MONKFRUIT SWEETENER
by Lakanto
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0843076001591 · Lakanto · Sweeteners. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
MONKFRUIT SWEETENER by Lakanto scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 5 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 5-component label led by Lakanto®, Erythritol, Monk fruit extract; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 100/100
- Safe safety score
- 0
- None flagged · of 5 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- 0843076001591
- Barcode (UPC/EAN)
Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.
Composite profile score
One verdict from three independent sources
70/100
Grade B
Ingredient Safety
100/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
N/A
Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade
Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.
76001591 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
MONKFRUIT SWEETENER label screening desk
2 of 5 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Monk fruit extract). Source sheet 76001591 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Rich Cocoa Cardio Whey Protein Concentrate, Rich Cocoa · Nearest score peer is Rich Cocoa Cardio Whey Protein Concentrate, Rich Cocoa at the same screening score.
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.
Nutri-Score is not defined for this product's category. The model excludes certain categories by design — among them plain waters, herbs, teas and coffees, and some single-ingredient products — rather than attempting a grade and failing. No nutritional band therefore accompanies the additive screen on this page, and its absence is a property of the category rather than a finding about this particular label. The registry screen below is unaffected by the exclusion and covers additive ratings as normal.
The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 3,856 products we've scored in the Sweeteners category, the average safety score is 96.7/100. MONKFRUIT SWEETENER scores 3.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 96.7/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.
Ingredient-list length vs other Sweeteners products
MONKFRUIT SWEETENER lists 5 ingredients on its label
5 47th percentile a longer ingredient list than 47% of the 1,596 products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 186 products (12%)
- 2–4
- 431 products (27%)
- 4–6
- 224 products (14%)
- 6–8
- 176 products (11%)
- 8–10
- 186 products (12%)
- 10–12
- 232 products (15%)
- 12–14
- 56 products (4%)
- 14–16
- 78 products (5%)
- 16–18
- 8 products (1%)
- 18–20
- 9 products (1%)
- 20–22
- 2 products (0%)
- 22–24
- 5 products (0%)
- 28–30
- 2 products (0%)
- 32 and above
- 1 products (0%)
Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026
Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 1,596 Sweeteners products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Lakanto® (Erythritol, Monk Fruit Extract), Vegetable Glycerin, Natural Flavors.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for MONKFRUIT SWEETENER
Neighbours outside Lakanto with screening scores in the same high band as MONKFRUIT SWEETENER (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Lakanto; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).
Short-label peers (≤8 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (5 on 0843076001591).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Monk fruit extract is the first flagged ingredient selected from MONKFRUIT SWEETENER's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 5-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Monk fruit extract. Open Monk fruit extract
- Compare MONKFRUIT SWEETENER's 0 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
- Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0843076001591: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.