Replacing 15-35% sugar with stevia toproduce beverages not only meets the requirements of national standardGB8270-2014, but also does not reduce product quality, and has the followingadvantages:
- It can improve the taste of the beverage, giving it a refreshing and sweet taste, and can change the strong sweet and greasy feeling of sugar.
- On the premise of meeting people's requirements for sweetness, the low sugar beverages has been achieved, which is suitable for development direction of beverages.
- Replacing some sugar with stevia can reduce the amount of sugar used and solve a major problem for people who want to drink but are afraid of eating too much sugar.
- Stevia has stable physical and chemical properties compared to sugar, making it less likely to become a microbial nutrient source and extending the shelf life of the product.