Steviafarma prepares the launch in Spain of its 100% natural sweetener with esteviósidos.

– Stevita, with zero calories, is positioned as the only sweetener in the world which preserves intact all its beneficial health properties

Madrid, 2011-December 11 November the European Parliament, through regulation (EU) No. 1131 / 2011, gave the green light to the authorization of use of sweeteners derived from stevia in all its member countries. For this reason, the Steviafarma company prepares release in Spain of his own sweetener, Stevita, characterized by being the only one in the world to be prepared with esteviósidos (100% natural) and zero calories, maintaining intact all beneficial to the health of the stevia properties.

Stevita has a high dietary value, marked by the absence of sugar, carbohydrates, gluten and chemicals. This position of advantage over the rest of natural sweeteners, Stevita becomes an ideal product for all possible consumers who wish to maintain a healthy lifestyle and take care of your body. In addition, several clinical studies, it is especially beneficial for those with type II diabetes mellitus.

Stevia rebaudiana, plant used for the elaboration of this natural product, has an effect 300 times higher than that of the sucrose sweetener. It used primarily to sweeten all kinds of beverages, although it is also used, for example, in bakery and pastries or the preparation of sauces, yogurt and ice cream. 5 Million tons of sweeteners esteviósidos around the world were consumed in 2010.

what is Steviafarma?

Steviafarma Industrial S.A. was founded in 1984 with the purpose of researching and developing methods of treatment of stevia, both its products and the improvement of the own plant varieties, thus becoming a pioneer company and only in obtaining the extract from this plant in the West.

Since the beginning of its activity, Steviafarma obtained the leaves of stevia production plants located in Paraguay. Currently, the company also has 80 hectares of own cultivation, in Brazil, allowing him self-sufficient in raw materials for their own production, complying with all requirements of quality required by the JECFA (Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on food additives) and the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority). This online Steviafarma maintains control over the chain of production through guaranteed traceability processes.

Leadership and research

The use of a process of pure form and without any kind of artificial additive focuses its goal in the pursuit of excellence in all their products, thus becoming a world benchmark in the sector of the natural sweetener made from stevia.

In 1999, after years of research, Steviafarma won a sweetener to 95% of purity in steviósidos and rebauosidos-A, becoming the only company in the world to achieve a natural sweetener with esteviósidos and with zero calories: Stevita. Thus, the company demonstrates its commitment with the not making and your bet by the extraction ” product of nature.

Growth and commitment to

Within its growth plan, Steviafarma expected to increase its current extension up to 4,000 hectares in the next five years, becoming the world’s largest producer of stevia. Thus, Steviafarma will ensure the correct supply of markets at the international level, and especially in Europe, for the coming years.

In addition, during the past 20 years, Steviafarma has devoted all its efforts and resources to a comprehensive management of production (cultivation, extraction and commercialization) of all its products without genetic modification any. This measure, the Company undertakes to contribute to sustainable development in the environment in which develops its activity, from the point of view of economic, social and environmental.

Stevia

Stevia is the generic name given to more than 240 different species of herbs and shrubs in the sunflower familyoriginating in the tropics and subtropics American. Of all varieties, Steviafarma selected the species stevia rebaudiana (ka ’ to have ’ and or sweet grass) due to its powerful effect sweetening, 300 times higher than sucrose. This type of stevia, discovered in Paraguay by botanist James Esteve, gathers much of its composite sweeteners on the leaves.

History

1931 Chemists of French origin, d. Bridel and r. Lavieille, manage to isolate the glycosides that give rise to its taste and it is called esteviósidos ” (5-10%) and rebaudiósidos ” (2-4%).

1952 Confirmed, in United States, the esteviósido (active ingredient) is the sweetest natural product known so far.

1954. The Japanese begin their cultivation in greenhouses.

1971. Tei Fu-Chen Chinese scientist visits Brazil and provides a new method of extraction of the active principle of the plant.

2008. The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA ”) of United States enables the entry of the glycosides of steviol as food additive safe for human consumption.

2009. The consumption of stevia is approved in France.

2010. The glycosides of esteviol (esteviósidos and rebaudiósidos-A) are given the go-ahead by the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority).

2011. The European Commission regulates the use of the glycosides of esteviol as a food additive within the Member States, including Spain.

Uses and market

Stevia is primarily, as a natural sweetener used to sweeten all kinds of beverages, although it is also used, for example, in bakery and pastries or the preparation of sauces, yogurt and ice cream.

In the year 2010, they consumed about 150 million tonnes of sugar around the world, against the 500,000 tons of esteviósidos. It is anticipated that this amount should be increased considerably in the near future due to the adoption of the stevia as a food additive in the European Union and United States.

Currently, China is the largest producer of stevia at the global level, with an internal marketing of 50% and 40% to Japan export and 10 per cent to Korea, Indonesia and the US. Second Paraguay, leading provider of the plant is located at Steviafarma Brazil.

health and welfare

due to this absence of artificial additives in the production process, Stevita retains all the beneficial health effects present originally in stevia rebaudiana:

Properties to improve cardiovascular health

-natural regulator of blood glucose, present in the plant Glycoside has an action which reduces the glucémicos levels, improving the circulation pancreatítica and increasing the production of insulin.

-regulator of blood pressure.

-regulator of cardiac contractility (cardiotonic).

Preventive properties of infections

-Antimicrobial, because stevia eliminates the E.Coli, salmonella, the staph and bacilli, without affecting the bacteria useful.

-Anticaries, being compatible with fluorine and by stopping the growth of the plate, at the same time prevents caries.

Anti-ageing properties

-Natural antioxidant, up to six times more effective than tea green.

-Revitalizador of epithelial cells, facilitating the rapid healing of wounds in the skin.

Ansiolíticas properties

-anxiety reducer

Properties inmunomodulators and anti-inflammatory

-Antirreumático

other manufacturers have been natural sweetener from the stevia, through a process of isolation of rebaudiósido-A and its subsequent crystallisation, eliminating the rest of glycosides of esteviol (esteviósidos). As a result, your final product lacks the healthy properties of the plant which produces.