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ReviewCurrent nutrition reports2024

Miracle Fruit, a Potential Taste-modifier to Improve Food Preferences: A Review.

Shashya Diyapaththugama, Getahun Fentaw Mulaw, Madiha Ajaz, Natalie Colson Shilton, Indu Singh, Rati Jani

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Review in Current nutrition reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Shashya DiyapaththugamaSchool of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4222, Australia. shashya.diyapaththugamavidanalage@griffithuni.edu.au.
Getahun Fentaw MulawSchool of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4222, Australia.
Madiha AjazSchool of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4222, Australia.
Natalie Colson ShiltonSchool of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4222, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7883-2219
Indu SinghSchool of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4222, Australia.
Rati JaniSchool of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith Health, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, 4222, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0915-4420

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThe miracle fruit contains the glycoprotein miraculin which can modify the taste perception of food and beverages at low pH conditions, altering the consumers' food preferences. This review aims to critically evaluate all available evidence on miracle fruit/ miraculin and taste modification and its potential role in improving food preferences. RECENT

findingsMiracle fruit suppresses sourness and induces sweetness in acidic food/ beverages. At low pH conditions, miracle fruit enhances the sweet taste and decreases the perceived intensities of salty and bitter tastes in solutions. However, the role of miracle fruit in sweet, salty, and bitter food is not adequately studied. The above effects alter the food-liking scores in individual foods and mixed diets. Miracle fruit is a pH-dependent taste modifier with the potential to be used in food applications to improve consumer food preferences. Future research on the changes in food preferences with the optimum miraculin dose, food type, and intrapersonal variations in taste sensitivity is warranted.

Indexed as

Food PreferencesFruitSynsepalumTasteGlycoproteinsHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationTaste PerceptionGlycoproteinsmiraculin protein, Synsepalum dulcificumMiracle berrySweetenerSynsepalumSynsepalum dulcificumTaste modificationTaste perception

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PMID39358649
PMCPMC11489218

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