Xa usiva nge "monk fruit" ngaphakathi kwendawo ye-keto, abaqhelekanga ukubhekisela kwisiqhamo ngokwaso, kodwa kwi-sweetener ekhutshwa kwisiqhamo. Isiqhamo seMonki sivela kuMzantsi-mpuma we-Asia, kwaye sesasentsapho cucurbitaceae, usapho oluquka amathanga, iikomkomere, uzucchini nazo ezihambelana nokutya kwe keto. Kodwa okunye ukutya okungekho-keto nako kuko, okufana iivatala kunye nezinye iziqhamo ngokohlobo lwesityalo creeper.
I-sweetener ekhutshwe kwisiqhamo se-monk ine-0 carbohydrates kwaye ayichaphazeli amanqanaba eglucose yegazi. Isiqhamo seMonki sinzima kakhulu ukubona kwaye sifumane eSpain. Kwaye i-sweetener yayo ayifumaneki lula. Kodwa ukuba uqhuba ukutya kwe-keto kwaye ufumana i-sweetener esekelwe kwesi siqhamo, ungathandabuzeki ukuba unokuthenga kwaye uyisebenzise ngaphandle kwengxaki.