NZ 599729 Disclosed is a reduced calorie sweetening composition consisting of from about 2 wt% to about 4 wt% stevia extract and about 92 wt% to about 98 wt% simple sugar, wherein the stevia extract comprises a rebaudioside A level of from about 80 wt% to about 99 wt% relative to all steviol glycosides, wherein the simple sugar is selected from the group consisting of sucrose, fructose and glucose, and wherein the reduced calorie sweetening composition is packaged in sachets, packets, dissolvable sweetening strips, sprays, mists, drops, cubes, tablets or bulk forms.
