date:Aug 20, 2018
onk fruit extract are cucurbitane triterpene glycosides known collectively as mogrosides. The predominant component of commercial monk fruit extracts is mogroside V, which typically represents 30 to 40 percent of the extract.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand has called for submissions on an application to permit the new sweetener.
FSANZ Chief Executive Officer Mark Booth said the sweetener was derived from monk fruit (or luo han guo).
FSANZ has conducted a thorough safety assessment and c