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Page 1: Investor Presentation

Our goal is to be the world’s best stevia company by producing the world’s best stevia

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CORPORATE PROFILEMAY 2012

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WHAT IS STEVIAStevia is • a 100% natural sweetener• extracted from leaves of the stevia plant• zero calorie replacement for sugar• chemical free alternative to artificial

sweeteners• diabetic and low carbohydrate diet

friendly• tooth friendly• safe; natural; healthy

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NATURALLY SWEET TO SWEETERREBAUDIOSIDE A (REB A) IS THE MOST HIGHLYVALUED GLYCOSIDE DERIVED FROM STEVIAAND IS NOW APPROVED IN MORE THAN 36 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE.

• Reb A is a molecule found in the stevia leaf

• Raw stevia leaves are up to 40x sweeter than sugar

• Stevia extract, Reb A, is up to 400x sweeter than sugar

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This gives Stevia Nutra a significant advantage over other traditional growers and contract farmers.

Having a single site ensures that our agronomic practices are uniform throughout the plantation. The alternative involves managing thousands of relationships which in turn translates to variations in stevia leaf quality and levels of impurities.

Stevia Nutra can CONSISTENTLY deliver large QUANTITIES with the highest leaf QUALITY, all originating from a single mother plantation.

Stevia Nutra will strategically grow stevia using a plantation model vs. a contract farming model.

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STEVIA NUTRA ADVANTAGE• Optimal climate and growing conditions in Cambodia, located

in the fertile Mekong River Sub-Region.

• Allow to harvest stevia 4-5 times a year whereas traditional growers average 2.

• Strict cultivation protocols increase leaf yields by over 100%.

• Superior germplasm and “elite” stevia seedlings producing leaves that yield higher sugar content, thus producing more stevia sweetener per hectare.

• Lower cost agro-laborers.

• Strong local support through Cambodian partners.

• Proximity to the largest and fastest growing alternative sweetener markets in the world, China, India, and the rest of South East Asia.

• Opportunities to further expand plantation lands in Cambodia or neighboring Laos allows for considerable growth potential for Stevia Nutra.

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DEMAND FOR STEVIA IS SOARING • The World Health Organization expects stevia

will soon account for up to 20% of the $80 billion annual global sweetener market

• It took stevia less than one year to surpass sales of aspartame and saccharin

• Over 600 new food and beverage products launched in 2010

• Stevia sweetened products accounted for $1.1 billion in sales in 2010

• Mintel, a market research group, expects stevia sweetener to generate $2 billion in 2011

• Zenith International expects the global stevia market to triple by 2014 to keep pace with consumer demand

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ENJOY SWEET WITHOUT THE GUILT• Obesity & Diabetes are Epidemic

• Stevia sweeteners do not induce glycemic response, making them attractive to diabetics and others on carbohydrate-controlled diets.

• In the United States, obesity-related diseases and diabetes account for nearly 25 % of medical spending, estimated at $300 billion a year.

• White House Taskforce on Childhood Obesity aims to reduce childhood obesity from the current 31% to 5% by 2030.

• Consumers are becoming more health conscious.

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AN ENTREPRENEURIAL TEAM WITH WORLD CLASS EXPERIENCE

Brian W. Dicks President

Stevia Nutra Corp has appointed Mr. Dicks as President based on his extensive experience in management and business development. Mr. Dicks brings thirty years of senior management experience in financial and corporate governance within the retail, financial and manufacturing sectors.

Dr. Hilary Rodrigues CEO

A successful entrepreneur in the health food and beverage sector, Dr. Rodrigues’ vast contacts throughout North America, the EU, and Southeast Asia will benefit the Company as it prepares to distribute its high grade stevia products to industry customers. Dr. Rodrigues founded Sedna Nutraceuticals Inc which is dedicated to the research and development of nutraceutical products of the highest quality and purity.

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Dr. Ahmed A El Sheikh Chief Agronomist

Dr. Ahmed Attia El Sheikh has spent the past seventeen years working in the field of stevia research. Dr. Attia will be responsible for establishing and managing the plantation growing operations at the Company’s site in Cambodia and will participate as a member of the senior management team.

David M. M. FooVP Operations (Southeast Asia)

Mr. David M. M. Foo joins Stevia Nutra as its senior operations executive managing agro-development activities in Cambodia. His extensive experience in plantation-development and management and his broad network of contacts and business associations in both the public and private sectors will greatly assist the Company’s current operations and any future development opportunities throughout Cambodia and the Asia-Pacific region.

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David clifton Adviser

Founder of Stevia One, the largest single owned stevia plantation in the world, David Clifton is an accomplished entrepreneur with a proven track record of success in stevia agriculture. With a commitment to the research and development of stevia, Mr. Clifton’s passion for innovation has resulted in an efficient, low cost model that yields elevated productivity and high quality stevia plants.

Ecologica Co. Ltd.Strategic Relationships

Ecologica is an agro-forestry development services company, based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, that has deep expertise in agro-land acquisition, logistics, import/export practices, procurement, labor hiring and management and plantation operations management. Ecologica also has strong affiliations with several Cambodian universities and agro-research institutes where it draws top agro-technical graduates and technicians for plantation management and operations posts. Ecologica offers a wide range of services and management depth to Stevia Nutra’s stevia development operations in Cambodia.

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CAMBODIA• Member of United Nations, Association of

Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), World Bank, IMF, Asian Development Bank (ADB), and WTO.

• Peaceful conditions and stable government since 1990 with cadre of long serving ministers and bureaucrats

• 14.8 million people, 95% Buddhist, 78% literate.

• Sandwiched between two larger, more developed economies (Thailand and Vietnam) AND midway between China and India—the most important growth areas of the next century

• Economy has grown at 9% annual rate since 2005.

• Among Asia’s most cost-effective labour forces.

• Dollarized economy—foreign exchange risk minimal.

• Welcoming investment environment: Foreigners may hold 100% ownership + Incentive package for foreign agro-forestry projects.

• Climate ideal for agro-forestry development: 28º C Average Annual Temperature and 1700 mm rainfall, largely level terrain.

CAMBODIA

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A SAFE ALTERNATIVEWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND STEVIA SWEETENERS SAFE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

• In 2008, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvedstevia extract Reb A for use in the U.S.A.

• One year later, stevia dollar sales share in the U.S. surpassed both saccharine and aspartame, the most widely used artificial sweeteners in the world.

• Presently, stevia can be found in more than 6,000 food, drink and medicinal products.

• Cyclamate, Saccharin, Aspartame, Acesfulfame Potassium (Ace-K), Sucralose, Neotame and most, recently Alitame have all been related to health problems.

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CONSUMERS WANT NATURAL FOODS. BUSINESSES NEED NATURAL SOLUTION TO THE CALORIE & ARTIFICIAL ISSUES• 1000s of new product launches

• Pepsico, Coke, Nestle, General Mills announce: must reduce calories by 20+%

• Regulatory clearances confirmed in all key markets

• 35 countries across 6 continents

• By: Pepsico, CocaCola, Cargill, Merisant, Cumberland, Target Corporation, Arizona Beverage Company, Kraft, Starbucks, Lipton, Danone, Nestle

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KEY TARGETS

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ACRES PLANTED 25 250 1250 2500 5000 5000

YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 YEAR 6

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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

We adhere to the World Bank’s performance standards in its Policy on Social and Environmental Sustainability. These standards are used by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) to assess all projects that apply for financing.

We plan to build our business on a foundation of education and empowerment; training Cambodian agriculture students along side resident plantation staff in practical plantation management. Offering them real-world experience in real-world markets.

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CONTACT USWe appreciate your feedback and look forward to hearing from you.

For more information contact:

Brad Long – Investor RelationsEvergreen Investor Relations, Inc.

Toll Free: 888-960-STNT (7868) (US and Canada)Direct: 360-332-9821 (Pacific Standard Time)Fax: 360-332-9841Email: [email protected]

[email protected]

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PUBLISHED 2012 BY STEVIA NUTRA CORP.

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