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to its properties the Stevioside has multiple applications,
amongst them are:
1.
Anti Caries: Not being fermentative it is used
at present in dental pastes and chewing gum.
2.
Sweetener: The product can be utilised in various
industries.
3.
Food products: It is utilised in sweet-sour products,
sauces and pickles. It is used partially in ice creams and
iced cakes, which gain higher qualities by neither altering
their structure or their flavour.
4.
Pharmaceutical: It is being utilised in certain
pharmaceutical formulae due to possessing a non-fermenting
property.
Other
reasons for which it is being used in pharmacy are: It does
not suffer alterations in acid media, hydrolysing only in
very alkaline media (PH9), whilst thermally remaining very
stable.
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