ZeroCal Stevia is a mixture between the sugar alcohol Erythritol and
the steviol glycosides extracted from the Stevia rebaudiana plant. The
minimum content of rebaudioside A amounts to 97%.
The mixture is composed in such a way that 1g ZeroCal Stevia
corresponds approximately to 1g of conventional sugar.
Thus, conventional sugar in food and beverages can be substituted by
ZeroCal Stevia in a ratio of 1:1.
Mixing erythritol and steviol glycosides, synergies between these two
substances can be utilized whereby the respective weaknesses are
eliminated. Because erythritol by itself has a sweetening power
amounting to a 75% of sugar and thus requires the use of a larger
quantity than with conventional sugar. The same applies to the sole
use of steviol glycosides, only the other way round. Since the
sweetening power of those is about 350 to 400 times higher compared to
retail sugar, it is hardly possible to completely replace sugar with
steviol glycosides.