Steviol glycosites preparations and foods or beverages containing these preparations

Abstract

The invention relates to a steviol glycoside preparation in which the total content of nine specific steviol glycosides is greater than or equal to 60% by weight and less than 95% by weight, and the total content of steviol glycosides other than the nine steviol glycosides mentioned above and components derived from stevia that are not steviol glycosides is between 5 and 40% by weight each of the total weight of the solid content of the steviol glycoside preparation. The weight ratios of the content of rebaudioside A and the content of rebaudioside D, each relative to the total content of the nine steviol glycosides, are in the range of 35 to 75% by weight and 5 to 30% by weight, respectively, and the steviol glycoside preparation has at least one characteristic selected from the following: the methanol content is less than or equal to 0.10% by weight of the total content of the nine steviol glycosides in the preparation; The polyphenol content is less than or equal to 2.0% by weight of the total content of the 9 steviol glycosides in this preparation; and the total nitrogen content is less than or equal to 0.40% by weight of the total content of the 9 steviol glycosides in the 7+ preparation.