100% Monkfruit Extract Powder, Keto Friendly Sweetener, Monk Fruit, Sugar-Free, Non-GMO, Non-Glycemic (25% Mogroside V, 1.5oz / 42g)

Finally, something that works for me! It is a big expense for a very small amount, but worth it. I can't have sugar, honey, most sweeteners, natural or artificial. They make me very sick and encourage infections/inflammation. I had resolved myself to a bland existence when I discovered 100% Monkfruit Extract Powder. It does not have the negative effects other sweeteners have had on my body. It also requires extremely small amounts to make recipes perfect. It is super sweet, but does not taste like sugar, nor does it have that near-instant addictive quality that cane sugar has. When I first tried it, I thought this was something I was going to have to 'get use to', because the taste was kind of like artificial sweetener and super sweet. As I tested its use, I began to think it was not going to work. I did not like the overwhelming taste. I read online that 1/6th teaspoon is equal to 1/4th cup sugar. Also, because I have been off sugar so long, I am very sensitive to sweet flavors. The taste had been overwhelming because I was using too much. Once I started using less, it tasted perfect! I had to teach my family that the idea is not to taste the monk fruit powder (like most people want to taste sugar). The idea is to taste the food and have the monk fruit powder there just enough to enhance the food's other flavors. An example... a strawberry is supposed to be sweet. It is difficult to get ripe strawberries these days. If the strawberry is dipped in or covered in sugar, it tastes like sugar with a hint of strawberry. However, with a slight sprinkle of monk fruit powder, the taste is a sweet strawberry.

This stuff is STRONG and AMAZING! Long story short, I've got a toddler with a feeding disorder who isn't physically able to eat solids or take a lot of cups consistently, and still heavily relies on a bottle. She's got lots of food allergies and I do a homemade plant milk, but she was really needing more real food. This sweetener allowed me to make pureed real food that is still palatable without going crazy on the fruit or adding a ton of sugar. A small sprinkle really brings out the sweetness of the fruit and helps cover up other flavors. I used it in our morning smoothies and it was fantastic. I used maybe 1/4 of a teaspoon for an almost 40 oz smoothie. I use just a sprinkle in 12oz of thick puree. And it works wonderfully. We also plan to use it in plain yogurt to help reduce the need for added sugar. It does have a slight aftertaste when you consume it alone, so it works best in small amounts to play up existing sweetness, or reduce the need for as much other sweeteners. But it works absolutely amazingly for our little girl, and has allowed her to more easily take real food, and she's already thriving. Such a great product!

Review updated 6/11/2022 to reflect other products. This is now a composite review of three monk fruit products. Amazon.com : It's Just - 100% Monkfruit Extract Powder, Keto Friendly Sweetener, Monk Fruit, Sugar-Free, Non-GMO, 25% Mogrosides, Non-Glycemic, 1.5oz : Grocery & Gourmet Food I have purchased this product 12 times since 2020. I was looking for a low/no glycemic sweetener that also was not harsh on the gut biome. Only pure monk fruit and stevia seem to fit those requirements. Many of the monk fruit and stevia sweeteners available in stores are mixed with erythritol, which can have a negative effect on the beneficial bacteria in one’s gut. I did also try the drops, but the package and dispensing was just not user friendly. Also required a lot of drops to taste any sweetness. This powder does take some getting used to using. I really only use it to sweeten my brewed cacao drink. It mixes better in warm or hot liquids. I usually let it sit and brew in the french press with the ground cacao. I dislike the packaging. The zippered bag is never zipped properly therefore not sealing the powder below the tear off point, so when you open it the first time there is sticky powder that goes everywhere. I also dislike leaving it in the original packaging because it’s a pain and a mess to deal with. I now transfer this into a dark tinted wide mouth half pint jar. I also think the little measuring spoon sent in the package is an annoyance and a waste. This would be better off in a container like the Clabber Girl baking powder. Appearance is fine, pure white powder. Overall, 4.5 stars for the product itself. 2.5 stars for packaging. This is currently priced at $15.30 per oz —----------- Amazon.com: NOW Foods, Certified Organic Monk Fruit Extract Powder, Zero Calorie Sweetener, Large Bottle for Serving Scoop, Certified Non-GMO, 0.7-Ounce : Grocery & Gourmet Food I decided to give this product a try. Just the listing alone gave me hope that the packaging would be friendlier. The container is almost exactly the same as what you would find in the herbs and spice aisle at a grocery store. Flip top cap with a pour and a sprinkle option. I disliked that my measuring spoons were a little awkward getting in and out. I would like a shorter container with a wider lid, or a bigger size all together. This would almost be worth carrying in your purse if you wanted to have a monk fruit sweetener with you. Taste was excellent. To my palette it was twice as sweet as the “It’s Just” product, so less goes further. Appearance is fine, pure white powder. 5 stars for the product. 3.5 stars for the packaging This is currently priced at $29.71 per oz, so value is roughly equal to the “It’s Just” brand —-------- Amazon.com: Smart Monk - 100% Monkfruit Extract, Non-Glycemic, Zero Calorie, Sugar-Free Monk Fruit Sweetener (3oz / 85g) : Grocery & Gourmet Food Packaging for the win! This is the perfect leave at home on the counter or in the pantry package. No spills in shipment, and no difficulty getting to the monk fruit powder. Container is a tub with a screw cap, 3.5” in diameter, 2.75” tall. Taste is definitely not as good as either of the other products. It is about as sweet as the “It’s Just” monk fruit, but it has a bit of an aftertaste. I will finish the container, but I will not buy it again. Appearance is fine, yellowish powder. 2.5 stars for the product. 5 stars for the packaging. This is currently priced at $13.71 per oz. This product has the best value for weight.

I have been using the Splenda Monk fruit with erythritol but wanted to try this pure monk fruit. I've been trying to lose some weight and wanted a safe alternative to sugar (I hate artificial sweeteners.) I should have paid more attention to some of the negative reviews but didn't. I wanted to like it - I really did. I got a 1/8 teaspoon and filled it halfway (which, at 1/32 = 1 tsp., 1/16 - half of a 1/8 = 2 tsps.) This stuff is nasty tasting...literally has an aftertaste of artificial sweetener. I thought maybe I got it too strong, so I tried less...did not help. I finally started adding some of the erythritol monk fruit to mix with it. But that literally voids the whole purpose of using the pure monk fruit. I also want to add that this is not a white powder. I saw in one of the reviews, a woman mentions this fact. I didn't think much of it but perhaps that's the problem - I really don't know. I just cannot stomach the aftertaste it leaves in my mouth... a lot of money wasted on a nasty product. Lastly, when I ordered, I double checked that I could replace or refund this before I ordered it. However, when I tried, I received a quick message stating that this product IS NOT REFUNDABLE OR RETURNABLE!

PARENTS: STOP FEEDING YOUR CHILDREN SUGAR, which is addictive and truly poison--it destroys teeth, skin, vision, hair; it can cause you to lose limbs; it can elevate blood pressure and blood sugar levels; it can negatively impact mental health; and, obviously, it can cause excessive weight gain. There's NO good reason to eat sugar (no one HAS to eat foods that include sugar as an ingredient). Artificial sweeteners are a poor substitute as far as health is concerned. Natural sweeteners like stevia, allulose and monk fruit blends, while better for you, don't taste great. But this PURE monk fruit powder is a game changer! It's Only Monk Fruit doesn't have sugar alcohol added, so you don't have the bitter aftertaste typical with other natural sweeteners. The little scoop included measures 1/32 of a teaspoon (equal to 2 tsp of sugar), and that small amount is adequate. When mixed with food or drink, you get a very clean, subtly sweet taste, i.e., the sweetness is there without being cloying; it definitely satisfies a sugar craving! After reading the reviews before purchase, I tried to be careful transferring it to a jar, but still managed to spill about a tsp full of the powder! I thoroughly tamped down the bag before carefully opening it and I didn't get a plume, but I DID taste the sweetness in my throat! The powder is extremely fine and it's easily inhaled; be careful. The small package contains 300 servings, so I think the price is fair. I love this sugar sub and wish I'd discovered it long ago. I'll never eat sugar again.

Not quite sure about this product- it’s so expensive and the powder is so light it ends up poofing out - the jury is still out. I’m not sure how I feel about the taste. Too much in coffee can make it bitter.

We went on this monk fruit after I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and my husband was diagnosed as per-diabetic. it has been a life saver when we are desperate for something sweeter to the taste. I have to say that it took some experimenting with different foods though. By experimenting we found out that we like flavor acidic sauces, fruits, berries and tomato sauces such as spaghetti with Plain Sweet leaf Stevia drops after it is done cooking without any bad 'Stevia aftertaste' but in baked goods the sweetness gets baked out . So we found that we must use the monk fruit for anything that requires the sweetener already in it as in baked goods etc. To use this monk fruit you want to first re hydrate the amount you are going to use in a small amount of hot water and stir enough to re hydrate so it is not clumping. Then you can pour that into what ever needs sweetened. We found out the hard way that if you don't do this then the monk fruit will clump into a ball if you add it straight into a boiling pan and we could never get the clump to dissipate into the food after that. We tried Lakanto Monk fruit but I had a serious reaction to some other ingredients they mix into the monk fruit to make it act like sugar. So we purchased this one which is just straight dehydrated monk fruit. To honest, it has it's own unique taste that takes some getting used to and will not be a direct substitute for sugar. It does not caramelize as sugar does when it is heated but it is stable when it is heated and the sweetness does not disappear when baked like liquid Stevia does. I have had other brands of monk fruit and some are quite dark, with almost a molasses flavor and seem to dissolve better...but this one is light colored and does not seem to have that molasses type flavor. It took some testing and learning but now I like it a lot. Just know that it comes in a very small bag. This surprised me at first but I soon learned that a little of this monk fruit goes a long way and even with all of our 'testing' that bag lasted a very long time for us. For someone who can not have sugar or other sweeteners such as Xylitol this will definitely help. I will definitely order this again.

Love this sweetener. It's veeeeeeeeeeeeeeery sweet and you only need a tiny little bit compared to sugar to do the job. So this small packet lasts a very long time. But note that it is extremely powdery and light. It will fly away or poof up into your face if you're not careful when you open the packet. I keep mine inside of a ziploc bag and keep the tiny spoon that comes with it, in the bag, but not inside the monk fruit packet because you'd get the powder all over your hands and lose a good a portion of it to flying away in the air if you have to dig in the bag for the spoon each time. Also, if you accidentally leave the ziploc bag open and forget about it for a while, when you come back it will have hardened - especially if it rains. This is not necessarily a bad thing tho, because it makes it less flyaway, and you can break it up into small chunks and less powdery grains that are actually easier to use. Highly recommended.

Dejando de un lado el precio es un buen producto y sí endulza mucho más que los monk fruit "comerciales" pues es extracto del componente más dulce del fruto (mogróside V) en vez de ser todo el fruto deshidratado y pulverizado. El vendedor fue "ALDEGE", quien tardó más de 2 semanas en hacer el envío.