Sugar Substitutes & Sweeteners - Monellin

Monellin is a two-chain sweet protein from the West African serendipity plant which is estimated to be about 70,000 times sweeter than sugar on a molecule for molecule basis (and probably about 1,000 times sweeter on a gram for gram basis).

It is currently being investigated for commercial use as a noncarbohydrate sweetener by the Kirin Brewery company in Japan.

While useful in sweetening some materials, it may have limited use because it may denature under high temperature conditions, although, as a protein it may become popular owing to the popularity of the Atkins Nutritional Approach (Atkins diet).

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