Stevia

Steviahe mea ʻono a me ke kō i loaʻa mai nā lau o ka mea kanu ʻano Stevia rebaudiana, maoli no Brazil a me Paraguay.ʻO nā pūhui ikaika he steviol glycosides, he 30 a 150 mau manawa o ka ʻono o ke kō, paʻa ka wela, pH-paʻa, ʻaʻole hiki ke fermentable.
He lāʻau lāʻau ʻo Stevia no ka ʻohana Asteraceae, ʻo ia hoʻi, pili pili i ka ragweed, chrysanthemums a me marigolds.ʻOiai aia ma mua o 200 mau ʻano, ʻo Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni ka mea i mahalo nui ʻia a ʻo ka cultivar i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana ʻana i nā huahana ʻai.
Hiki iā Stevia ke hoʻohui maoli i ka ʻono i ka ʻai me ka ʻole o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā calorie.He 200 mau manawa ʻoi aku ka ʻono o ka lau Stevia ma mua o ke kō, ma muli o ka pūhui kikoʻī i kūkākūkā ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi, pono ʻoe i kahi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i ka manawa e ʻono ai i kāu kī kakahiaka a i ʻole ka pūʻulu o nā meaʻai i hoʻomoʻa maikaʻi ʻia.
Loaʻa i nā hua stevia maka a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea hana liʻiliʻi stevia i loaʻa nā ʻano pūhui ʻelua, akā ʻo nā ʻano mea i hoʻomaʻamaʻa nui ʻia aia wale nō nā rebaudiosides, ʻo ia ka ʻāpana momona o ka lau.
ʻO Rebiana, a i ʻole ka rebaudioside A maʻemaʻe kiʻekiʻe, "ʻike nui ʻia he palekana" (GRAS) e ka US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he mea ʻono kūlohelohe i nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu.
Hōʻike ka noiʻi ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lau holoʻokoʻa a i ʻole ka rebaudioside A i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia i kekahi mau pōmaikaʻi olakino maikaʻi, akā ʻaʻole paʻa ia no nā huila hoʻololi ʻia i loko o ka mea kanu ponoʻī.