Food additives data book - wordpres

OTHER COUNTRIES:
Permitted for use in Brazil and Paraguay
Brazil’s Health Ministry approved its use in diet drinks in November 1988
Regulatory Status: ADI level as of 1990 for use in soft drinks
–Argentina Not permitted
– Brazil 750 mg/l
– Israel Not permitted
–Kenya Not permitted
–Mexico Not permitted
– Saudi Arabia Not permitted
– South Africa Not permitted
REFERENCES: Smith, J. (1991) Food Additive User’s Handbook. Blackie Publishing, Glasgow.
Mitchell, A. J. (1990) Formulation and Production of Carbonated Soft Drinks. Blackie Publishing.
New and Novel Foods, p. 486.
Matz, S. A. (1992) Bakery Technology and Engineering. 3rd edition. Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Food Chemistry. 2nd edition. (1985) Marcel Dekker Inc.
Hicks, D. (1989) Production and Packaging of Non-Carbonated Fruit Juices and Fruit Beverages.
Blackie Publishing, Glasgow.
Smoley, C. K. (1993) Everything Added to Food in the United States. US Food and Drug
Administration, CRC Press Inc.
Wong, D. W. S. (1989) Mechanism and Theory in Food Chemistry. Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Budavari, S. (1996) The Merck Index. 12th edition. Merck and Co.
ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION: Discovered in 1905. Structurally related to glycyrrhizic acid. One of the only sweeteners extracted and
refined from plant sources without chemical or enzymic modification; the others are sucrose and
thaumatin.
Sweet diterpene glycosides extracted from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, which is a
variety chrysanthemum found in Paraguay and Brazil. The plant has been successfully cultivated in
Japan, Korea, South Africa, South America, Taiwan and China.
Commercially available in Japan as crude extract, 50% pure and 90% pure or higher grades.
Stevioside 985