How Can Truvia Contain Stevia – When Stevia is Not FDA Approved as a Food Additive?

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Here’s your question today: How can Truvia, Pure Via and Stevia in the Raw contain any stevia, when stevia hasn’t been approved by the FDA as a food additive?

Whole leaf stevia, in its natural form, is an herb that has zero calories, is a whole food and comes directly (in-tact) from nature. Has the FDA approved the use of stevia, the herb, from the plant, the actual leaf, this whole food, as a sweetener in our food supply? From the FDA website: “The FDA has not permitted the use of whole-leaf stevia or crude stevia extracts because these substances have not been approved for use as a food additive.”

Watch this video to learn how clever marketing has tricked consumers into believing that they are making a healthy choice: