Biomolecules

Miraculin, Monellin, Curcuin, Thaumatin,...... These proteins are all the products of plants and have been avidly pursued as non-carbohydrate sweeteners with significant commercial potential as sugar substitutes with virtually no caloric burden.

Sweet protein Well known proteins that intrinsically taste sweet include:

Brazzein: from fruit of Pentadiplandra brazzeana found in West Africa Curculin: from fruit of Curculingo latifolia found in West Africa Mabinlin: from seeds of Capparis masakai (katemfe fruit) found in China