Comments on: Stevia Leaf – Too Good To Be Legal?

By: Kay

Kay — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:10:07 +0000

Yes, it is legal is South Africa. Sold in Health shops, and even in shops such as Pick n pay (in the health sections)

By: Sally Wilkinson

Sally Wilkinson — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:32:58 +0000

Hi Can anyone please tell me if stevia can be used legally in South Africa?

By: vocao

vocao — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:11:13 +0000

I’ve been using stevia in the past 3 months. The drink made from dried leaves is not only tasted good but also helps in lowering my blood sugar level.
I purchase stevia plants from Lowe’s in San Jose, California.

By: Geoffrey

Geoffrey — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:00:59 +0000

If you really want to know something about the FDA’s corrupt ways just google aspartame. The FDA continuously rejected the additive, so the company bribed the director of the fda, and he over-rode the board’s rejections, approved it, and a short time later went to work for that company as a public affairs rep. That stuff is lethal, yet the fda, medical community, and food industries won’t stop it’s use because it would hit their bottom lines, and it brings patients into the Dr’s office.

By: Screw the FDA

Screw the FDA — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:08:15 +0000

The FDA will attack anyone if they get enough money from interest groups.

The ONLY threat from Stevia is on the sugar industry. BOO HOO!

We’ve gone through this already with Nutrasweet and Splenda. Nutrasweet was being dumped into everything because it was an American product – Splenda, being from the UK, was touted as “dangerous” and “unstudied” even though it was formulated in 1976.

So as far as I’m concerned, our FDA can go F themselves. They are nothing more than shills to special interest.

By: Florman

Florman — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:33:04 +0000

The FDA is just being itself, protecting big name products against natural, cheap but effective and harmless herbals. Natural foods that exist naturally in nature (not man made) can not be patented even if safe and effective. There will never be enough scientific tests for them even after countries all over the world have approved them. Patented food and drug are where the money is. Cheap natural food that compete with patented products get killed by FDA.

Today I discovered, at WalMart, a product called Sun Crystals and read that it contained stevia and sugar cane. I tired just a sprinkling on a bowl of oatmeal to see how much is needed. It was sweet enough with just one sprinkle of Sun Crystal. the big question is, Is this still considered natural now that it is packaged?
Nevertheless I will be using this product from now on. I think they have recently put this in the market. Has the FDA approved this? I don’t know but the box did not say it had FDA approval

By: stuart

stuart — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:39:28 +0000

I am looking for Stevia growers in South Africa, and help would be appreciated.
Stuart

By: charles

charles — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:36:38 +0000

I have to say i just tried my first cup of green tea with stevia, and i must say, i will never stop using this natural sweetener. how sweet it is!!. I enjoyed the fact that stevia is free from the i’ll effects of the other poisens.I have finally found an replacment for sugar. For those of u looking for this godsend, I purchased it at SAFEWAY SUPERMARKETS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA USA.

By: Debbi Semple

Debbi Semple — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:03:45 +0000

I would like to know if stevia can be made into
products to sell in canada.

By: Jose Martinez

Jose Martinez — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:38:19 +0000

If I did produced stevia leaves where could I sell them at wholesale? Is there an important buyer that might be interested in my crop?
Jose