Some of these may be cancer-causing agents, or in other ways dangerous to health. Recently, however, a completely new sweetener has been discovered, which is 300 times sweeter than sugar, contains almost no calories, yet is completely natural.
這種菊葉可以提煉天然糖精，甜度約為蔗糖的三百倍，卡路里含量幾乎等於零，而且不含有害健康的物質，生產成本又低，兼具蔗糖與化學糖精的優點，為愛美怕胖者及糖尿病、高血壓患者的恩物，在食品加工及醫學上都有很高的實用價值。