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  1. Stevia 
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/natural/682.html
    Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) is a bushy shrub native to northeast Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina. It's best known as a natural sweetener. Stevia contains chemicals that are 200-300 times sweeter ...
  2. Sweeteners - sugars 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002444.htm
    ... diabetes, and it is a main ingredient in Stevia and monk-fruit sweetener products. A recent study ... taken from the residue of sugar cane processing. Stevia sweeteners are high intensity extracts derived from the ...
  3. Sweeteners - sugar substitutes 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007492.htm
    ... Not used in cooking and baking FDA approved Stevia (Truvia, Pure Via, Sun Crystals) Non-nutritive sweetener. Made from the plant Stevia rebaudiana , which is grown for its sweet leaves. ...