Two cups a day, two teaspoons of sugar each. A third or more of your carb budget, before lunch.
Read the guideOn a 2,000 kcal day
That is 5% to 10% of the day's energy, by our arithmetic. A teaspoon of sugar is about 4.2 g.
The carb budgetFirst ingredient dextrose or maltodextrin? The sweetener on the front is a small part of the pack, and those carbs count in full.
The labelChecked on 13 October 2026
More than half. The pack decides, not the fruit. So which sweetener fits the cup?
The monk fruit pickRanked for daily chai
Our view for daily chai, not a grade of the research.
The rankingTwo cups a day
Monk fruit without sugar alcohols: a few drops carry a teaspoon's sweetness. The carbs are too small to count.
Why dropsOn the glycemic index, one sugar alcohol scores about a third of glucose. Honey, gur and dates are sugar too. The article names them.
From The Sweet Change
Monk Fruit Drops
Monk fruit extract, water and vitamin C
Monk Fruit Powder
Monk fruit, guar fibre and allulose, no erythritol