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Name Luo Han Guo fruit Extract Monk Fruit Extract
Botanical Name: Momordica Grosvenori Swingle
Part Used: Dried Fruit
Active Ingredient: Mogrosides/Mogroside V
CAS No : 88901-36-4
Test Method: HPLC or UV
Particle size: 100% pass 80 mesh
Odor: Characteristic
Shelf Life: 24 Months
Specification & Appearance:
10%, 50% Mogrosides
80% Mogrosides/ 20% Mogroside V
90% Mogrosides/30% Mogroside V
90% Mogrosides/30% Mogroside V
40% Mogroside V
40% Mogroside V HPLC
50% Mogroside V HPLC
Luo Han Guo Extract use as sweeter in follow products:
What’s Luo Han Guo Extract
Luo han guo comes from the fruit of the plant Siraitia grosvenorii (Momordic grosvernii) which is a member of the Curcubitacee family (Ling Yeouruenn, Science Press, Beijing, 1995). Luo han guo fruit have been carefully researched and developed to produce a highly valuable natural sweetener using our proprietary all natural process.
History of using Luo Han Guo
In southern China, luo han guo is popularly considered a longevity aid and is used to balance heat buildup caused by internal conditions, life-forces, or external heat. It is used as an expectorant and antitussive to treat lung congestion, cough, other respiratory ailments, and sore throat. It also is used for constipation and chronic enteritis. Luo han guo is a low-caloric, low-glycemic food used as a sweetener in beverages and cooked food.
What’s the Active Constitutents
The “sweetness” of Luo han guo far exceeds that of table sugar (about 200 times sweeter than sugar by weight). This property emanates from “mogrosides” which are a group of compounds derived from the terpene glycoside content of the fruit. Dried fruits can be processed to yield extracts with up to 50% plus of mogrosides. Mogroside –5 (formerly called esgoside) and other similar compounds (siamenoside and neomogroside) constitute the main ingredients of Luo han guo that confer sweetness.
Why use Luo Han guo Sweet extract what’s its advantages:
Luo han guo extract is a totally natural zero calorie sweetener, it has been know in China for about 800 years.
Luo han guo extract was also used for medicinal purposes and it contains important antioxidants. The sweetness comes from mogrosides which make up approx 1% of the fruit by weight.
Luo han guo extract has a zero glycemic index, contains no calories and is suitable for diabetics. Luo han guo extract is a natural product. It is only recently that methods have been used to extract the mogrosides in pure quantities. This enables the sweetness to be concentrated without undesirable flavours.
Luo han guo extract is heat stable, with a long shelf life, and is suitable for cooking and baking.
Luo han guo extract also mixes well with other low calorie sweeteners such as stevia and erythritol, producing a synergistic effect and masking unwanted aftertaste.
Approval:
In the USA the Food and Drug Administration has granted it GRAS approval. (Generally recognized as safe) .