Product Description

Dietary supplement. Premium quality. Our superior raw material and extraction process make SweetLeaf stevia the highest quality in the United States. SweetLeaf standardized extract contains at minimum 90% total steviosides with 40% rebaudioside A. This product is extremely concentrated and has not been diluted with any fillers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22173 in Grocery
• Brand: SweetLeaf
• Released on: 2006-01-06
• Number of items: 2

Features

• Pack of two 9-ounce jars of concentrated, calorie-free sweetener (1 total ounces)
• Contains 25 mgs of stevia (leaf) extract; contains at minimum 90% total steviosides with 40% rebaudioside A; Kosher certified; 100% natural
• 100% fat, calorie, and carbohydrate free; 300 times sweeter than sugar; contains no artificial sweeteners
• Ideal for cooking and baking
• Made from stevia leaves grown in Paraguay

About the Brand
Gilbert, Arizona-based Wisdom Natural Brands is the parent company of three highly respected consumer brands: SweetLeaf Stevia, Wisdom of the Ancients Yerba Mate, and Sweet and Slender Natural Sweetener. James May, the founder of Wisdom Natural Brands, was involved in bringing stevia to the United States more than 20 years ago. The company is now the leading US manufacturer of stevia and offers a full line of SweetLeaf Stevia products. They are available in convenient single-serve packets, liquid, powder, tabs and concentrate, including their best-selling product, SweetLeaf SteviaPlus, which was developed by James’ son, Steve. Together, this father-and-son team has introduced millions of people in North America to stevia.

Derived from the naturally sweet rainforest herb stevia rebaudiana native to Paraguay, stevia has zero calories, chemicals, carbohydrates, and a zero glycemic index, making it a smart addition to beverages, cereals and other dishes, and increasing popular among consumers. At a time when producers and consumer are increasing drawn to products that claim to be all-natural, low calorie, and low in carbs, stevia has caught the eye of health-conscious consumers. It has been around for centuries and is just now becoming the rage with the sugar-shunning crowd, in part because of the popularity of low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets that discourage sweets.

Customer Reviews

No. 1
A winner in my little test kitchen. I've tried several other brands of stevia, and ended up coming back to Sweetleaf extract. It has the cleanest taste and overall, is a good value. Mixing is a little tricky, but the results are worth the extra care. I use this mostly in hot beverages, smoothies, and sauces--using a mini measuring spoon I found on e(bay)--dash, pinch, smidge, etc.

shame on you FDA
this is the best known naturally occuring sweetener known to man, I use it for all my drinks tea-cool-aid and even in mixed drinks works great no glycimic index or calories no carbs and no side effects. this brand has left absolutly no aftertaste for me or anyone else who had it. also find a very tiny spoon like the old mcdonalds stirrers and if you sprikle it it slowly and evenly over the drink it will dissolve on its own, dont let it clump or you will have to stir a bit harder, just my thoughts.

Good product, but difficult to properly mix
I have used Stevia for pretty much the last 15 months or so. I've used the SweetLeaf Stevia tabs, which I found good for convenience, but they usually clumped together, forcing me to have to always unclump them (not a big deal, but still annoying). I next moved to the SteviaPlus Fiber packets, and I really like them, even though they were sometimes difficult to mix, but I attribute that to the added fiber content.

Now as to the product at hand... I'm a fan of the Stevia taste, but friends have commented that this powder seems even more concentrated than the SteviaPlus Fiber packets, so you get the benefit of being able to use less, and the benefit of not using an aspartame or sucralose based sweetener.

As for the negatives, again like all the other Stevia products, other than the liquid products, you have to either continuously mix the liquid as you pour in the sweetener, or you have to put in the sweetener first and then pour the hot water in next and then mix it before putting in the tea bag. I normally do the second option and have found that it works for me.

Overall it is a good product, but after considering what I know now about the various other Stevia alternatives, I believe I will likely go back to the SteviaPlus Fiber packets (but in the container format) when I run out of this product. But for the price I would definitely recommend this product, but perhaps recommend it after the SteviaPlus fiber.