The Miracle Fruit (Miraculous Berry) Turns Sour To Sweet
Posted June 18, 2007 at 10:51 AM
Last night, I tried out Sideroxylon dulcificum, commonly referred to as the Miracle Fruit but sometimes known as the mystery fruit or the miraculous berry. I tried it in pill form; you let this pill dissolve on your tongue and then basically try to eat anything you can think of before it wares off. While the chemicals in it are active, it turns sour tastes into sweet tastes. I am a super-taster and sour to me makes my face just about collapse in on itself so I was definitely skeptical. However, even with such sour-sensitivity, I was able to eat straight lemon wedges after taking the miracle fruit. Yeah, I was biting right into lemon - bananas!
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The strangest thing was that my body / mind still wanted it to be sour and biting into it, I actually cringed. But, the taste was not sour, it was sweet. It was too crazy. I was freaking out a bit :) It's like it went against everything that my body has ever been taught about the way things taste.
Apparently there is only like one company that manufactures this pill and it's in Japan or thereabouts. And, it's in such demand that you can only order one box per order and there is a one month waiting list to place an order. I want to see if I can find some somewhere - I can't imagine that it is that scarce. Anyway, if you come across some, you should give it a try - it is a very strange experience.
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Interesting. I can eat sour food such as lemon with no problems at all, so I prolly won't need this pill.
Posted by Lola LB on Jun 18, 2007 at 12:17 PM
@Lola,
That's pretty cool. I am super sensitive to sour. So much so, that I will be overpowered by something like rice vinegar which other people cannot even detect in sushi. Oh well, to each his own tongue.
Posted by Ben Nadel on Jun 18, 2007 at 12:20 PM
So what's the point of this pill? Why would you want to eat it? Just for people that can't eat sour tastes? I LIKE sour, why would I want it to be sweet?
Posted by Andy Matthews on Jun 18, 2007 at 1:12 PM
@Andy,
The pill is too rare and too expensive to have any practical use. But, it's fun to try if only once to see how it can totally change the way your taste buds work.
Posted by Ben Nadel on Jun 18, 2007 at 1:15 PM
imagine taking this along with sugarest :P
http://www.nbc5i.com/healthnews/13298522/detail.html
that would be freaky
Posted by tony petruzzi on Jun 18, 2007 at 2:04 PM
Ha ha, that would be too strange. You brain might just melt from the confusion.
Posted by Ben Nadel on Jun 18, 2007 at 3:35 PM
Don't know if you're a big Simpsons fan but this kind of reminds me when Homer's a judge at a Chilli cook-off and is challenged to eat a Guatemalan Insanity Pepper. To do it he covers his tounge in candle wax! Funny as anything ... I think what I'm saying is, the only real use is probably if you're gonna be a Judge at a sour-off - you see where I'm going ... hmmm maybe I should think about these comment more before I post :o)
Posted by Andy Jarrett on Jun 18, 2007 at 6:01 PM
@Andy,
Ha ha, I don't remember that episode. But I do love the Simpsons. Reminds a bit of the one where he is the food critic and they have the food fair at the end. They were planning to kill homer with an eclair that has like 30 lbs of chocolate per cubic inch... I think the French chef says that it's so dense with chocolate that not even light can escape its surface. It's a quality show.
Posted by Ben Nadel on Jun 18, 2007 at 6:06 PM
I have dried miracle fruit berries for sale. Since they are dried, they will last for over a month at room temperature (supposedly the fresh will only last a few days!!!)
they are fun for tasting parties (everyone can bring something sour) or for dieters, diabetics, or people on chemotherapy.
I have them for sale on e-bay if you want some.
Posted by roger on Jun 24, 2007 at 11:31 PM
@Roger,
I will check it out. Thanks for posting.
Posted by Ben Nadel on Jun 25, 2007 at 7:09 AM
I bought from from http://miracleuk.info/ and it really works! I was pretty impressed as I didn't think it would do much. Definitely worth trying!
Posted by James on Nov 29, 2007 at 4:05 PM
@James,
What's the most sour thing you tried to taste?
Posted by Ben Nadel on Nov 29, 2007 at 5:36 PM
The best I could come up with was pretty sour lemons and limes which were delicious like lemonade. I don't really know what else could be sourer - perhaps certain sweets?
Posted by James on Dec 4, 2007 at 9:34 AM
I never eat same like this.
Posted by Lacné Zimné on Mar 11, 2008 at 3:48 PM
For those of you looking for miracle fruit, I sell fresh miracle fruit from Florida. The price is $1.50 per fruit plus actual overnight shipping cost ($19.50 to most places in the U.S.). You can email me at miracle at ethanbradley dot com to order or for more info. Have a great day!
Posted by Ethan on May 15, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Hello, this really is one amazing berry! Just received my package from http://www.miraclefruitworld.com ! Can't wait to try them with my favorite fruits and desserts... I hope it really does what they say LOL :)
Posted by JimLo on Sep 6, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Hi there
After about 10 years of hard work on research and breeding of the miracle fruit seeds and plants ,we were very successful in Cameroon [west Africa].But now the growth of this plants have become out of control [too much seed and plants but few buyers ] so I am looking for any one interested in taking and active part in my small farm here in Africa or any one that can help me sale this products abroad.
You can contact me for more information via email russdanny@ymail.com
thanks.
Posted by russ on Sep 22, 2008 at 9:22 AM
I am happy to see this is being spoke about on many different websites and blogs, its something that definatly needs attention its great for encouraging people eating organic foods.
Its generally just a fantastic experience than i recommend for all to try it makes you understand that mother nature posess's many special gifts for us in all shapes n forms.
I purchased some plants eventually after trying the berry n tablets themselves, i got them from Http://www.MiracleFruitHut.com
I Recieved a great service and i cant wait to yield my berries this month.
Posted by Tony Harp on Sep 28, 2008 at 5:42 PM
