Rebiana is the trade name for high-purity

rebaudioside A Rebaudioside A (sometimes shortened to "Reb A") is a steviol glycoside from the leaves of ''Stevia rebaudiana'' that is 240 times sweeter than sugar. Rebaudioside A is the sweetest and most stable steviol glycoside, and is less bitter than steviosi ...

, a

steviol glycoside Steviol glycosides are the chemical compounds responsible for the sweet taste of the leaves of the South American plant ''Stevia rebaudiana'' (Asteraceae) and the main ingredients (or chemical precursor, precursors) of many sugar substitute, swee ...

that is 200 times as sweet as

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. It is derived from

stevia Stevia () is a sweet sugar substitute that is about 50 to 300 times sweetness, sweeter than sugar. It is extracted from the leaves of ''Stevia rebaudiana'', a plant native to areas of Paraguay and Brazil. The active compounds in stevia are ...

leaves by steeping them in water and purifying the resultant extract to obtain the rebaudioside A.

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filed patents on rebiana, and in 2007 it licensed the rights to the patents for food products to

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; Coca-Cola retained the exclusive rights to use the patents for beverage products. Truvia and

PureVia PureVia is a stevia-based low calorie sugar substitute developed jointly by PepsiCo and Whole Earth Sweetener Company which is a wholly owned subsidiary of artificial sweetener manufacturing company Merisant. It is currently distributed and market ...

are each made from rebiana and were each recognized as

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s by the US FDA in 2008.

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