date:Jun 25, 2014
al in order to gain access to 1,500 metric tons of annual supply of low-grade stevia extract for use as starting material. For perspective on this capacity in the context of the stevia industry, Purecircle is a leading stevia supplier that disclosed as of 2013 a 2,800 metric ton capacity for highly purified stevia extract that could support annual sales of $250 to $300 million.
Stevia First's scale-up efforts to date have involved increasing reaction volumes by 25,000 times over initial laborat