Using studies on pigs, in vitro experiments and sensory tests, the team first identified three peptides that are produced during the digestion of thaumatin in the stomach and have a bitter taste.

Thaumatin tastes 2,000 times sweeter than sugar, but is made up of proteins. Firn / Liudmila Chernetska/Getty Images / Canva. They tested thaumatin on human stomach cells in a lab, and found that ...

Thaumatin, a protein derived from the fruit of an African tropical plant, is the sweetener of choice when it comes to "diet" beverages and gummy and jelly candies boasting natural ingredients.

Thaumatin is a protein that occurs naturally in the West African Katemfe fruit. It has long been known for its sweetening properties and also has a flavor-enhancing effect.

From thaumatin to brazzein, we’ve been told for years that ultra-sweet proteins found in tiny quantities in some fruits could be the next big thing in natural sweeteners, if we can just find a ...

100,000 times sweeter than table sugar Conagen produces two thaumatin protein natural sweeteners at scale The desire for natural sweeteners such as thaumatin and stevia will drive demand for fruit ...

Does Thaumatin have an anti-inflammatory effect? Researchers have found that bitter-tasting protein fragments, known as peptides, are generated in the stomach during the digestion of the natural ...

Thaumatin is priced above other sweeteners because it is natural; and, according to a scientist at the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi, Dr. Chima Igwe, it is 3,000 times sweeter ...

Thaumatin is a protein that occurs naturally in the West African Katemfe fruit. It has long been known for its sweetening properties and also has a flavor-enhancing effect.