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Monk Fruit ?

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Monk Fruit

Monk Fruit (Siraitia grosvenorii) commonly known as Luó Hàn Guǒ or "Buddha Fruit" is a perennial Cucurbitaceae-family herb. Monk Fruit is a native plant from China and has been cultivated for more than 200 years.

Monk Fruit has been consumed as a part of traditional Chinese Medicines to treat lung congestion, colds, and sore throats. Now, it's consumed as a non-caloric natural sweetener.

Cultivation

To produce high quality Monk Fruit, it is best cultivated at Mountainous Area with high rainfall and humidity with cool temperature.

*Not only mogroside V, but other water extracts like mogroside IV and VI, siamenoside I and 11-oxo-mogroside V are considered to be responsible for strong sweetening property in monk fruit

A Natural Sweetener

No Calorie

Sweet & Safe

Mogroside-V (Monk Fruit extract) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS).

Since, Monk Fruit has been used as a food for hundreds of years, and there have been no reported side effects from eating the sweetener, it’s generally recognized as safe.

Usage of Monk Fruit extract in foods has also been approved in Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.

More Than Just a Sweetener

Beside its zero-calorie benefit for diet, Mogroside-V also showed several health-related benefits such as:

As a non-caloric natural sweetener, consumption of Mogroside-V (Monk Fruit extract) as sugar substitute would reduce daily calorie intake which subsequently helps to promote Weight Loss & manage Calorie Intake.

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Reference

1. Shivani, Thakur, B.K., Mallikarjun, C.P. et al. Introduction, adaptation and characterization of monk fruit (Siraitia grosvenorii): a non- caloric new natural sweetener. Sci Rep 11, 6205 (2021)

2. Pandey, A K & Chauhan, Om. Monk fruit (Siraitia grosvenorii) - health aspects and food applications. Pantnagar Journal of Research 17(3):191-198 (2020)

3. EFSA FAF Panel (EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings), Younes, M, Aquilina, G, Engel, K-H, Fowler, P, Frutos Fernandez, MJ, Fürst, P, Gürtler, R, Gundert-Remy, U, Husøy, T, Mennes, W, Moldeus, P, Oskarsson, A, Shah, R, Waalkens-Berendsen, I, Wölfle, D, Degen, G, Herman, L, Gott, D, Leblanc, J-C, Giarola, A, Rincon, AM, Tard, A and Castle, L. Scientific Opinion on the safety of use of Monk fruit extract as a food additive in different food categories. EFSA Journal 2019;17(12):5921, 26 pp.

4. Why Everyone’s Going Mad for Monk Fruit? https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/monk-fruit-health-benefits

5. Monk Fruit Sweetener: Good or Bad? https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/monk-fruit-sweetener#safety

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Monk Fruit

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