Sunwin Stevia International, Inc. announced that its facilities are now capable of producing A3-99 stevia products. The addition of A3-99 to its commercial production capabilities is part of its previously announced stevioside expansion project. A3-99 extracts are among the high quality stevioside extracts produced in the world and are used in the pharmaceutical and food and beverage industries.

Sunwin Stevia has completed testing for this production process making it one of a select few producers of A3-99 in China. Management expects to begin delivering shipments of the A3-99 to Zhejiang Huisong Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical customer in China, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 which begins in February 2013. Sunwin also intends to seek patents in China for its A3-99 production methodology.