How I lost 70 lbs. in one year.

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125. PureVia is Pepsi's version of Coca Cola/Cargils TruVia.

Both were developed to get a share of the stevia $$$ pie.

In the early 90's I started using stevia but it was sold as a "facial serum" because the couldn't legally market it as a sweetener. It was hard to find, and I don't know how the barriers were broken down, but eventually stevia became popular with those into "natural" foods.

Both PureVia and TruVia use a smidgen of stevia so they can market it as incorporating stevia, but the amount is so infintesimal that the majority of ingrediets are the stuff we really don't want. I wouldn't trust anything from those huge companies anyway -- look at aspartame.

Here's a snip about PurVia and TruVia

http://www.bryanmarcel.com/truvia-and-purevia-are-not-stevia

I've tried most brands of stevia, and as I said, many have a bitter, odd taste. Sweet Leaf is the only brand that doesn't and I like the company profile. You can get it at natural stores, the natural food section in a lot of stores, and online. Here's their site:

http://www.sweetleaf.com/

I gotta say, though, that I think PurVia is FAR better than aspartame -- that stuff is poison.