Consumer demand for natural, plant-based ingredients combined with their desire to cut back on sugar without sacrificing taste is creating a perfect storm for stevia sales to grow exponentially, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Good news for those who are committed to reducing their sugar intake but can’t stomach the taste of unsweetened coffee: Sugar ...

HOWTIAN has grown stevia plants with up to a 12% average Reb A yield this season, the “highest ever in the industry,” says the firm, which described the news as a “milestone not just for the company, ...

It's Morning Edition from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of two new zero-calorie sweeteners. They come from a plant called the stevia ...

Looking for a fun gardening project for chasing away your winter blues? Why not try growing Stevia in your windowsill garden. It may not be the most ornamental of plants, but hopefully will present a ...

M.B.: Dear, sweet stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) is a small shrub from South America, and though it is known for its saccharine disposition, it really goes sour in our winter cold. You can grow new plants ...

In this week's Fielding Questions, Don Kinzler identifies a mystery vine, offers tips on harvesting stevia and give guidance on removing unwanted daylilies. A reader asks gardening columnist Don ...

The food industry has created many plant-based, low- and no-calorie sweeteners to meet consumer demand for more sugar alternatives. With so many on the market, however, it's difficult to know which ...

Monk fruit is 10-250 times sweeter than sugar and does not raise blood sugar.  Stevia extracts are 250-300 times sweeter than ...

In the United States many have been routinely consuming artificial sweeteners since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Nutrasweet in 1981 − and some other cultures have been using sugar ...