Good morning fellow hackers! I came across this great video that shows the impact of Synsepalum Dulcificum (miracle berry) on the flavor profile of high end whiskeys and thought you guys may find it interesting: https://youtu.be/MBcp-kY_XGo?t=322
I did a miracle berry cocktail night last weekend and it was incredible. We were able to make some super smooth, unsweetened cranberry-vodkas and whiskey sours. Best thing, since there was no sugar, we didn't have much of a headache the next morning :D
I heard posting in the morning was worth a shot on HN. Since I have your attention, miracle berry also has applications to breakfast. I personally use it everyday because it makes my Greek yogurt creamy, rich, and delicious. I have some people who use it with their coffee because, like the alcohol, it can significantly remove the bitterness of coffee to make it taste much smoother without the need to add as much cream and sugar.
I spent the last year making a formulation that dissolves 10+ times faster than the competition. Whereas the pills on market (depicted in the video) take 5-10 minutes to dissolve, my pixy-stick like product dissolves in 10 seconds.
I would love to hear what you guys think about the product! I believe miracle fruit has the potential to take willpower out of the equation of a healthy diet by making nutritious foods taste as indulgent as the junk foods that are otherwise killing us. No one has the patience to wait 5 minutes in the morning while they are rushing to school or work, so I knew this is what needed to be changed in order for miracle berry to go mainstream and positively impact people’s diet and health.
Please use the code “hn” for 10% off at checkout if you're interested.
Lol you are totally right...the number of times people thought this was a scam. I need to rebrand my website and I've started using the Latin name.
Miraculin isn't banned, it is just not allowed to be sold as a food ingredient. For example, it can't be incorporated into a Coke product. For that same reason, Coca-Cola did a toxicology study Q4 of 2019 and showed there were no possible long-term side effects. They are trying to get it approved as GRAS status because they are working on a natural diet coke that doesn't taste bad. Here's the study:
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[ 4.8 ms ] story [ 33.6 ms ] threadI did a miracle berry cocktail night last weekend and it was incredible. We were able to make some super smooth, unsweetened cranberry-vodkas and whiskey sours. Best thing, since there was no sugar, we didn't have much of a headache the next morning :D
I heard posting in the morning was worth a shot on HN. Since I have your attention, miracle berry also has applications to breakfast. I personally use it everyday because it makes my Greek yogurt creamy, rich, and delicious. I have some people who use it with their coffee because, like the alcohol, it can significantly remove the bitterness of coffee to make it taste much smoother without the need to add as much cream and sugar.
I spent the last year making a formulation that dissolves 10+ times faster than the competition. Whereas the pills on market (depicted in the video) take 5-10 minutes to dissolve, my pixy-stick like product dissolves in 10 seconds.
I would love to hear what you guys think about the product! I believe miracle fruit has the potential to take willpower out of the equation of a healthy diet by making nutritious foods taste as indulgent as the junk foods that are otherwise killing us. No one has the patience to wait 5 minutes in the morning while they are rushing to school or work, so I knew this is what needed to be changed in order for miracle berry to go mainstream and positively impact people’s diet and health.
Please use the code “hn” for 10% off at checkout if you're interested.
Side note: I wish this had a different name than "miracle berry" or "miraculin". "Miracle" just sounds so scammy.
Miraculin isn't banned, it is just not allowed to be sold as a food ingredient. For example, it can't be incorporated into a Coke product. For that same reason, Coca-Cola did a toxicology study Q4 of 2019 and showed there were no possible long-term side effects. They are trying to get it approved as GRAS status because they are working on a natural diet coke that doesn't taste bad. Here's the study:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31421212/