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Abstract

Through solid dosage minor reduction, the weight percentage of solids in an initial solution of crystallization is reduced in a controlled manner for crystallizing a stevia extract or remaining stevia extract starting material with low steviol glycoside content to obtain crystal steviol glycosides. The solid dosage minor reduction in the crystallization process imparts increased efficiencies to manufacturing processes and enables one or more benefits such as increased particle size distribution of the final crystal product, completion of one or more of solid product isolation processes (e.g., filtration and/or centrifugation) after crystallization, increased dewatering rate in solid product isolation processes, increased speed in subsequent solid drying, and enhanced product purities.

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