Miracle Fruit Comparison: Miraculin vs. Control Subject!

For our final Miracle Fruit experiment, we bought more fresh Miracle Fruit from the South Kona Green Market in Hawaii and compared our reactions to the same sour foods after Dean ate Miracle Food and I didn't.

I was a little sick of Miracle Fruit by this time, so I was actually kind of glad that I got to be the control subject! In the meantime, we had also tried leftover refrigerated Miracle Fruit (the effect was seriously diminished, even though it was only five days later), and Miracle Fruit from another farmers' market, which wasn't as potent as the berries from the good source. They were a little smooshier, so we speculated that they weren't as fresh (the farmer said they were picked the day before, but I think they were out in the sun a lot more than the potent ones were).

Bottom line is that freshness and handling of Miracle Fruit makes a dramatic difference. The power of the fruit really does drop off very quickly after it's picked.

Dean wasn't sick of Miracle Fruit, by the way. He finished off the rest of the berries on a bunch of lulo! (We froze the leftovers this time, which preserved them better.)

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What is it in Miraculin that has made the sour things sweet? Is the purpose of it to enhance fruit taste or is it also a diet additive to lose weight?