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TECHNOLOGY
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Technology for
sugar-stevia health sweetener |
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(technology
abstract) |
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Stevia is a
natural, non-caloric, sweet-tasting plant used around the world
for its pleasant taste, as well as for its increasingly
researched potential for inhibiting fat absorption and lowering
blood pressure.
Stevioside,
the main
ingredient in stevia,
is a high intensity sweetener, 250-300 times sweeter than
sucrose. It is isolated and purified from the leaves of the
Stevia plant (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni), where it is present at
levels up to 13%. Out of all chemical sweeteners ( aspartame ,
sacherrine , sucralose etc.) and natural sweeteners ( sucrose ,
glucose , fructose etc. ) stevia can be considered
as safe for health as any other natural sweetener and as less in
calories as chemical sweeteners. |
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We all have a craving for a sweet taste
and often satisfy this craving with sugar or fat-filled foods.
Hence, stevia can be advantageous to practically everyone whose
diet contains sweeteners. Although stevia can be helpful to
anyone, there are certain groups who are more likely to benefit
from its remarkable sweetening potential. These include
diabetics, those interested in decreasing caloric intake, and
children. |
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Pure
Stevia has often a bitter after-taste and being an intense
sweetener, the exact measure of volumes at application/ consumption
point becomes a tedious and non user-friendly. To overcome
this, stevia is ideally blended with small quantities of sucrose
for a base to make sugar twice or 4
times sweeter without increasing calories/ quantity consumed or compromising on
taste. |
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Bottlenecks faced in blending
sucrose and stevia are-- separation of two during storage and uneven mixing. Sugarindia has developed technology for
a stevia-sucrose mix, which is free-flowing & convenient for
home-use as well as industrial applications.
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Estimated project cost:
Estimation
of cost has to be
calculated based on specific availability of various inputs .
Capacity
of
the unit ,
Building Size ,
Equipment ,
Manpower , Power Consumption , Water Consumption and all other
related details of the project is available on request .
Also
available option for TURN KEY establishment of the project.
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