Monk fruit

Description

Monk fruit is harvested in the form of a round, green fruit, which becomes brown on drying. It is rarely used in its fresh form, as it is hard to store.

Thus, the fruits are usually dried before further use and are sold in this fashion in Chinese herbal shops. The fruits are slowly dried in ovens, preserving them and removing most of the unwanted aromas.

The dried fruits are used in the preparation of teas, soups, and as a sweetener for products that would usually have sugar or honey added to them

Monk fruit, whose extract is nearly 300 times sweeter than sugar, has been used in China as a low-calorie sweetener for cooling drinks and in traditional Chinese medicine.

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We also have a broken shell option, this is just where the shell has split.