NOW Foods Better Stevia Liquid Sweetener Cinnamon Vanilla is a zero-calorie, low glycemic, natural sweetener that makes a perfectly healthy substitute for table sugar and artificial sweeteners. Unlike chemical sweeteners, NOW Better Stevia contains pure Stevia extract. NOW Foods takes special measures to preserve Stevia's natural qualities in this unique, pure, better-tasting Stevia. Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, milk, egg, fish or shellfish ingredients. What is Stevia? Comprised of around 240 species of herbs in the sunflower family (Asteraceae), Stevia can be found growing wild in South America and southwestern regions of North America. It's believed to have first been discovered by Spanish scientist Petrus Jacobus Stevus (Pedro Jaime Esteve), whose surname was used as the basis for the Latin Stevia. In the late 1800's Swiss botanist Moiss Santiago Bertoni, who had immigrated to NOW Foods Better Stevia Liquid Sweetener Cinnamon Vanilla - 2 oz. (60 mL)