Miracle fruit
- Miracle fruit is an edible plant with official name of Synsepalum dulcificum.
Uses
- It is known for its abilities to serve as a non-caloric sweetener and change the perception of foods and beverages from sour to sweet.
Habitat
It is a perennial plant that grows natively in Africa.
Artificial sweetener
It has been consumed for more than a century in that continent for its ability to add sweetness to sour of foods.
Miraculin
- It has a fruit pulp that contains a protein called miraculin.
- Miraculin is a taste-modifier.
- It is one of a handful of such naturally occurring molecules in the world that is found in the berries of the plant known as the miracle fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum).
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