Stevia: The Wonder Herb Stevia Rebaudiana is a perennial herb from Paraguay that is steadily gaining greater patronage in growth of global natural food market. A 100% calorie-free herbal sweetener that is ideal for diabetics, it is gradually supplanting conventional cane sugar across the world. Besides being a sweetner, it also possesses hypoglycemic, anti-fungal, hypotensive and vasodilator properties. It is also a rich source of beta-carotene, aluminum, ascorbic acid, ash, calcium, chromium, iron magnesium and numerous other phytochemicals. The use of stevia is contnously increasing use by multinational food and beverage companies like Coca Cola and Beatrice Foods to make it a high-potential commercial prospect.
