 days I received my parcel. So for the service and fast delivery to this site, definitely 10/10

  Now about stevioside itself.

  In general, I was satisfied with its quality and cost. It has a very economical consumption and a rather pleasant taste.

  I always try to make profitable purchases - optimal in terms of price and quality, and comparing manufacturers, I realized that "I am Stevia" is, if not the most profitable, then clearly one of the most optimal.

  Taste. I can't say that the bitter aftertaste is completely absent - it is, but it is not as intrusive as in the sweeteners that I have tried before, despite the fact that they cost many times more. This is if we talk about its pure taste.

  When cooking, this taste is less noticeable, and perhaps even those who do not know will not notice the difference between it and regular sugar. The closest thing to sugar, in my opinion, is the taste of erythritol, but its cost is completely different if we take into account the coefficient of sweetness.

  As for the sweetness 100 times higher than the sweetness of sugar, it is a moot point, but "Crystal" is really very sweet, and the consumption will be very economical.

  Summing up, I want to express my gratitude to the company "Ya Stevia" for a quality product and fast delivery, to the manager Svetlana for efficiency and courtesy. I have no complaints, I am satisfied with your work and product quality. Thank!

  Stevioside "Crystal"
• Rebaudioside A 97 20 gr. Replaces 8 kg. Sahara

Stevia herb is also called "honey grass" in another way. Both the leaves and the stems of the plant have a pronounced sweetness. A natural sweetener is prepared on the basis of stevia, given that the green mass is 300 times more sweet than ordinary sugar.

Under production conditions, a sugar substitute is prepared in the form of dried leaves powder, bleached granular Stevioside or liquid extract. To know exactly how much stevia to use instead of sugar in your usual recipes, we suggest you read the table.

Syrup and liquid extract can be prepared from both fresh leaves and dried raw materials.

Stevia is a very thermophilic perennial plant. It can be grown on your site in a seedling way. At the same time, for the winter, stevia must be dug up and determined in a cool place indoors. It is advisable to collect fresh herbs during the flowering period. At this time, foliage synthesizes with maximum power such sweet glycosides as stevioside and rebaudioside. Before use, stevia is washed, dried on napkins, and then cut in any way.

If it is not possible to grow stevia on your own, then dried raw materials can also be used to prepare a natural sweetener. Dried stevia herb or stevia powder can be purchased at drugstore chains or herbal stores.

Preparing stevia liquid extract

On vodka

The most popular is the method for preparing stevia extract using ethyl alcohol. This is due to the fact that alcohol draws sweetness from the leaves better than water, and the finished product can be stored longer.

To prepare the extract, take one liter of vodka and herbs. If fresh grass is used, then it will need one bunch, weighing about 300 grams. The dried product for a given volume of liquid requires 150 grams.

Place stevia in a clean glass container and fill it with vodka. To make the herb evenly distributed in the liquid, shake the jar several times. From above, the container is tightly closed with a lid and removed to a dark place for two days. Exceeding the infusion time can make the extract bitter. After the allotted time, the infusion is filtered through several layers of gauze.

It remains to get rid of alcohol. For this, the finished extract is poured into a saucepan and heated over a minimum heat for a quarter of an hour. An important condition: the mass should not boil!

During the "evaporation" procedure, the extract may slightly discolor and thicken. Precipitation is also quite normal. Before filling the liquid into bottles, filter it again.

Store the finished product in the refrigerator for six months.

On the water

This option is less popular, but it also has a right to exist. You can also use dry herb or shredded fresh leaves to prepare the water extract.

For 1 liter of liquid, you need 100 grams of dry leaves or 250 grams of fresh stevia. Raw materials are poured with boiling water, loosely covered with a lid and left to infuse at room temperature for 24 hours.

The finished extract is filtered and poured into clean storage containers. Such an extract is stored for a relatively short time. You need to use it within 10 days.

Halle Cottis in his video shows in detail how to make your own liquid stevia extract

How to make stevia syrup

The syrup, in comparison with the liquid extract, can be stored for as long as possible - up to 1.5 years. This does not require special conditions: even at room temperature, stevia syrup retains all its properties.

Any liquid extract is used to prepare the syrup. It does not matter in what way the glycosides were extracted, alcoholic or aqueous.

The sweet extract is poured into an enamel pot and placed over low heat. The main goal: to evaporate the liquid without letting it boil. For this, the container with food must be constantly monitored. The total evaporation time is 4 to 6 hours. As soon as the syrup begins to flow smoothly from the spoon in a thin stream, the fire is turned off, and the finished product is packaged in bottles.

There are several stages that we all go through, trying to give up sweets, when we realize all the destructive consequences of carbohydrates in excess - or when we just come to the understanding that any rational diet is based on limiting sugars, and even more so concentrated and refined.

At first it seems like a good idea is to replace sugar with fructose. (in fact - terrible, see under the tag "harm to fructose").
Then one gets the impression that there is a whole spectrum of natural syrups and nectars more useful than sugar - agave, Jerusalem artichoke, maple syrup. A little later it becomes clear that these liquid sweeteners are also, in fact, "fructose" and, therefore, among other things, put a heavy load on the liver and continue to feed sugar addiction - in any case, these are concentrated sugars ...

Then, at some point, we all learn about the wonderful non-carbohydrate sweetener, the herb stevia.

It turns out that stevia has its own light flavor, but it has no carbohydrates at all. (and in addition, it has a certain suppressive effect on the fungi of the genus Candida, and the growth of this culture is provided most of all by carbohydrates - flour and sugar-containing ones. And on the other hand, the more this culture grows in the tissues of the body, the more we feel the need for sweet).

So, the natural and carbohydrate-free option available in stores is one: stevia. But it turns out that this knowledge is still not enough, and just about the nuances of the production of sweeteners from stevia I want to say a few words.

Stevia is now sold in most stores, and even more so in health food stores - in the form of crushed leaves, a white powder extract or the same powder in tablets, or in the form of a liquid tincture.
Some manufacturers are disingenuous: the cover says "natural stevia" - but on the back you can also find heavily processed ingredients such as maltodextrin (a sugar that softens the taste of the extract and prevents the powders from clumping). The white stevia powder itself is a complex product, and in addition, it is bleached using chemicals.

The most convenient is the liquid extract: it is sweeter than the leaves (more concentrated), and it is convenient to use in baked goods and drinks, for other needs. But we honestly do not know how it is produced in the purchased version - the shelf life is so long that it raises questions.

For that, we know how easy and simple it is to make a similar one at home!

So, Stevia Liquid Extract:

1) dry the stevia leaves in the oven or dehydrator (or use dried commercial raw materials)
2) it is advisable to use a jar with a tight lid, with a volume of 250-300 ml: fill it with leaves, fill it with good vodka
3) withstand a day, decant the leaves
4) evaporate alcohol by heating: 20-30 minutes over low heat, not boiling
5) it is more convenient to pour the infusion into a bottle with a pipette - and you can store it in the refrigerator for up to three months

PS If you don't have stevia at hand and you have to choose between honey and different types of sugar, you probably want to try using coconut palm sugar - its processing is reduced to the evaporation of the juice of coconut trees. They write that this sugar is rich in amino acids, and it contains 30 times more phosphorus, 20 times more potassium, magnesium and iron, 10 times more zinc than brown sugar.

However, similar numbers can often be found in relation to honey, Jerusalem artichoke syrup, maple syrup, agave nectar ... insignificant.


Stevia is made from the medicinal plant of the same name, which has numerous health benefits and is considered the sweetest herb in the world. It contains a unique molecular component called stevioside, which gives the plant an extraordinary sweetness.

Also, stevia is popularly called honey herb. All this time, the medicinal herb has been used to normalize blood glucose levels and prevent diabetes. Today, stevia has gained not only popularity, but also widespread use in the food industry.

Features of the sweetener Stevia

Stevia is fifteen times sweeter than regular refined sugar, and the extract itself, which contains stevioside, can be 100-300 times sweeter than the level of sweetness. This feature is used by science in order to create a natural sweetener.

However, this is not the only thing that makes the natural sweetener ideal for diabetics. Most sweeteners made from natural and synthetic ingredients have significant disadvantages.

• The main disadvantage of many sweeteners is the high calorie content of the product, which is harmful to health. Stevia, having stevioside in its composition, is considered a non-nutritive sugar substitute.
• Many low calorie synthetic sweeteners have an uncomfortable characteristic. By altering blood sugar metabolism, a significant increase in body weight occurs. The natural substitute Stevia does not have such disadvantages, unlike its counterparts. Studies have shown that stevioside does not affect glucose metabolism, but even, on the contrary, reduces human blood sugar levels.

The sweetener in some cases has a pronounced taste of watering cans. However, today there are sweeteners that use stevioside extract.

Stevioside is tasteless, widely used in the food industry, is available as a food supplement and is referred to as E960. You can buy a similar sweetener in the form of small brown tablets at the pharmacy.

The benefits and harms of Stevia sweetener

The natural substitute Stevia is widely used today in most countries and has excellent reviews. The sweetener has gained especially wide popularity in Japan, where Stevia has been used for more than thirty years, and during all this time, no side effects have been identified. Scientists in a sunny country have proven that sugar substitutes are not harmful to human health. At the same time, Stevia is used here not only as an additive to food, but is also added instead of sugar to diet drinks.

Meanwhile, in such countries, the US, Canada and the EU do not officially recognize the sweetener as a sweetener. Here Stevia is sold as dietary supplements. The sweetener is not used in the food industry, although it is not harmful to human health. The main reason for this is the lack of research that confirms the safety of Stevia as a natural sweetener. At the same time, these countries are primarily interested in the sale of synthetic low-calorie substitutes, around which, despite the proven harm of these products, a lot of money is spinning.

The Japanese, in turn, have proven with their studies that Stevia does not harm human health. Experts say that today there are few sweeteners with such low toxicity rates. Stevioside extract has been extensively tested for toxicity, and all studies have shown no adverse effects on the body. As the reviews show, the drug does not harm the digestive system, does not increase body weight, does not change cells and chromosomes.

Stevioside has antibacterial functions, therefore it can be used in the treatment of small wounds in the form of burns, scratches and bruises. It promotes rapid wound healing, rapid blood clotting, and infection. Often, stevioside extract is used in the treatment of acne, fungal infections. For babies, stevioside helps to get rid of pain when their first teeth erupt, which is confirmed by numerous reviews.

Stevia is used to prevent colds, strengthens the immune system, and is an excellent tool for treating sick teeth. The stevioside extract is used to prepare the Stevia tincture, which is mixed with an antiseptic decoction of calendula and horseradish tincture in accordance with 1 to 1. The resulting drug is rinsed in the mouth to relieve pain and possible suppuration.

Also, Stevia, in addition to stevioside extract, contains useful minerals, antioxidants, vitamins A, E and C, essential oils.

With prolonged use of dietary supplements, vitamin complexes, significant consumption of fruits and vegetables, hypervitaminosis or an excess of vitamins in the body may occur. If a rash has formed on the skin, peeling has begun, it is necessary to consult a doctor.

Sometimes Stevia may not be tolerated by some people due to the individual characteristics of the body. Including the sweetener is not recommended during pregnancy and breastfeeding. And yet, there is simply the most real and natural, which is considered the best sugar substitute.

Healthy people do not need to use Stevia as a staple food supplement. Due to the abundance of sweets in the body, insulin is released. If this state is maintained constantly, the sensitivity to the increase in sugar in the body may decrease. The main thing in this case is to adhere to the norm and not overdo it with a sweetener.

Uses of Stevia in Food

The natural sweetener has received positive reviews and is widely used in fruit drinks and salads, where you want to sweeten the taste. Stevia is added to jam instead of sugar, and is used in baked goods for baking.

In some cases, stevioside can taste bitter. This is primarily due to the excess Stevia added to the product. To get rid of the bitter taste, use less sweetener in your meals. Also, some types of stevia plant have a bitter taste.

To reduce body weight, beverages are used with the addition of stevioside extract, which are drunk on the eve of lunch and dinner in order to reduce appetite and eat less food. Also, drinks with a sweetener can be consumed after meals, half an hour after meals.

When losing weight, many use the following recipe. In the morning, it is necessary to drink a portion of mate tea with the addition of Stevia on an empty stomach, after which you cannot eat for about four hours. During lunch and dinner, it is necessary to eat exceptionally healthy and natural food without flavors, preservatives and white flour.

Stevia and diabetes

Ten years ago, the sweetener Stevia was recognized as safe for human health and the health care system approved the use of the sweetener in food. Also, stevioside extract has been recommended as a sugar substitute for people with type 2 diabetes. Including the sweetener is very useful for hypertensive patients.

Studies have shown that Stevia improves the effects of insulin, affects the metabolism of lipids and carbohydrates. In this regard, the sweetener is an excellent sugar replacement option for diabetics, like.

When using Stevia, it is important to ensure that the product you purchase is sugar or fructose free. It is necessary to use bread units to accurately calculate the required dose of sweet. It must be remembered that even a natural sugar substitute, if overused and misused, can harm human health and increase blood glucose levels.

Purchase of sweetener

You can buy a natural Stevia substitute today at any pharmacy or online store. The sweetener is sold as a stevioside extract in powder, liquid, or dried leaves of a medicinal plant.

White powder is added to tea and other types of liquids. However, some drawback is long dissolution in water, so you need to constantly stir the drink.


Stevia ("honey herb") is a rare sweetener that you can safely replace sugar with if you decide to lose weight or just lead a healthy lifestyle.

Stevia has zero calories and a very low glycemic index (a measure of the effect on blood glucose levels).

Stevia is not only safe (confirmed by the World Health Organization in 2006), but also beneficial.


Stevia slows down the aging process in cells, has an antiseptic and antifungal effect on the body, normalizes the functioning of the nervous, cardiovascular and digestive systems.

NOW has 6 varieties of Stevia. They differ in form of release, additional ingredients and, of course, price. In brackets, I indicated the price based on 30 servings.

LIQUID ON GLYCERINE

60 ml - 375 servings - $ 6.06 (0.48)
237 ml - 1,481 servings - $ 17.54 (0.36)


PACKED ON MALTODEXTRIN

Externally, this option can be distinguished by the beige / yellow-orange box design.

45 sachets / serving - $ 3.23 (2.15)
75 French Vanilla Sachets / Serving - $ 6.74 (2.70)
100 sachets / serving - $ 6.06 (1.82)

What can be confusing about glycerin, alcohol, maltodextrin? For a healthy person, these components are not dangerous.

But for patients with diabetes - theoretically they can. Since they have a high glycemic index. But the amount of these substances in a portion is so negligible that - it seems to me - their presence can be safely neglected.

This idea is confirmed by the fact that Ayherb has special dietary supplements for diabetics, where glycerin and maltodextrin, as in stevia, are additional ingredients of the preparations. But if you don't like their presence, check out the other three stevia options.


PACKED ON INULIN

The boxes with this stevia are decorated in a turquoise / blue design

35 sachets / serving - $ 3.23 (2.77)
75 sachets / serving - $ 6.06 (2.42)
100 sachets / portion (interesting variety with chromium and inulin in the composition - Better Stevia balance) -$ 7.41 (2.22)

POWDER IN A JAR

28 g - 622 servings - $ 6.06 (0.29)
113 g - 2,511 servings - $ 20.24 (0.24)
454g - 10,088 servings - $ 68.39 (0.20)

This is the purest (contains no other ingredients) and most economical stevia.




STEVIA IN TABLETS

SO THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION WHICH STEVIA IS THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS SHOULD SOUND SO:

1st place (most profitable) - powdered stevia in a jar. The larger the jar, the more profitable.

2nd place - liquid stevia (alcohol is cheaper than glycerin).

3rd place - stevia tablets.

4th place - packaged stevia.

WHICH STEVIA IS THE MOST CONVENIENT TO USE?

My favorite is Liquid Stevia. Before use, the bottle must be shaken and - by pressing on the soft plastic walls -squeeze out a few drops... It is the liquid version that is most convenient to take on the road. Because the bags - which seem to be meant for travel - are too much stevia for me at one time. Half of it remains, the edge of the bag has to be wrapped and make sure that the powder does not spill out of it. In addition, it is liquid stevia that is more convenient to add to cold food - it dissolves best.

WHAT IS THE MOST TASTY STEVIA?

It is clear that the question of taste is an individual question. All options seem to me to be about the same. In any case, stevia will take some getting used to at first. At first, its sweetness may seem as if separated from the taste of the drink itself.

Just in case, let me remind you that the benefits of fructose, honey, cane sugar and other supposedly safe alternatives to sugar are really nothing more than a myth.

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