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Jan 1, 1500
since Human settlement as kaa he-he (Sweet herb)
The Guarani Indians had known for centuries about the unique advantages of kaa he-he (a native term which translates as “sweet herb”) — long before the invaders from the Old World were lured by the treasures of the New. it was an important ingredient in the indigenous diet. Historians noted that these indigenous peoples had been sweetening herbal teas with stevia leaves "since ancient times." -
Jan 1, 1555
STEVIA got the NAME
STEVIA were first researched by Spanish botanist and physician Petrus Jacobus Stevus (Pedro Jaime Esteve 1500–1556), from whose surname originates the Latinized word stevia. The plant has a long history of medicinal use in Paraguay and Brazil. The leaves have been traditionally used for hundreds of years in Paraguay and Brazil to sweeten local teas, medicines and as a "sweet treat". -
STEVIA Sweetening Compound Researched & described
In 1899, the Swiss botanist Moisés Santiago Bertoni, during his research in eastern Paraguay, first described the plant and the sweet taste in detail.Bertoni named the “new” variety of the Stevia genus in honor of a Paraguayan chemist named Rebaudi who subsequently became the first to extract the plant’s sweet constituent. “In placing in the mouth the smallest particle of any portion of the leaf or twig,” Bertoni wrote, “one is surprised at the strange and extreme sweetness contained therein. -
Cultivating stevia crops at Large level
Dr. Orido Rebaudi conducts the first complete study of stevia leaves. Neighboring countries begin cultivating stevia crops. -
Isolation of Stevioside and Rebaudioside
French chemists M. Bridel and R. Lavielle isolate the compounds that give the plant its sweet taste. The glycosides are named stevioside and rebaudioside. -
England start Using of Stevia
England explores the possibility of using stevia when sugarcane supplies from the Caribbean are cut off during WWII. -
JAPAN begins Cultivating and Extracting at large level
Japan begins cultivating stevia and extracting the various steviosides to be used in place of sugar. Following extensive safety tests, the steviosides are approved as a sweetener by the government of Japan. -
Huge acceptance as sweetener by JAPANESE
Stevioside, the combination of sweet glycosides extracted from stevia leaves, achieves a 40% market share as a commercial sweetener in Japan
