Zero calories and two hundred times sweeter than sugar. Stevia Leaf Powder is made from a herbaceous perennial native to South America and used as a sugar substitute. The leaves are dried and ground into a powder used to sweeten beverages like coffee, tea, yerba mate or baked goods. Indigenous peoples used it medicinally to treat burns, stomach problems, and colic. It helps to decrease sugar consumption and is good for weight loss or diabetic diets.