Specifications

Uses: Masks the taste of bitter medicines, fermented beverages, citrus fruit juices, dairy products. Flavour enhancement applied

Scientific name: Synsepalum dulcificum

Common names: Sweet berry, miracle berry

Local names: Asowa (Twi), Ele (Ewe)

Family: Sapotaceae

 

Description: It grows on in bushes up to 6m high in its native habit; an evergreen plant producing small red berries after flowering white colours.

 

Habitat: It is a forest shrub and is cultivated on farms. It has two seasons.

Part used: Fruit

Active ingredient: Active glycoprotein molecule, with some tailing carbohydrates chains called Miraculin.

 

Uses: Masks the taste of bitter medicines, fermented beverages, citrus fruit juices, dairy products. Flavour enhancement applied as substitute for sucrose.

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