![]() ![]() ![]() “Sam happened upon monk fruit during a trip to the grocery store. “For, it was really difficult to find the right balance of big hop character and malty sweetness and body,” says Mark Safarik, Brewmaster at Dogfish Head. “The all-natural part, and - compared to other natural, zero sugar sweeteners - it has a neutral flavor and it didn’t contain sugar alcohols, which aren’t absorbed as well by our bodies and can result in stomach aches and pains.” (Swoon is the first liquid monk fruit sweetener that doesn’t contain sugar alcohols.) “We landed on monk fruit for a few different reasons,” explains Swoon co-founder Cristina Ros Blankfein. Most importantly, it has a taste profile that’s far superior to Stevia and other sugar substitutes. It may even have anti-inflammatory properties. It’s 100 percent natural, recognized as safe by the FDA and it’s 150+ times sweeter than sugar. ![]() More recently, a monk fruit, simple syrup substitute called Swoon hit the market, originally targeted at bartenders but certainly applicable across the boozy- and non-boozy drinks spectrum.Ī quick overview: Monk fruit (also known as luo han guo) is a sub-tropical melon that has been cultivated in China and Thailand for centuries. It’s called monk fruit, and while it’s been a staple of health food stores for a while, it’s finally making its way into cocktails and beer.Įarlier this year, Dogfish Head released a lo-cal, monk fruit-infused beer called Slightly Mighty that had the usual hop character you’d expect from an IPA, but at just 95 calories. While low-ABV and alcohol-free are buzzwords in the booze industry for 2019, a real healthy drinking renaissance might come from a no-calorie sugar substitute that effectively solves most of the issues that plague artificial sweeteners. ![]()
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