Freedom of health choice advocates in EU have the fight of the century going on over there. The powers that be want 5,000 different health supplements, herbs vitamins to be banned, eliminated or sold only by big pharma companies and the milligram strengths lowered to the U.S. equivalent RDA. So I'm guessing stevia falls in this disputed area. Personally I have used it with no side effects or problems. You only use under 5 drops at a time. Two or three for tea, for instance. I've not used it for baking. Maybe someone else on the board has.