Stevian Biotechnology Corporation (SBC) Sdn Bhd was incorporated on 3 May 2002. It is a pioneer biotechnology company of its kind in the South-east Asian region with large investments in a polyfunctional biotechnology plant in Malaysia capable of producing enzymatically enhanced natural sweeteners and a whole range of biochemical products and derivatives.
SBC is currently focusing on research, development, production and commercialization of Stevia-based sweeteners.
SBC’s current commercialized products are as follows:
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Rebaudioside (Reb-A)
High intensity natural sweetener which is in commercially viable quantities accumulating in the leaves of Stevia Rebaudioside plant. In its pure state, it is 400 times to 450 times sweeter than sugar. SBC is able to isolate Reb-A and purify it up to a 98% purity level, being the 1st in the country and currently the only company in the world to be able to do so on a large commercial scale Rebaudioside A.
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Sweta
Sweta is SBC’s industrial brand of Enzymatically Treated Stevioside (ETS). It is a co-product derived from the extraction of Reb-A. It is highly purified, odourless white fine powdered natural sweetener made out of glycosides naturally extracted from leaf of the Stevia herb plant. Sweta’s sweetness is 150 times greater than sugar and is mainly used as beverages ingredients.
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