Due to its versatile
properties, Pure Lite™ functions effectively as a sweetener,
flavour enhancer, and taste modifier in a wide array
of food, beverage, personal care, and pharmaceutical
applications. Key properties include:
Sweetness Quality
Similar to sugar with a constant
sweet sensation with no aftertaste
Sweetness
Intensity
About 300 times as sweet as sugar
Soluble
Can be easily dissolved in water
and alcohol bases in high concentration
Stable
High tolerance to temperatures
up to 200 degree Celsius
Stable in acidic and alkaline
solution from pH 2 to 10
No
effect on blood sugar levels
Non-nutritive
and tooth friendly (non-cariogenic)
Synergistic with sugar
Benefits
Depending on the application,
Pure Lite™ can be used by Food & Beverage manufacturers for various benefits including:
Sweetener
Flavour enhancer
Taste modifier
Sugar defect eliminator
Lower Calorie Intake
Lower Glycemic Index
Pure Lite™ Applications
Pure Lite™ can be used in various applications including:
Foods and Beverages
Product
Benefits
ALCOHOLIC
DRINKS
Beer
Fruit
WineLiquor
Wine
Flavour enhancer
Lower calorie
intake
Taste
modifier
BAKED
GOODS
Breads
Brownies
Cakes
Cookies
Crackers
Pastries
Pies
Lower calorie
intake
Lower glycemic index
No browning reaction (does not react with amino
acids as do sugars)
Reduced burning in breads, cookies,
fried foods
Taste modifier
BEVERAGES
Carbonated Soft Drinks
Energy Drinks
Frozen Concentrate
Food Supplement Drinks
Fruit Juices
Health Drinks
Iced Coffees/Teas
Powder Drink Mixes
RTD Alcoholic Beverages
Smoothies
Sports Drinks
Vitamin Drinks
Flavour
enhancer
Lower calorie intake
Lower glycemic index
Taste modifier
CANNED
AND PRESERVED FOOD
Canned Fruits
Fruit & Vegetable Pickles
Jams
Jellies
Helps to
reduce fermentation
and spoiling
Lower calorie intake
Lower glycemic index
Reduction of discoloration by Maillard
reaction
Taste modifier
Flavour
enhancer
Gives durable sweet sensation
Lower calorie intake
Increase amplitude of
sweetness and flavour
Non fermentation properties – increase
shelf life
Prevents freezing point depression
for ice cream
Lower calorie
intake
Lower glycemic index
Taste Modifier
Remarks: Depending on the application,
appropriate use of bulking agents may be necessary.
Bulking Agents
Pure Lite™ is a high-intensity sweetener
and as such is rarely sold to retail markets in pure
form. Depending on the application, Pure Lite™ can be
easily blended with either fillers and/or bulk sweeteners.
This gives the Food & Beverage manufacturers and
formulators the flexibility for instance to:
Adjust sweetness
level
Modify taste
Adjust mouth fee
Balance or round out unsavoury
flavour notes from other ingredients.
Typical fillers and bulk sweeteners
are included in the table below. Hundreds
of preparations containing stevia extracts blended
with fillers and/or bulk sweeteners have been created
in Japan and other parts of Asia and South America.
