R,R-Monatin was tested in a combined one-year chronic toxicity and two-year carcinogenicity study in Sprague–Dawley rats.
R,R-Monatin was offered ad libitum in the diet of Sprague–Dawley rats at 0, 5000, 20,000, or 40,000 ppm.
Long-term ingestion of R,R-monatin (up to two years) resulted in significant effects predominantly on the urinary system.
No evidence of carcinogenicity was detected in rats fed R,R-monatin in the diet for up to two years.
The NOAEL was considered 20,000 ppm for the chronic toxicity phase and 5000 ppm for the carcinogenicity phase.