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I don't think monk fruit and stevia are considered artificial sweeteners. I think they fall under the "alternative (to sugar)" sweeteners category. As opposed t
by yesbut 4y ago
I don't think monk fruit and stevia are considered artificial sweeteners. I think they fall under the "alternative (to sugar)" sweeteners category. As opposed to artificial sweeteners like saccharin, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, etc.
- throwaway290 4y agoYes, sugar and stevia are equally artificial. Both are extracted from a plant with some industrial processing.
- ekianjo 4y agoArtificial usually refers to synthetic
- throwaway290 4y agoThen neither is. So, equally.
- patall 4y agoI think, patent is talking about stevia the plant, whose leaves are quite sweet with a licorice taste when eaten raw or dried. When powdered, you can use those to sweeten i.e tea. You are talking about steviol glycosides that can be extracted, like sugar, from that same plant.
- throwaway290 4y agoNo. What I mean is that processing of stevia plant to obtain sweetener powder is conceptually the same as processing of plants to obtain sugar powder. So either both are artificial, or neither are. FWIW I wouldn't call either artificial. I'm not talking about synthetic stevia as I haven't encountered such.