RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif.— Blue California announced its ingredient Good&Sweet™ Reb-A 97% was affirmed GRAS (generally recognized as safe) by a independent scientific panel, assembled by GRAS Associates LLC. Good&Sweet is a high-purity natural sweetener from stevia standardized to 97 or 99 percent rebaudioside A (Reb A); the product exceeds the specs for steviol glycosides established by the Joint Expert Committee of Food Additives (JECFA).