Impact on Environment: Treating the environment with respect

PureCircle’s products come from nature. We believe to ensure the quality of our products and the sustainability of our processes, we must be involved in each and every stage in the supply chain from cultivation through to distribution.

Stevia is a renewable crop with minimal environmental impact. The extraction of steviol glycosides from the stevia leaf is a natural process and does not in any way alter the composition inherent in the plant. No genetically modified plants are used in the production of PureCircle’s portfolio of sweeteners.

Further, to produce high purity stevia extract in scale for the mass market requires the efficient environmental treatment of biomass and waste water. Over the years, PureCircle has invested millions of dollars expanding and upgrading our extraction facility. We built a large scale waste water recycling and treatment plant that ensures both that a high percentage of water is re-used and that all water is returned to nature at high international levels of cleanliness. Our large scale leaf biomass plant converts biomass to electricity for use in the local grid. Residual mulch is used as natural fertilizers and animal feed.