Cool. Do you have any idea how that FDA ban on miraculin is going?
Side note: I wish this had a different name than "miracle berry" or "miraculin". "Miracle" just sounds so scammy.
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: