From 2014 to 2018, new product launches using stevia increased by an average of 13% per year worldwide, according to innova data. In the 2019 global food and beverage new products, the use of stevia as a sweetener has been second only to sucralose and acesulfame potassium.
Mintel data reports that in 2018, the number of new beverage products containing steviol glycoside products increased by 36%, and the number of new food products increased by 27%.
Steviol glycosides
Steviol glycosides are a mixture of 8-component biterpene glycosides extracted from the leaves of the herbaceous plant Stevia of the Asteraceae family. It is a new type of natural low calorific value sweetener, its sweetness is 200 to 250 times that of sucrose, and it has the characteristics of high sweetness, low calorie, natural and high safety.
It is the third natural sucrose substitute with development value and health promotion after sugarcane and sugar beet sugar, and is internationally known as "the world's third sugar source".
Properties of steviol glycosides
Shape: Stevia containing more than 80% glycosides is generally a white powder or white crystal.
Hygroscopicity: Steviol glycosides are generally not hygroscopic, and their hygroscopicity does not have to be considered when using.
Solubility: soluble in water, ethanol, mixed with sucrose, fructose, glucose, maltose, etc., not only sweeter and purer, but also the sweetness gets a multiplier effect. Strong heat resistance, not easy to light, in the range of ph3-10 is very stable, easy to store.
Solution stability: For the pH range of general beverages and foods, it is stable under heat treatment.
statute
gb 2760 "National Standard for Food Safety" Standard for the Use of Food Additives
Announcement on Eight Food Additives with Expanded Use, Including Calcium 6s-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate and Nitrogen, a New Variety of Food Nutrition Enhancers (No. 13 of 2017)
gb 8270-2014 "National Standard for Food Safety" Food Additives Steviol Glycosides
18 national food safety standards such as rubber bases and ingredients are open for comments: "National Standards for Food Safety, Food Additives, Steviol Glycosides" (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)
Glucosyl steviol glycosides: flavoring, the second batch of plant extract group standards approved by the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Medicines and Health Products in 2020
Interpretation of the "Announcement on 53 "Three New Foods" such as Lactobacillus R0052
Product application
"Sugar-free, low-calorie, natural" has become the keyword of new products of major companies, and the endless segmentation functions are accurately responding to the needs of different consumers.
Yuanqi Forest "Neon Color" series of drinking yogurt, Yuanqi Forest "Milk Tea" milk tea drink, Nestlé Youhuo sparkling water, etc.
In recent years, the development and application of steviol glycoside products have developed rapidly. The good feedback given by the market will promote the research and development of steviol glycoside products, and the prospect of steviol glycoside as a new sweetener product will be better and better, and the market will become wider and wider.