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What is the evolutionary advantage for a plant to store its sugars as stevia?
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What do you use in place of aspartame?
ANYTHING!! But for a natural sugar free alternative, Stevia works just fine. It comes from a plant and contains no sugars.
What is the meaning of stevia?
Stevia is a natural sweetener derived from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant. It is used as a sugar substitute because it is much sweeter than sugar, but does not contain calories. Stevia is often used in foods and beverages as a healthier alternative to sugar.
What is the chemical formula for stevia pure?
Stevia ia plant, a mixture - not a compound.The principal components of stevia are stevioside ans rebaudioside.
Is salvia and stevia the same?
No. Salvia is a flower that is used for decorative purposes. Stevia is a plant that is used as a healthy sugar substitite.
What country is stevia plant from?
The stevia plant is a genus, there around 240 different species, it is used as an artificial sweetener and contains no calories when processed. The leaves can also be placed straight into tea or even eaten when you have a sweet tooth
What are some brand names for Stevia artificial sweeteners?
The sweetener Stevia is a natural, calorie-free sugar substitute derived directly from the Stevia plant. It can be found in stores under the brand names Truvia and PureVia.
Food substance that makes things sweet?
Sugar, from sugarcane: honey; stevia, from the stevia plant; corn syrup, from corn, and many, many more.
What if the plant cells do not use the sugars immediately?
store the sugars as carbohydrates.
How do you determine the evolutionary advantage for having taste buds that determine unpleasant bitter compounds in many plant species?
I see taste buds more as like an evolutionary Benefactor, rather than an individualized enhancement to the human body. A bi-product from our wonderfull brain.
What plant starts with the letter s?
Sunflower, stevia, salvia ...lol. sage and many more
What do veins do for a plant?
they carry the water and its sugars through the plant.
What is stevia called in Hindi?
It is a Brazilian plant used as an alternative for sugar with zero calory, since the origin in in Brazil, no alternative name in Hindi or Malayalam
