Stevioside (or stevia sugar), CAS# 57817-89-7, is an important natural sweetener initially isolated from stevia plant, available as White fine powder. Stevioside is widely used in sweetened food and drink as it has up to 300 times the sweetness of sugar with much lower calories. Stevioside in it's natural form, leaf of stevia plant, has been consumed as tea for hundreds of years, so it is widely accepted as safe food additive in many countries with E number E960. As a professional supplier and manufacturer of food additives, Foodchem International Corporation has been supplying quality Stevioside to customers all over the world for over 10 years.