| Key Properties | Functional Benefit |
| Higher sweetness intensity,faster sweetness onset | Rounded and robust sweetness profile |
| Sugar reduction | Replaces of sucrose for consumers monitoring sugar intake |
| O calorie | Healty ,better taste |
| Low GI | Suitble for diabetics |
| CHARACTERISTIC | SPECIFICATION | METHOD |
| Rebaudioside A, % (wt/wt) on anhydrous basis | N/A | JACFA 2010 HPLC |
| Total Glucosides (%) (wt/wt) | ≥ | JACFA 2010 HPLC |
| Ash, % (wt/wt) | <0.2 | AOAC 945.96 |
| Specific Rotation, on anhydrous | -20° to -33° | POLARIMETER |
| Loss on Drying, % | ≤5 | Loss on Drying |
| Lead(as Pb),ppm | <1.0 | ICP MS AOAC |
| Cadmium (as Cd), ppm | <0.1 | ICP MS AOAC |
| Arsenic (as As), ppm | <0.1 | ICP MS AOAC |
| Mercury (as Hg), ppm | <0.1 | ICP MS AOAC |
| Ethanol | ≤5,000ppm | CH.P.(2)-VIII-P |
| Methanol | ≤200ppm | CH.P.(2)-VIII-P |
| CHARACTERISTIC | LIMIT | METHOD |
| Faecal Coliforms, MPN/g | <3 | Chapter 4, FDA |
| Total Coliforms, MPN/g | <3 | Chapter 4, FDA |
| Escherichia coli count, CFU/g | <10 | AOAC 991.14 |
| Listeria | Negative/11g | Tecra Unique |
| Salmonella sp | Negative/25g | Tecra Unique/AOAC 2000.07 |
| Staphylococcus aureus, CFU/g | <10 | Chapter 12, FDA |
| Total plate Count, CFU/g | <1000 | AOAC 990.12 |
| Total Yeast, CFU/g | <100 | AOAC 997.02 |
| Total Mould,CFU/g | <100 | AOAC 997.02 |
