The monk fruit contains about 25-38% of various carbohydrates, mainly fructose and glucose.

The monk fruit is notable for its sweetness, which can be concentrated from its juice.

Monk Fruit is regarded as a healthy, low calorie alternative to sugar and other artificial sweeteners.

The Monk fruit is a round green melon that grows in the mountaintops of Asia.

Others, which may or may not be approved, include Allulose (psicose), and monk fruit.

Norbu, is a 100% natural sweetener, sugar substitute derived from Monk Fruit.

However, Norbu is fructose free even though it is derived from monk fruit because only the sweet components called mogrosides are extracted from the fruit.

In addition to 17g of plant protein per serving, this supplement contains camu camu, acai berry, maca, lucuma, chia seeds, and monk fruit.

There is hope that due to its low glycaemic index Monk Fruit, and its compounds, may stimulate insulin secretion and have the potential to combat Diabetes.

Zevia Cola is a zero calorie soft drink that is sweetened with Stevia combined with Monk Fruit and Erythritol.

One notification for GRAS status for using monk fruit juice concentrate to sweeten edible products was submitted to the FDA in 2009.

Norbu may also refer to Norbu, a natural sweetener / sugar substitute derived from Monk Fruit (Siraitia grosvenorii), available in Australia since 2013.

More recently, mogrosides (typically extracted from monk fruit) have been used in commercial products after the FDA granted some of the compounds GRAS status in 2010.

Monk Fruit extract has been certified by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) for use in both food and beverages.

Although Monk fruit Sweetener has been readily available in the US, Norbu is Australia's first Monk fruit sweetener to be launched.

As of 2012, the New Zealand company BioVittoria provides more than 90 percent of the global supply of monk fruit extract; its main manufacturing facility for the product is in Guilin, China.

In late 2013, Zevia replaced their previous all stevia and erythritol sweetener with a mix of stevia extract, monk fruit extract, and erythritol, a blend that they call SweetSmart.

It may also be called la han qua (from Vietnamese la hán quả), arhat fruit, Buddha fruit, monk fruit, or longevity fruit (although this name has been used for several other fruits).

In North America, the colors are typically white for natural sugar, blue for aspartame, pink for saccharin, yellow for sucralose (United States) or cyclamate (Canada), tan for turbinado, orange for monk fruit extract, and green for stevia.