E-12a

Sweet Yeast

Name/s:
Stevia Yeast
Sweet Yeast

Food labelling:
Stevia
Sweetener
Steviol (glycosides)

Licence:
Proprietary-
EverSweet™ by Evolva with Cargill Incorporated

Description:
Mirroring the enzymes found which produce the ultra-sweetness in the stevia plant, the baking yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was engineered to replicate the sweet compounds and produce a zero calorie sweetener.