| If you are looking for a sugar substitute without all the | | | | sugar. Different brands will have different tastes. |
| dangers of aspartame, than 'stevia' may be your | | | | The FDA banned the importation of stevia as a food |
| answer. | | | | sweetener in 1991 and therefore it could only be sold |
| Stevia is usually in a powder that comes from the leaf | | | | as a "nutritional supplement". It was rumored that a big |
| of the plant which is native to South America. It is | | | | soft drink company did not want stevia on the market |
| commonly known as sweetleaf, sugarleaf or simply | | | | because it would take a cut into the sales of |
| stevia. It has been used for hundreds of years as an | | | | aspartame and the company had somehow |
| alternative sweetener. It is sweeter than sugar and | | | | convinced the FDA to ban stevia. |
| has a slower onset and longer duration than that of | | | | |