Sugar reduction: Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni as a natural sweetener

Agri-Food Industry Strategies for Healthy Diets and Sustainability: New Challenges in Nutrition and Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 123-152

  Putnik, Predrag ^a   Bezuk, Iva ^a   Barba, Francisco J ^b   Lorenzo, Jose M ^c   Polunić, Iva ^a   Kovačević Bursać, Danijela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DE LA CARNE DE GALICIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni; bioactive compounds; functional product; glycosides; nutritional value; stevia; stevioside toxicology; Sugar substitutes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85107142022     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-817226-1.00005-9     Document Type: Chapter

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