mberry Miracle Berry Tablets, Miracle Fruit Snacks, 10 Count, .12 Ounce, Pack of 1

I purchased on the advice of my 20 year old nephew. He said they were the wildest thing that he has tried. This are tiny dissolvable pills that actually alter the way you taste things. They tasted a lemon and a lime and said they it was sweet. The sweet turned sour. They took a teaspoon of sugar and it tasted sour. This was the moments that I will never forget. My wife was the one that this was brand new to. My nephew had had these before. This was so much fun to watch. They tried thing after thing and was amazed by how everything was backwards. The effects of this tiny little pill that was slightly sweet to taste made the 30 - 45 minute experience so much fun. They tried thing after thing. This is a great party favor for a small group of people. It is definitely worth the price for just the trickery alone.

I am a teacher and use this to demonstrate protein folding for my AP Biology students. The protein in the miracle berry fruit is called miraculin. Acids cause this protein to fold in such a way that it then fits perfectly in the receptors on your tongue that send signals to the brain that something is sweet. It HAS to be a food product that contains ACID - that's why lemons and food items with the preservative citric acid as well as food items like ketchup (contains acetic acid AKA vinegar) are the only food items that work. The tablet DOES dissolve but you have to suck on it like you would a piece of candy. The tablet IS NOT SUPPOSED TO TASTE GOOD! It is bitter and sour and does not taste good itself, but when you then eat a food that contains acid -BOOM- you get a sweet taste that is really good. It is one of the coolest things that I have discovered to use in my science class to demonstrate a concept and the kids LOVE IT!

Mberry was my second experience with the “miracle berry”, the first being a generic brand I cannot recall.The first thing I noticed about the product was how tiny the box was. Awww, so cute. It looked as though it belonged in the candy section of a chain store. I appreciated the eco-conservative packaging. Shipping was a bit much though, considering the size of the packaging.Included with the Amazon order, external to the packaging was a nice information sheet that included a pairing guide for those who were “curious”, “adventurous” or “enlightened”, ranging from lemons and limes (obviously) to Goat Cheese. I enjoyed this suggestion pamphlet, as it also included spots to mark whether the flavors were smiley face or frowny, for future reference.Now on to the flavor test! Popping out one of ten tablets, I stuck the pill on my tongue and let it dissolve all the way. Slowly a tamarind-like flavor crept to my taste buds. Whether this was the natural flavor of the original berries, or the effects of the Miraculin glycoprotein taking its toll, I did not know.Naturally, the first thing you want to do is make sure the tablet worked. So heavy-ho, here comes the lemon. Oooh, that’s good. The lemon tasted super sweet like candy. Next I went for the banana, hmmm not much different. A wedge of tangerine was a sugary delight, and the same for some dried raspberries and raisins.From my experience so far, I would say that items that are super sour, like lemons are the best shot of getting the full experience. Items that were originally sugary have their flavor enhanced. For a lot of other food items, it can be difficult to tell. While my experience with Guava is limited, I didn’t notice a large difference there. The same for pears and apples.The effect begins to wear off after about twenty minutes, which was comparable to my first time. The sugary flavor imparted by the berry is somewhat iconic and is slightly different than if one was to taste pure sugar. Over time, I felt that my mouth became accustomed to it, and so the flavor of new fare was not as dramatic as the first lemon slice. I’d recommend trying to clean the palette between items.

This was the best experience to do with Family I did it with my family and they were amazed about the changes from sour to sweet. This is a must try with family or friends.

I saw a video on YouTube where a guy takes this and then drinks apple cider vinegar and says it tastes like sweet apple juice, so I decided to try it. Well, it did NOT taste at all like apple juice. Instead, it tasted like I dumped some splenda into apple cider vinegar, which was pretty gross. I then tried a lemon. If you think you'll bite into a lemon and taste an orange, you'll be disappointed. Granted, the lemon wasn't AS sour as it usually would be, but there was still a significant tang, which made it hard to eat. It wasn't all bad, however. I ate some low-carb vanilla yogurt (Brand "Too Good" ), which is usually a bit bland, but it tasted significantly sweeter after taking one of these berries. The last one I'll add here is pickles. They weren't sour and had a little sweet kick like a sweet pickle (which I don't like).In conclusion, it's not a miracle berry that will make bad food taste good. Returning to the apple cider vinegar example... it didn't make it taste good. It just tasted like sugary apple cider vinegar (still gross). I keep using Splenda as the sweetener because the sweetness tastes artificial, like Splenda, not natural sugar.It will, however, make low-carb/sugar foods taste sweeter, but for roughly $2 a pill, I'm not sure there's a practical use for it. I've heard of people buying it for their friends as something cool to try, but in my experience, there wasn't anything mind-blowing about it—just a less sour lemon, gross apple cider vinegar, and sweeter low-carb yogurt.