date:Nov 15, 2018
Intense sweeteners made from monk fruit extract will soon be available for sale in Australia and New Zealand after an approval this week by the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ).
Monk fruit had only been permitted for use as a food and drink flavouring.
But this week the FSANZ approved it as a table top sweetener, an intense sweetener, made to be used as a teaspoon-for-teaspoon equivalent to white sugar.
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