Product Description

All natural. Zero calories. SweetLeaf SteviaPlus is made from the highest quality of stevia. Stevia is an all natural herbal product that grows as a small green shrub in its native environment of Paraguay. Stevia has zero calories and great taste which is why it's popular with health conscious people around the globe. A smart addition to a healthy lifestyle, Sweet Leaf SteviaPlus is the highest-quality, best-selling stevia product of North America. The Plus is the addition of inulin fiber (FOS) - a premium-grade, naturally-occurring soluble fiber that is found in chicory, fruits and vegetables. Inulin fiber helps nourish the friendly bacteria (lactobacillus and bifidobacteria) in the intestines and may provide many health benefits including: Improved gastrointestinal function, Support for healthy liver function, Support for healthy immune function (This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease). Four pkts equal the fiber of 1 bowl of cereal.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10313 in Grocery
• Brand: SweetLeaf
• Released on: 2006-01-06
• Number of items: 2

Features

• Pack of two boxes, each box containing 100 packets of naturally sweet fiber supplement powder (200 total packets)
• Contains 100% natural inulin fiber (FOS) and stevia (leaf) extract, and a minimum of 90% steviosides, including 40% rebaudioside A; certified Kosher
• 100% fat, calorie, and carbohydrate free; contains no artificial sweeteners; 2 teaspoons equals the fiber of 1 bowl of cereal
• Helps nourish friendly inteststinal bacteria and may improve gastrointestinal function and support for healthy liver function
• 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

SweetLeaf Stevia Plus, packets
Once you get used to the taste of stevia than I think it would be hard to go back to any other natural sweetener. I keep the packets in my purse all the time so when we go to a resteraunt I don't have to use any other sweetener.

what a blessing!
I can't quite remember when I became such a stevia addict, but suffice it to say, I go through box after box of this stuff! The main thing I do with it is add it to tea. Three packets to a bottle of iced tea, or a little sprinkle into my glass. It tastes wonderful. I agree with other commenters that it doesn't dissolve as easily as I might like (of course, try dissolving sugar into a gallon of ice cold water, it puts things in perspective!)... However, I have noticed that, even when there are undissolved portions in the bottom of my bottle of iced tea, they do go away on their own in a minute or so. So its dissolving properties don't seem to be a problem for me at all.

One thing to keep in mind is that sweet leaf does not taste good on its own! It isn't sugar, so you will have to adjust to compensate for the lack of bulk when baking with it, and you want to start with a tiny amount in beverages, or you will get a bitter taste. A sprinkle, not a spoonful! My brother tried it straight and hated it.... but of course straight cocoa beans wouldn't taste too great either, and I inhale chocolate all the same!

Anyway, the real issue I want to bring up is Sweetleaf's recent approval from the FDA as having GRAS (generally regarded as safe) status for the use as a food additive. Previously, (and probably due to lobbying from an unnamed sugar manufacturer) we could only buy sweetleaf as a supplement, despite the stevia manufacturers offering hundreds of studies that proved its safety in the eighties... In the next couple months, we will finally see it in the sugar aisle! Not that sweet leaf will be keeping good company there, next to aspartamene and its cohorts, but it does make me really proud of Sweetleaf for taking on the sugar and artifical sweetener giants and fighting for the legal status that is rightfully theirs... as a perfectly safe, a wonderfully tasty way to sweeten food. It's truly criminal that artificial sweeteners are given the go ahead or that sugar is consumed at such unhealthy proportions in this country, with diabetes, tooth decay, obesity, and all the other problems that sugar causes... when Stevia doesn't have any of the bad effects that are associated with these other sweeteners!

Now that stevia has new status from the FDA, expect a stevia-derived sweetener from Pepsi in the next couple months. I have no doubt, when stevia hits the market full swing, all the giants in the beverage industry will start telling us how dangerous artificial sweeteners and high fructose corn syrup are... but sweetleaf has maintained from the start that stevia was a much better alternative, and they stood up to the giants and won! So my loyalties are to sweetleaf, no matter what Pepsi and Cargill have cooked up (seriously, google it!). Your health is worth giving up high fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners for, so why not try this little guy out!

Very convenient
Love the packages. Sometimes too much powder would come out of the jar and make my tea too sweet. Like the portioned version better. Stirs easily and offers just the right amount of sweetness. Fiber is a bonus.