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Stevia Stands Strong in The Battle of The Sweeteners

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Consciously reducing the intake of processed sugar is acknowledged as one of the most popular consumer actions of recent times. Medical restrictions or dieting attempts, whatever the reason may be, it is safe to say that more people are turning to low-calorie sugar substitutes for satisfying their sweet tooth. A common argument in the sugar reduction business is that of artificial versus natural sweeteners. The latter are organic while artificial sweeteners are made from chemical processes. The use of synthetic sweeteners is looked at suspiciously by many, some even believe it to be potentially carcinogenic. However, there is still a lack of substantive scientific evidence to fully approve or refute such claims. Even in the midst of such controversies surrounding sugar substitutes, there is one name that has managed to stand strong and that is stevia. Sourced from the leaves of a native South African herb, stevia is 200-300 times sweeter than sugar but with a negligible calorie-cou
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BTS Of Lucknow Sugar-Substitute Startup

Acquainted as interns at IIT Kanpur, fourteen years prior to this day, Swati Pandey and Manish Chauhan quit their top-notch Investment-Management jobs in Singapore and London respectively, with a vision to jointly create a world-class plant biotechnology platform out of their homeland. Their idea has grown into what we know today as ‘Arboreal’- an industry expert in providing F&B brands with premium sugar substitutes that possess all of sugar’s benefits minus its high-calorie count. THE INSPIRATION Originally conceived as part of a student entrepreneurship project at an EU program in 2011, the initial idea of Arboreal went through several stages of evolution before being formally incorporated into a stevia company in 2014. Both founders had grown up with diabetics at home and were fully aware of how limited the food choices for such people were, especially in India. Upon further research, they found that most food and beverage companies continued using sugar in unhealthy amo
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Stevia Manufacturing in The Age Of Natural vs Artificial

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  India given the rising case of diabetes has earned itself the infamous reputation of being   the diabetic capital of the world . In a report submitted by the   Public Health Foundation of India , it was stated that approximately 72 million Indians are type 2 diabetics, and this figure is expected to double to 134 million by 2025 if the current dietary trends continue to persist. Hence more and more businesses are looking for   stevia manufacturing   companies that deal in natural stevia extract to add natural non-caloric sweeteners to their product categories. Ill Effects of Artificial and Refined Sugar When it comes to the consumption of food and beverages, natural has an advantage over artificial products. While there are tons of artificial and synthetic alternatives that can substitute sugar, most of them have been regarded as unsafe and unhealthy, by researchers and nutritionists. Hence, irrespective of their zero-calorie feature and ability to add sugar-like sweetness to a dish,
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