Plant sugar substitute

  Sugar is one of the needs of human life is used as a sweetener in foods and beverages. Sugar based on the manufacturing process can be divided into two, namely the synthesis of sugars and natural sugar. Sugar synthesis is the artificial sweetener (saccharin and cyclamate), while the processed natural sugar and sweeteners derived from plant sources such as sugarcane, coconut, and stevia.
In line with the increasing number of people from Asia and Indonesia, as well as the growing food industry, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, the need pemanispun increasing. Nontebu natural sweetener is stevia (Stevia rebaudiana), which is a natural nonnutritive sweetener that has a bright prospect, should be developed to cope with the demand for sweeteners.
Aside from being a natural sweetener in food and drinks, stevia is also useful to help a diet, helped the diseased diabetes in regulating blood pressure and also helps the skin beauty. This is because the glycosides in stevia contains compounds called steviosida. Steviosida has 300 times the level of sweetness of sucrose and low-calorie flavor. So it is possible that food and beverage products for health use basic ingredients of stevia. Even in Japan was approximately 40% sweetener using stevia basic materials.
Stevia sugar is a natural nonnutritive sweetener that can be used as a sweetener in foods and beverages. Stevia sugar is also beneficial in helping a diet, helped the diseased diabetes in regulating blood pressure and helps the skin beauty.
Stevia leaves contain compounds called glycosides steviosida. Steviosida structure composed of three molecules of glucose and one molecule of sugar that is not the aglycone. Steviosida is a polar compound with molecular formula C38H60O18. Steviosida contained in the leaves of stevia sweet taste amazing show with a level 300 times as sweet taste of sucrose, steviosida also was not toxic, so safe for human consumption.