• Question: Where in the world can you get serendipity berry

    Asked by jf4567 to Jean on 15 Nov 2012.
    • Photo: Jean Bourke

      Jean Bourke answered on 15 Nov 2012:

      Hi,

      They are found in tropical Africa and look like this

      If that link doesn’t work they are reddish long berries and grow on a vine. You could probably grow them in a greenhouse here….I might look into getting a plant… 😉

      They have a protein in them called monellin that is 100,000 times sweeter than regular sugar! This is really exciting as it could be used as a sweetener and your body could just treat it as a protein.

      There are scientist looking into this right now so maybe we’ll soon see Monellin in the supermarket!

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