The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) officially approved the use of stevia as a food-grade sweetener - paving the way for everything from stevia-sweetened soft drinks to stevia-based tabletop sweeteners.
Before that stevia was not approved as a food sweetener in the U.S. — forcing stevia manufacturers to market and sell the natural sweetener derived from the leaves of the rebaudioside Aplant as a supplement, rather than a sweetener. However, last night’s announcement by the FDA now gives food manufacturers the “all clear†to start using stevia as a zero-calorie, natural sweetener.
Pepsi and Coca Cola are ready to introduce stevia sweeteners in their products.
That is good news, I think they market Truvia, which I like better thant Splenda, I don't like diet soda with Aspartme, Coke Zero or anything with Splenda in the diet formulation. There are some drinks like G2 with Splenda that do taste good, but most I can't get use to, it's just nasty. I can't wait for them to start having the product in soda, since I'm diabetic and this would help out alot! And yeah, I know soda is bad, but at least I know that I like Stevia plant. I've been waiting for Sprite Green and it's still not in California.
