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Agreed, and I'm more curious anyways about the numerous fruits that have this same effect of increasing the perception of sweetness.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaumatococcus_daniellii

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscoreophyllum_volkensii

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentadiplandra

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capparis_masaikai

"The fruit contains monellin, an intensely sweet protein with potential use as a sugar replacement. For humans, monellin is 100,000 times sweeter than sucrose on a molar basis and around 3,000 times on a weight basis."




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