Growing Miracle Fruit for Specialty Crop Production in Florida
Miracle fruit is the botanical source of miraculin and an understudied tropical fruit species with potential as a natural, noncaloric sweetener. Miraculin changes the perception of sour (acidic) foods and beverages to sweet by temporarily modifying taste receptors on the tongue. This report provide...
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Miracle fruit is the botanical source of miraculin and an understudied tropical fruit species with potential as a natural, noncaloric sweetener. Miraculin changes the perception of sour (acidic) foods and beverages to sweet by temporarily modifying taste receptors on the tongue. This report provides background information on growing miracle fruit, information on miracle fruit yield, and research on miraculin content to commercial growers and those interested in gardening in southern Florida. Written by Lynhe Demesyeux, Maria Brym, and Alan H. Chambers, and published by the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department; 6 pp.
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs1449
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| spelling | doaj-art-f8befc45b4334b028ae8e307713bfaf92025-02-08T05:42:41ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092022-09-0120225Growing Miracle Fruit for Specialty Crop Production in FloridaLynhe Demesyeux0Maria Brym1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7332-8662Alan H. Chambers2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6765-0652University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Florida Miracle fruit is the botanical source of miraculin and an understudied tropical fruit species with potential as a natural, noncaloric sweetener. Miraculin changes the perception of sour (acidic) foods and beverages to sweet by temporarily modifying taste receptors on the tongue. This report provides background information on growing miracle fruit, information on miracle fruit yield, and research on miraculin content to commercial growers and those interested in gardening in southern Florida. Written by Lynhe Demesyeux, Maria Brym, and Alan H. Chambers, and published by the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department; 6 pp. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs1449 https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/130318 |
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