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"  It&amp;#039;s not a drug. It&amp;#039;s not candy. It&amp;#039;s an mberry tablet! If you haven&amp;#039;t yet heard, the mberry tablet, made from miracle fruit or Synsepalum dulcificum is being promoted as the latest in tastebud-altering experiences.  Perhaps you remember when the New York Times covered it as the fruit was gaining popularity. New Yorkers were hosting tasting parties and experimenting together with this fascinating fruit at a high price. Cheaper, more widely available tablets make it easier to try this at home.   These days, when life is giving us lemons, we can make them taste sweet. So, of course, when we received mberry tablets here in the GH Test Kitchen, we couldn&amp;#039;t resist sitting down for an experimental tasting. These meltaway tablets, kind of like those cold-preventing zinc tablets, dissolve on your tongue. After that, you can literally eat a lemon and, instead of that eye-squinting, face-scrunching reaction, you&amp;#039;ll find the lemon tastes totally sweet-so sweet in fact it almost tastes like artificial sweetener. Promotional copy for mBerry encourages you to taste it with a variety of foods, like goat cheese, vinegar, hot sauce, and mustard. Of course we tried everything and had different reactions to each. Genevieve, Sherry, and I agreed that the lemon wedges got bumped up to lemonade status, which was the most noticeable change. Balsamic vinegar developed a syrupy flavor, like it was aged and reduced to sweetness. Hot sauce? It became sweeter but was still spicy. The effects of the tablet didn&amp;#039;t last too long (10 to 15 minutes tops), though it was fun while it lasted. We had to beware of all the acid consumption because everything still behaved the same way as we swallowed it.  Overall, it was certainly a fun and eye-opening experience, but less of a &amp;quot;flavor trip&amp;quot; than we expected. We weren&amp;#039;t quite sure about the idea that it could be used as a weight loss aid, the way the company claims. It&amp;#039;s true that by melting a tablet on your tongue you can eat citrus fruits without having to add sugar or artificial sweeteners. And, boy, do manufacturers add a ton of sugar to lemonade out there! Our taste test winner has 27 grams of sugar per serving! But this sugar replacement theory really only applies to citrus fruits, so with the price being $1.50 per tablet for a 15-minute tastebud reversal, it&amp;#039;s not quite worth it. After all, mBerry tablets don&amp;#039;t prevent you from craving a cheeseburger or French fries! Ultimately, I guess we here in the GH Test Kitchen prefer just making real lemonade than to fake the lemonade....   On the other hand mberry claims that it may have a positive effect on the taste buds of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment. A common side effect of treatment is the distaste for certain foods and an overall bitter flavor in the mouth. Perhaps a tablet here and there during chemotherapy might just make eating more pleasurable for those who have cancer. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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