| The Miracle Fruit Plant (Synsepalum dulcificum) is a | | | | pure freshly squeezed natural fruit juices are |
| plant first documented in 1725 during an excursion | | | | more than enough to make any dessert |
| to its native West Africa. Local tribes picked the | | | | extremely sweet. Besides desserts, Miracle Fruit |
| berry from shrubs and chewed it before meals. | | | | can also be used to prepare sugar free cocktails, |
| Miracle Fruit Berries contain a harmless active | | | | 100% natural lemonades and other delicious drinks. |
| glycoprotein which temporarily gently binds to the | | | | Innovative chefs like Ian Kleinman of Westin, |
| tongue's taste buds, causing bitter and sour foods, | | | | Colorado, are using Miracle Fruit powder and |
| such as lemons and rhubarb, consumed after | | | | tablets to make innovative foods like Miracle Fruit |
| eating miracle fruit, to taste sweet. It is | | | | gum and miracle fruit popsicles. |
| extremely simple to use: just chew the fruit or | | | | Miracle Fruit first caught attention of party goers. |
| dissolve one "tablet" on your tongue and the | | | | Numerous Miracle Fruit parties have been |
| effect will last from 10 minutes to 2 hours, | | | | organized worldwide, some of which received |
| depending mostly on what you eat. When | | | | wide media coverage in newspapers like New |
| the effect wears off, everything tastes as | | | | York Times and The Guardian. Foods served at a |
| before (lemons are sour again). | | | | typical Miracle Fruit Party include all sorts of citrus |
| Miracle Fruit is safe and has no known side | | | | fruits, dark chocolate, wine, beer, cocktails, and |
| effects (well, lemons taste sweet!). It has been | | | | essential fresh strawberries, kiwi and rhubarb. |
| used for centuries (in Africa) and for decades in | | | | Miracle Fruit can also improve the taste after |
| the US and Asia. Miracle Fruit is available as fresh | | | | chemotherapy. Results are inconclusive but it |
| fruits or freeze dried extract which can be stored | | | | seems to work in around 50% of all cases. It also |
| for a much longer period of time. Miracle Fruit | | | | has endless possibilities as a sugar substitute for |
| berries can be chewed before eating sour fruit | | | | diabetes patients. They can finally enjoy in |
| (grapefruit, rhubarb, lemons, strawberries and | | | | desserts without sugar and controversial artificial |
| similar) or used in combination with special recipes | | | | sweeteners, some of which have been rumored |
| to make sugar free desserts. The desserts can | | | | to cause health problems. |
| be made without sugar and artificial sweeteners, | | | | |