date:Aug 22, 2014
ntries for hundreds of years.
Said Hackett, Last year, global demand for stevia extract was slightly more than 2 thousand metric tons, which is quite small when compared to demand for some of the more established sweeteners such as saccharin or cyclamate, but demand is growing in both developed and developing markets, and by 2018, we expect demand for stevia extract to reach 3 thousand to 4 thousand metric tons annually.