Thursday, October 20, 2011

Cooking with Stevia


Stevia is known as sweet herb.Stevia is a plant which is part of the sunflower family.It is well acknowledged for its sweetness and can  be used in desserts or with foods and tea.  The sweetness is because of the glycosides like stevioside and rebaudioside.It has been a  commercialized sweetener in Japan for more than 20 years.
Uses
Historically it was used for heartburn,hypertension is very good for  the diabetic affected person since because its a natural sweetener.Normally it will not raise the blood glucose level.  Its main use in most house holds is to use with tea or food for diabetic affected persons.Yes,there is an known fact,it does not have caloric value.It can be used in weight problems affected person also.  It is very heat stable and non fermentable.It is used as a flavoring agent. It is a anti cakin agent.  Some of the businesses
like coca-cola and pepsico have announced stevia under a brad called Truvia primarily based food additive and beverages.
Safety profile
Since it is a  all organic herbal source of sweetnener, it definitely it would be greater than all other artificial sweetener.Use of artificial sweetener will lead to phenylketonuria.So,it is safe to use natural sweetener.There are some studies which confirmed that it could be a contraceptive but that is also not been proved.  Make your recipes tasty

Stevita Stevia food additive comes in liquid extract and powder packet form.So,Eventually you can decide how much you want to add to your recipe.When cooking with stevia,first make sure that it is not used with food that contain lot of carbohydrate (dextrin derivatives).It improves the taste of strongly flavored foods.If it used with canned fruit jellies or apple sauce,it is far better that you maintain refrigerator condition,otherwise it will not good after one day or less.Otherwise you should freeze Stevia powder is soluble in drinking water and heat stable,can be suitable for all type for ula which involve sweetness.