David, this looks interesting, not sure that I understand it all, but it seems to be ok

http://www.amazon-treasures.com/justlikesugar/home.htm

What do you think?

I also was reading a site forum where some of the posters were advocating growing your own Stevia, as the way big business extracts it & changes it is all wrong.

This is the link   http://dorway.com/breaking-news-stevia-get-us-fda-approval/

For those of you who were interested in Natvia, I bought some & in my coffee it tastes really good. I used one and a half sachets in my (large) cup of coffee today & two in the one I had on Thursday. I think somewhere in between was ok, as I had to add a little more to the one I had today. It's the best tasting stuff for coffee I've found. Didn't like the taste of the Stevia I bought.

However, in the light of reading the above link to Stevia discussions, I'm not so sure I want to use it, but will, 'cos it cost me $4.99 for 80 sachets. So I will use it up, and try & find a Stevia plant to grow for myself. Apparently one poster said 1 leaf in a pot of tea was sweet enough, can't remember what he said about coffee. 

I was shocked about the stuff on the Aspartame link that Suzanne gave us. It's all a bit of a minefield, and the FDA (US)  seem to have been not too good at looking after our health too well, so to echo one persons sentiments, we will have to do it for ourselves. 

This is the link again, for those that missed it

Interested in your thoughts about it all, David. 

Thanks

Silver Angel  aka Sylvia