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No trip to visit our favorite scientist Ray Cronise would be complete without at least one experiment! In the final video from our trip to Huntsville, we tested out Miracle Berry Tablets and found out just how sweet fruit can be.
In case you don’t know Ray yet… he’s the co-author of our favorite whole food plant-based book The Healthspan Solution, host of Science & Saucery podcast, a former NASA scientist and so much more! He’s also the the mastermind behind Penn Jillette’s weight loss, which is what inspired us to get started on this entire adventure over two years ago.
When Ray brought out these tablets, I had no idea what to expect. Of course Brian knew exactly what they were… so naturally, he and Ray kept it a secret from me until we started filming.
I watched as Ray prepared two delicious looking plates of fruit with everything from oranges and blueberries to raspberries, blackberries and even tomatoes!
He also diced up some watermelon and pineapple. I was excited to see that he even included Brian’s favorite (ha, ha)… grapefruit!
Those may look like ordinary grapes, but they are actually muscadines and scuppernongs. No, I didn’t make that up! Some sliced lemons and limes rounded out our sampling trays.
So… what on earth were we doing with all of this delicious fruit? Enter “Miracle Fruit Tablets!”
Ray had quite the collection, but the ones we used in the video were from Miraland Berry. He also recommended the mberry brand. I included links for both of them below in case you want to try them out yourself.
So what ARE these mysterious tablets? Well, as I found out in the video, they are made from miracle berries. These special berries come from a plant called “synsepalum dulcificum” and when you eat this “miracle fruit,” it makes sour foods taste sweet!
You can eat the actual berries to get the same effect, but these tablets make it a lot more convenient. According to the description for the Miraland brand we tried, each tablet is made with approximately three miracle berries and contains zero additives or added sugars.
So why do these miracle berries turn sour to sweet? The effect is due to a protein called miraculin, which blocks your ability to taste sour. Confused yet? So was I… but don’t worry, Ray explains everything in the video!
It was a very surprising experiment. I’m sure most of us have gone to the store and bought what we hoped would be the perfect watermelon, sweetest strawberries, etc. Well, that is what this tastes like! With the sour element removed, you are just left with the sweetest tasting fruit you’ll ever have.
Some of the fruit we tried in the experiment wasn’t the ripest to begin with, but after using the tablets, they all tasted like we picked the best of the crop!
We also tried it out with some vinegars. Brian loves vinegar and can handle sampling it straight, but I usually cannot. Although they were still quite strong, they all tasted so sweet! It can actually be a bit dangerous because they are still really acidic, but your brain tricks you into wanting to drink more. So be careful if you try this out, especially with children.
This was such a fun experiment and I can’t wait to try it again someday. Thanks to Ray for being such an entertaining and educational host!
Check out our Huntsville travel vlog to see more from our trip.
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