date:Aug 21, 2014
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The best tasting and sweetest parts of the stevia leaf, such as Reb M, make up only a tiny portion of the leaf (less than 1%), the company said. By producing Reb M using fermentation, Cargill and Evolva can produce the desired sweetness at a scale and cost that is not feasible through extraction of Reb M from the stevia leaf.
For food and beverage producers, Reb M is claimed to offer a number of commercially important advantages, enabling them to formulate better tasting products with less s