The Stevia plant, which has been used for hundreds of years as a natural sweetener and is found in South America, can be up to 30 times sweeter than regular sugar. Stevia sweetener product undergoes a refining process that produces a pure, high quality Stevioside, which comes from the Stevia plant. This no calorie, zero-glycemic sweetener is all-natural and is a generally recognized safe (GRAS) product. This product can be used as a substitute for sugar in any beverage.