Monk fruit Archives

Ingredient: Monk fruit

A slim unbranded beverage can representing a natural, stevia-free sweetener for functional beverages.

What Is the Best Natural, Stevia-Free Sweetener for Functional Beverages?

August 13th, 2026

TL;DR: For a functional beverage that needs natural, clean-label sweetness with no added sugar, OnoSweet® is one of the best-in-class options. Sweetening naturally means choosing among stevia, monk fruit, allulose, sugar alcohols like erythritol and newer options like brazzein and thaumatin, and each carries a trade-off in taste, cost or consumer marketability; but not OnoSweet®. […]

What’s Wrong with Stevia and Monk Fruit

July 12th, 2021

The typical natural sweetening system consists of stevia + monk fruit. The combination tastes great, but… It’s expensive The supply is tight Sustainability is questionable Now there’s a better alternative that will make the stevia-monk fruit combination obsolete. Monk fruit’s cost-in-use is one the highest of any sweetener in the world. The cost per kilo […]