Anton Paar has published an application report on the analysis of sugar and stevia in soft drinks using its high precision instruments.
An increasing number of beverages are sweetened with a combination of sugar and Stevia for reasons of healthy calorie reduction.
The sweetening power of Stevia exceeds the sweetness of saccharose by far, with almost neglible calories. But the way beverages feel and taste in the mouth means that many consumers continue to prefer sugar-sweetened beverages.
The report describes how Anton Paar's DMA M and SDA M can be used to analyse the density of beverages with varying ratios of sugar and stevia in order to find a combination with best flavour and calorie balance.
