What do Monk Fruit Sweeteners Contain?
Monk fruit sweeteners also called Lo Han Guo, come from a small, round fruit that grows in Southeast Asia. To get the sugar from monk fruit, you must take out the seeds and skin, crush the fruit, and collect the juice. This juice is sweet but has no calories, so it is often used in food and drinks to cut calories without losing flavor. But monk fruit isn’t grown to be eaten. Instead, it’s processed to get a chemical called mogrosides, 250 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar) but has no calories. Monk fruit sweetener is made by washing the …