I was searching for a diet suitable for my dads diabetes diagnosis, and I had heard so much negative information about artificial sweeteners. I then started my search for a sugar alternative that was safer, if such a thing even existed!
I came across this stuff called stevia. So I started my research. They said it was natural and safe for diabetics. it's also been used commercially in south America and Asia for years without any ill effects.
This is it! I thought, let me try this stevia stuff.
Dam it! I couldn't get it here in the UK, my only way off sourcing this stuff was from the US and it would cost a small fortune to get it posted to me.
I decided it had to to be worth a shot. My dad had a terrible sweet tooth and used all these artificial chemicals to sweeten his food and drinks, I knew it was no good for him!
We received our little bottle off stevia liquid and started to use it everyday.
So when stevia extract was approved in the UK in 2011, I started to make my own liquid. Surely it would be cheaper and more readily available to anyone who wished to try it.
It was tested at Glasgow Caledonian University and passed with flying colours!
So here you have it, a stevia liquid extract that is produced in the UK and made using only pure stevia reb A and purified Scottish water, nothing else in there.
You can try it at www.stevialiquid.co.uk
Published by
Sarahjane Duffy
