Morita Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd was founded in 1949 as a

sweetener {{Wiktionary, sweetener A sweetener is a substance added to food or drink to impart the flavor of sweetness, either because it contains a type of sugar, or because it contains a sweet-tasting sugar substitute. Many artificial sweeteners have been ...

manufacturer. With the social trend the company began research on natural products as the alternatives. In 1971, they developed a system for producing a natural

stevia Stevia () is a natural sweetener and sugar substitute derived from the leaves of the plant species ''Stevia rebaudiana'', native to Paraguay and Brazil. The active compounds are steviol glycosides (mainly stevioside and rebaudioside), which h ...

sweetener, which was the first in the world. The company has more recently been involved manufacture of a sweetener based on

rebaudioside A Rebaudioside A (sometimes shortened to "Reb A") is a steviol glycoside from the leaves of ''Stevia rebaudiana'' that is 240 times sweeter than sugar. Rebaudioside A is the sweetest and most stable steviol glycoside, and is less bitter than steviosi ...

, extracted from the

leaf.

History

Product

Karori Zero is a Japanese powder-like sweetener product made from the latest technology of Morita Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. It is made with rebaudioside A and Erythritol, which have been proved to be safe for human intake.

References

* # *{{cite web, title=Karori: 100% Natural Ingredients, url=http://www.karori.com.hk/karori/ingredients, publisher=Karori HK, accessdate=18 August 2011 Chemical companies of Japan