Sugar-free delight

Launched in Australia in 2019, Lakanto was first developed in Japan back in the 1990s by a company called Saraya. Dr Murata, who is considered the inventor of Lakanto, worked with diabetic entrepreneur, Shota Saraya, on the hunt for a sugar-free, all-natural sweetener that would taste just like sugar without compromising his health. Saraya’s scientists worked out a way to turn fresh monk fruit into a high-purity extract, 300 times sweeter than sugar.

Lakanto hit the shelves in Japan in 1995 and America in 2007. It was only approved in Australia in 2019 and began selling