A few drops of monk fruit sweeten a whole cup of chai.

The trick is not the whole fruit but its extract. So what is the fruit, and what's in the drops? Tap to see → Read the guide

A vine, not a tree

The plant It climbs like a loofah on a trellis. Same family as cucumber and melon. The plant

“Only grown in China?”

Commercially, yes. CSIR-IHBT says it brought the first seeds to India in March 2018; Himachal's cool, humid hills suit the vine. How it reached Himachal

times sweeter than sugar

The extract 100 to 250 That's why a couple of drops do a teaspoon's job in your cup. US FDA, 2025 Why it's so sweet

Same fruit on the front. Different chai in the cup.

Taste The extract is intensely sweet. What you taste depends on what it's mixed with. What it tastes like

You stir in the extract, not the fruit.

Back to the pack Indian labels list ingredients by weight, so the first is most of the pack. FSS Labelling Regulations 2020 Read this part

Which sugar alcohol is in over half the monk fruit powders we checked?

For daily chai we pick monk fruit made without sugar alcohols. Read the full article

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 Shop now