Ke lohe ʻoe e pili ana i ka "hua mōneka" i loko o ke kiʻi keto, ʻaʻole lākou e pili ana i ka hua ponoʻī, akā i ka mea ʻono i lawe ʻia mai ka hua. No ka ʻohana ka hua Monk ʻO Cucurbitaceae, he ʻohana e komo pū ana me ka paukena, kukama, zucchini i kūpono pū me ka ʻai keto. Akā, aia kekahi mau meaʻai ʻaʻole keto, e like me ʻāpala a me kekahi mau hua ma ke ʻano he mea kolo.
ʻO ka mea ʻono i unuhi ʻia mai ka hua mōneka he 0 mau kalapona a ʻaʻole pili i ka pae glucose koko. He paʻakikī loa ka ʻike a loaʻa ʻana o ka hua Monk ma Sepania. A ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka loaʻa ʻana o kāna mea ʻono. Akā inā ʻoe e mālama nei i ka ʻai keto a ʻike ʻoe i kahi mea ʻono e pili ana i kēia hua, mai kānalua ʻoe hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai a hoʻohana me ka pilikia ʻole.