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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae — the sweet herb stevia.

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Examples

  • Four brands with stevia -- PureVia, Stevia Extract in the Raw, SweetLeaf and Truvia -- tasted bitter, medicinal or astringent in coffee, lemonade, or both.

    Sugar substitutes cut calories, but they're not ideal 2010

  • Year-to-date, total revenue was $7.0 million compared to $12.8 million, including $5.4 in stevia extract sales and $1.8 million in natural medicines as compared to $7.7 million in Stevia sales and $5.1 million in natural medicines in the same period of the prior fiscal year.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

  • Year-to-date, total revenue was $7.0 million compared to $12.8 million, including $5.4 in stevia extract sales and $1.8 million in natural medicines as compared to $7.7 million in Stevia sales and $5.1 million in natural medicines in the same period of the prior fiscal year.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

  • * stevia - a general article about Stevia - 500 words

    Digital Point Forums 2009

  • Stevia is a natural sweetener that is much sweeter than sugar.

    Celestial Seasonings Changes Packaging Over Stevia Content 2007

  • Stevia is a small perennial plant native to Central and South America that is sweet, much sweeter than sugar (some extracts are up to 300 times the sweetness of sugar) yet it has little or no effect on blood glucose, therefore it has drawn a lot of attention as a natural sweetener for diabetics and others on carbohydrate sensitive diets whose other alternative sweeteners are Splenda or Nutrasweet – both chemical sweeteners.

    35 posts from April 2007 2007

  • Stevia is a natural sweetener that is much sweeter than sugar.

    21 posts from September 2007 2007

  • NPD's Dieting Monitor, which continually examines top-of-mind dieting and nutrition-related issues facing consumers, began tracking consumer attitudes about Stevia, which is sold under a number of trade names including PureVia and Truvia, in August 2009.

    PRWeb - Daily News Feed 2010

  • This particular brand that SweetLeaf and Stevia Supreme by Stevita is called Stevia rebaudiana.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2010

  • This particular brand that SweetLeaf and Stevia Supreme by Stevita is called Stevia rebaudiana.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2010

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