Sensus will present its innovative model to identify the ideal combination of Stevia in Diary Products

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Sensus developed a computer model to calculate and optimize the taste profile in yoghurt and other applications. During Stevia Convention 2014, Mr Matthew de Roode, innovation manager at Sensus, will present this innovative model.

All you need to know about Stevia Glycosides Extraction, Characterisation and Purification presented during Stevia Convention 2014

VIAN During Stevia Convention 2014, Dr Marylin Vian, from GREEN Extraction Group, Avignon, France, will present Innovative Processes for Stevia Glycosides Extraction & Separation.

As not only the cultivation methods are important, Dr Vian will highlight the importance to select an adequate method to extract, characterize and purify Stevia.

Determination, Separation, Analysis, Detection and Quantification of steviol glycosides and further constituents in Stevia rebaudiana

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The plant Stevia rebaudiana is well known due to the sweet-tasting entkaurene diterpenoid glycosides. Stevioside and rebaudioside A are the most abundant and best analysed, but more than 30 additional steviol glycosides have been described in the scientific literature to date. Most of them were detected in the last years.

Stevia and its impact on health - Food or Medicine? Hot Topic Highlighted by Pr Per Bendix Jeppesen

PerBendix Jeppesen The United Nations has recently declared that, for the first time in human history, chronic non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes pose a greater health burden worldwide than do infectious diseases, contributing to 35 million deaths annually. This discovery of stevia sweeteners has been designated as the second sugar revolution. The steviol glycoside sweetener is a natural sweetener extracted from the Stevia plant and may protect against development of metabolic syndrome, due to the non-caloric content.

Dr Yaroslav Shevchenko will highlight the role of Stevia to improve the antioxidants activity and palatability of green coffee extracts

During the 6th World Convention on Stevia Tasteful 2014, the Scientific Committee will allocate time to Dr Yaroslav Shevchenko, from Technische Universität Berlin, Germany to present his recent study about the role of Stevia rebaudiana to improve the antioxidant activity and palatability of green coffee extracts.