stevia ●
TL;DR. This ingredient is used mainly as a flavoring and sweetening agent, especially in lip care, oral care, and products where taste masking matters. It may also appear as a botanical extract with minor skin-conditioning positioning, but taste is the practical formulation role.
What does stevia do in a cosmetic formula?
This ingredient is used mainly as a flavoring and sweetening agent, especially in lip care, oral care, and products where taste masking matters. It may also appear as a botanical extract with minor skin-conditioning positioning, but taste is the practical formulation role.
Is stevia clean?
From a clean beauty perspective, it is generally low-friction and not commonly flagged on restricted lists. Sensitivity is uncommon, though any botanical extract can vary by purity, solvent system, and residual plant constituents.
Is stevia sustainable?
This material is plant-derived and renewable, with good biodegradability expected for its glycoside-rich fractions. Its footprint depends on agricultural practices, extraction method, and solvent recovery rather than petrochemical persistence.
Is stevia COSMOS-approved?
It is generally compatible with COSMOS-natural, and with COSMOS-organic when the agricultural source and processing meet the standard. It fits Green Chemistry well when extracted with approved, lower-impact solvents and processed without unnecessary derivatization.
How does stevia work chemically?
The material is a leaf-derived botanical preparation rich in intensely sweet, water-soluble diterpene glycosides. In personal care it is typically used at trace to low levels for taste modification, and these glycosides are generally stable across acidic to neutral pH ranges and are not oxidation-prone like unsaturated oils.
Last updated 2026-05-13