Stevia Trivia Questions

Stevia is a natural sweetener extracted from plant leaves, not artificially made. It’s often called a natural sweetener.

Stevia comes from Stevia rebaudiana, a shrub related to sunflowers and daisies, not from artificial chemicals.

The Guaraní people of Paraguay and Brazil used stevia leaves to sweeten yerba mate and treat ailments for hundreds of years.

The compounds stevioside and rebaudioside A are intensely sweet; pure rebaudioside A is about 400 times sweeter than sugar.

Stevia contains no calories and does not raise blood glucose, making it safe for diabetics and keto diets.

While some forms have a licorice-like aftertaste, modern extraction and blends (e.g., with erythritol) can greatly reduce or eliminate bitterness.

Approval varies; for instance, the EU only approved steviol glycosides in 2011, and some countries still restrict whole-leaf stevia.

Stevia is much sweeter per volume and lacks sugar’s bulk and browning properties, so recipes require major modifications.