Food additive databasesweetenerChecked 2026-10-02
Luohanguo Extract ラカンカ抽出物
Existing food additiveNot on the EU additive list
- Purpose
- sweetener
- On the label
- “甘味料（ラカンカ抽出物）” (sweetener (luo han guo extract)), “甘味料（ラカンカエキス）” (sweetener (luo han guo extract)), “甘味料（ラカンカ）” (sweetener (luo han guo))
- Name in the List of Existing Food Additives
- ラカンカ抽出物 (No. 305)
- Source and production
- Obtained from the fruit of luo han guo (Siraitia grosvenorii), with mogrosides as the main component.
In Japan
- A sweetener obtained from the fruit of luo han guo; the source of the sweetness is mogrosides. There are no standards for use.
- Because it is a sweetener, the purpose name must be written alongside, as in “甘味料（ラカンカ）” (sweetener (luo han guo)). The alternative name is “ラカンカエキス” (luo han guo extract) and the short name is “ラカンカ” (luo han guo).
Japan's standards for use
There are no standards for use that limit which foods or how much (the general standards for all additives still apply).
This is a summary of the standards for use. See the source list for the exact conditions.
In the EU
- It is not on the EU list of food additives (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II), so it cannot be used as a food additive in the EU.
- In 2019 the EFSA FAF Panel concluded, on an application to use monk fruit (luo han guo) extract as a new food additive, that its safety could not be concluded because the toxicity data were insufficient.
Sources
- List of Existing Food Additives — Japan Food Chemical Research Foundation (Japanese)
- Standards for use and storage of each additive — Japan Food Chemical Research Foundation (Japanese)
- EU food additive database (Japanese translation) — MAFF (Japanese)
- Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on food additives — EUR-Lex
- 第10版食品添加物公定書（2024年、厚生労働省・消費者庁）成分規格・保存基準各条の定義 (Japanese)
- 消費者庁「食品表示基準について」本体（添加物の物質名・簡略名・増粘多糖類・用途名・加工助剤・栄養強化） (Japanese)
- EFSA FAF Panel (2019) Safety of use of Monk fruit extract as a food additive in different food categories. EFSA Journal 17(12):5921 (Japanese)
Checked 2026-10-02. Rules and evaluations change over time. This page is a translation of our Japanese page; if they differ, the Japanese page is the reference.
This page lists facts stated in laws and in evaluations by public bodies; it is not a safety verdict. Additives used in Japan are approved by the government, which sets the foods and amounts they can be used in. The ADI is a guide to the amount that is considered safe to take every day over a lifetime.