RESEARCH TO DIVERSITY PRODUCTS FORM STEVIA REBAUDIANA

Abstract

Stevia rebaudiana is an herb that contains many bioactive substances with health benefits such as flavonoids, alkaloids, steviosides. This study aims to process tea and chew candy products from Stevia rebaudiana. Study the effects of various parameters including: proportion of ingredients, processing temperature, drying temperature on sensory quality and content of active ingredients in the product were studied. The results determined, the suitable condition for processing cube tea from Stevia rebaudiana is the amount of tea for each cube is 3g, the percentage of additional CMC is 0.6% compared to the tea weight and tea drying temperature is 70°C. For chewing gum from Stevia rebaudiana, the ratio of stevia extract: corn starch is 50:50, the temperature and processing time is 110ºC - 13 minutes. Under these processing conditions, tea cubes and chew candies form Stevia rebaudiana still contain the necessary biologically active substances and have good sensory quality.