Stevioside, CAS# 57817-89-7, is a sugar substitute manufactured through extraction and isolation from stevia plants, available as White fine powder. Stevioside is widely used as sweetener as it has up to 300 times the sweetness of sugar. It is widely accepted as safe food additive in many countries with E number E960.
No side effects of stevioside reported.
Ingestion of Stevioside in large quantity may hurt our health, please follow the guideline of using Stevioside: ADI 0-4 mg/kg bw
Special groups refer to newborns, children, pregnant and any other applicable vulnerable groups.
There is no evidence that Stevioside could have any negative effects on these vulnerable groups. It should be safe to use Stevioside in food for newborns and pregnant. However, we still recommend consumers to consult professionals before using large quantity of Stevioside for long period in food for newborns or pregnant.
Generally recognized as safe(GRAS) is a FDA designation that a specific substance or ingredient is generally considered safe by experts, and so is exempted from the usual Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) food additive tolerance requirements. Stevioside is considered safe by FDA according to existing data and granted GRAS status.
No breaking news or public health crises reported about Stevioside reported up to now.
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Author: Brahmachari G, Mandal LC, Roy R, Mondal S, Brahmachari AK.
2. Long-term feeding effects of stevioside sweetener on some toxicological parameters of growing male rats.[J Toxicol。2011年7月)
Author: Awney HA, Massoud MI, El-Maghrabi S.
3. Daily intake assessment of saccharin, stevioside, D-sorbitol and aspartame from various processed foods in Korea.[Food Addit Contam. 2005 Nov]
Author: Chung MS, Suh HJ, Yoo W, Choi SH, Cho YJ, Cho YH, Kim CJ.
