Committee Chairman Dr Marvin Edeas said: “The key criteria for the committee in establishing the award were: taste performance, advancement in ingredient science and positive environmental and social impact. Sweetleaf were successfully able to demonstrate to the committee, the latest third generation stevia extraction technology as a significant advance over the solvent-based single isolation of Rebaudioside A.”
Dr Edeas added that the used of nano membrane technology and water to produce a natural extract with customizable glycoside balances tailored to individual customer’s application requirements made it a credible tool to support sugar reduction and synthetic sweetener replacement.