Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni: An alternative Sugar Replacer and Its Application in Food Industry

Food Engineering Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 150-162

  Gasmalla, Mohammed Abdalbasit A ^a,b   Yang, Ruijin ^a   Hua, Xiao ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OMDURMAN ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Application; Extraction; Industry; Steviol glycosides; Structure; Sweetener

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; APPLICATIONS; CROPS; EXTRACTION; INDUSTRY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SUGAR SUBSTITUTES;

ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES; PROXIMATE ANALYSIS; STEVIA REBAUDIANA BERTONI; STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; SWEETENER; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES;

SUGAR INDUSTRY;

EID: 84928377418     PISSN: 18667910     EISSN: 18667929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12393-014-9080-0     Document Type: Review

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