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Please consult a health professional for medical advice. This reversed the 1991 action when the FDA stopped all importation of stevia leaves and stevia products. While current FDA rulings prohibit the labeling of stevia in any form as a sweetener or flavor enhancer, this is the true future of stevia. Stevia, which is 30 times sweeter than sugar but contains no calories, has been used as a sweetener in Paraguay for over 1500 years and surrounding countries for centuries. In the 1970's the Japanese developed a method of refining the sweet glycosides out of the stevia leaf, creating a new product called Stevioside, which is 300 times sweeter then sugar.