sweetener
Stevia (steviol glycosides)
Score
48
Plant-derived and well tolerated, but WHO's non-sugar-sweetener advice still applies.
Steviol glycosides are extracted and purified from the stevia leaf. Toxicology is reassuring and it scores near neutral for us; the deduction is the WHO guidance that non-sugar sweeteners are not an effective weight-control tool.
non sugar sweetener
Also appears on labels as
steviol glycosides · reb a · rebaudioside a · e960
What this is based on
- Peer-reviewedWorld Health Organization · 2023