Durelife Organic 100% Pure Monk Fruit sweetener, No Erythritol, Monkfruit Extract Powder, USDA organic NON-GMO Project Verified, Keto Certified, OU kosher No Fillers Zero Calorie Sugar Substitute 5 OZ

First time using monk fruit... Read reviews. Well... its very sweet, more than stated. 1/8 of a tsp is about the same as 2 heaping teaspoons of sugar, by my tea test. half of that is just right. Its sticky. You get this dust on you and it is... sticky, despite the powder being so dry and fine. Does it mix in water... no, but that's only because its so fine. use a coffee wisk or just keep stirring, itll mix in eventually. Small sacrifices for not using sugar. And the aftertaste. Well, as I read the reviews I dunno why people whine about it. It tastes like sugar, the aftertaste is not unpleasant, its sort of like the fruity aftertaste youd get from raisins or prunes, but not those flavors....its hard to explain. Its not chemical or artificial. Its just different from sugar that has none. You'll get used to it. As I can figure, it seems you get that taste moreso if you use too much. Use only half as much as you think you want, and its barely noticeable. People who whine about the size... um, its 5oz of dust. thats not much. But you use less than it suggests so, 5oz will last a lot longer than you'd think. Plus, you pay for not having to use sugar, so.... stop whining. lol

I drink a lot of iced tea, I make it by the gallon using teabags from Ireland (bought on Amazon) Barry's Tea Master Blend. The Irish teabags hold more tea in them and it is a good black tea, strong. I need a strong tea as when I pour it over ice it gets diluted. However I like a sweet iced tea as well. I switched from sugar with peach syrup to Monk fruit with erythritol and peach syrup. Most monk fruit sold is a mix with something else, I used the mix with erythritol, but then I read an research article that says, watch out, erythritol thickens your blood and it stays in your body for a very very long time. So then I went on a search for pure monk fruit and tried Durelife pure monk fruit powder. I LOVE this stuff. What I do is make a syrup out of it, I use one tablespoon of Monk Fruit to one cup of boiling water. I mix a 4 cup syrup batch at a time, I use one cup in my gallon of iced tea and store the other three cups in a glass jar in the refrigerator. I add 2/3 of a cup of peach syrup to my brewed and cooled down (luke warm) with the 1 cup of Monk Fruit syrup and have a perfect low calorie gallon of iced tea. I find you need to let the brewed tea cool down to close to room temperature before adding the peach syrup or else the peach syrup flavor gets knocked out if you add it to hot tea. I know the peach syrup is adding glucose and calories but 2/3 of a cup in a gallon works down to not all that much in a glass and I so enjoy that peach flavor in my iced tea. I can't praise this product enough, it has really really improved my life. 1 Table spoon of this monk fruit powder mixed into a cup of boiling water, use a whisk to mix it throughly and boom you are done. It dissolves really well with a slight bit of whisking. Just a few strokes with the whisk and the powder fully dissolves into the boiling water. Although the price per bag seems pricey, one bag is going to last me a long long long time at one tablespoon for one cup of boiling water, so actually it is not all that expensive in the long run. I am picky, I do not like any other artificial sweeteners and I have tried them all. I LOVE Monk Fruit, it does not leave a bad taste in your mouth like the other ones do, because it is fruit it only leaves a very slight pleasant fruity flavor in your mouth. The after taste is very very very slight and I like it, it is fruity. Just a hint of fruit is how I would describe it. If my review is helpful consider leaving a thumbs up.

Great stuff. Its very fine, light beige in color, and goes airborne quickly so watch out when using and closing the re-sealable. You will inhale it if you're not careful. I like how it does not have any erythritol in it. 1/8th of a tsp (1 scoop) is like 1 tsp of regular sugar, so a little goes a long way. Its pricey but worth it for your health.

I like the product bc it seems like a more pure sweetener than other artificial sweeteners which all seem to have chemicals I don’t want in the sweetener. I wanted to know how to adjust the amount compared to regular sugar in recipes .There was no good advice online or on the package. I did find one bit of information regarding amounts to use it was “ 1 1/2 cup sugar to 1/2 cup” of the monk fruit extract. OMG WAY OFF! In a recipe where I would use 1 cup of sugar I used a little less than 1/3 cup of the monk fruit and it was way too sweet. I will try 1/2 tablespoon next time. The flavor of the monk extract is good (to me) and no after taste like stevia has plus the only thing in it is monk fruit. I like the product. 11-6-24 Update on this sweetener. I like it bc it adds sweetness to my baked goods but after it sits a day or so the sweetness fades slightly but not enough to stop me from using it. The monk fruit extract doesn’t dissolve easily and should be added earlier in the mixing process as this may help. I prefer this brand bc it is only from “monk fruit “ from what I have read. The sweetness is adequate for me to eliminate sugars but not add all the artificial sweeteners.

The beauty of pure monk fruit sweetener is that you only need a fraction of the amount of sugar to achieve the same level of sweetness. I use well below 1/2 teaspoon in my morning tea and it's just as sweet as sugar. But it's a delicate balance to achieve, as I'd have to ensure it's subtly sweet or the bitterness of the monk fruit will encroach into the flavors my Jasmine tea. Once you have mastered this skill of achieving the right ratios, you reap the benefits of adding a hint of sweetness without the inflammation. No more sluggish mornings because of sugar overconsumption the day before.

The bag is massive. If you’re not used to monk fruit sweetener, start with just a tiny, and I do mean a tiny amount. I take the scoop that comes with it a knock a dusting into my coffee. If you put the entire scoop in, it would probably be disgustingly sweet and weird. It floats and cakes up when put it in liquid, even when it’s hot. Just use a frother to break the sweetener up. It can have a weird after taste at first, but once you’re used to it you might notice that regular sugar is unbearably sweet and in everything.

The two brands of Monk Fruit sweetener I've used, including this one, have superior taste, and almost no aftertaste as compared to other non-sugar sweeteners and sugar alcohols I've tried. However, after using it in my coffee and daily oatmeal for about a month I notice that need to use nearly twice as much of this brand to get the same degree of sweetness as the last brand I purchased from Amazon shown in the photo. So, even though this brand is cheaper per ounce it works out to more cost per serving than the "Pure Monk" product I have used since 2018.

This is a healthy sweetener, but a bit difficult to dissolve. It tends to clump together like a gel when you stir it into coffee. I’ve started sprinkling it on the inner walls of my glass espresso cup, which helps stir it into the coffee. The taste is not the same as sugar, and it takes some getting used to. It’s not a bad taste, but it’s not ideal either. I can definitely see how this sweetener could benefit from some organic vanilla powder mixed in.