Significant growth of Stevia export in Jining, Shandong Province
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Last Update: 2012-07-03
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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From January to May this year, Shandong Jining inspection and Quarantine Bureau exported 32500 kg of Stevia with a value of US $1.51 million, mainly to European Union, the United States, Brazil and other countries and regions It is understood that Stevia is a new natural sweetener extracted from the wild herb stevia, which originated in Paraguay Its sweetness is 200 to 300 times that of sucrose, and its heat is only one third of that of sucrose At present, the safety of Stevia has been confirmed by the Joint Committee of food additive experts (JECFA) of FAO and who The European Commission announced on November 14, 2011 that it would allow the use of Stevia as a sweetener within the European Union Stevia is increasingly favored by international consumers, and China has become the world's major producer and exporter of Stevia.
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