thaumatin in English
noun
1
a sweet-tasting protein isolated from a West African fruit ( Thaumatococcus danielli , family Marantaceae ), used as a sweetener in food.
Intense sweeteners permitted for use in Australian and New Zealand foods are acesulphame potassium, aspartame, cyclamates, saccharin, sucralose, alitame, thaumatin and neotame (code number yet to be finalised).
Use "thaumatin" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "thaumatin" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "thaumatin", or refer to the context using the word "thaumatin" in the English Dictionary.
1. Thaumatin is a naturally occurring protein found in the African Serendipity Berry and is 000 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar).
2. With the market for low-calorie sweeteners nearing $1 billion a year in the US alone, thaumatin is likely to become a cash cow.