Miracle Berry

- Ages 5+

INGREDIENTS

Freeze-dried Miracle Berry pulp, Corn Starch (used as a binding agent).

DIRECTIONS

Place a Miracle Berry tablet on your tongue and roll it around until completely dissolved. After it has dissolved, feel free to eat any sour food (Crush the tablet up before placing it on your tongue for quicker results).

TASTE

Bland/dry but Miracle Berries work on themselves so moments after putting the berry on your tongue it will start tasting sweet.

The fruit of the Synsepalum dulcificum plant has been dubbed ‘miracle berry’ for its amazing ability to make sour foods taste sweet when consumed. This effect is due to miraculin, a glycoprotein found in the berry. When eaten, miraculin binds to a specific sweet receptor on cells in our taste buds. These receptors then become activated only when acid, found in sour foods, is present. The acidity of sour foods is therefore ironically what allows you to taste sweetness. Due to the strong binding of miraculin to taste receptor cells, this effect can last up to two hours!