Can Zukora™ be used with other sweeteners?
Zukora™ Honey Truffle Sweet Protein can be used as a single sweetener or in blends with other sweetening options to achieve an overall sweetness profile closest to sugar.
Consumer product labeling recommendation:
Honey Truffle Sweet Protein
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Most Appealing
Label Benefits For Consumers
Naturally Derived (From Nature)
Clean Sweet
Taste
Make Products
Low Sugar /
Sugar Free
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MycoTechnology – where science, innovation, and technology come naturally.
Scientific innovation has been a hallmark of MycoTechnology since its founding in 2013. We harness the power of nature to create breakthrough solutions for better tasting and more sustainable foods and beverages. Combining the power of fungi with fermentation technology, we create transformative taste modulation and sugar-reduction ingredients including ClearIQ™ Natural Flavor, ClearHT™ Natural Flavor and Zukora™ Honey Truffle Sweet Protein, a revolutionary sweetening ingredient derived from the honey truffle that delivers a uniquely clean taste profile with minimal off-notes.
Our philosophy is to secure the most robust, industry recognized regulatory status for our products in the geographies in which we operate. These principles have guided the commercialization development of Honey Truffle Sweet Protein.
Honey Truffle Sweet Protein has achieved self-affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status and is now commercially available at scale in the United States for use in food and beverages. This rigorous scientific milestone is substantiated by a comprehensive safety assessment and uncontested independent expert panel evaluation. MycoTechnology has also submitted a GRAS dossier to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for their formal review and public transparency.
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Journal of Food and Chemical Toxicology
Safety evaluation of honey truffle sweet protein produced from Komagataella phaffii
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Journal of Biochemistry
Sweet Protein Allosteric Binding and Activation of the Human T1R2/R3 Sweet Receptor: A Simulation Model Validated by in Vitro Receptor Activation Assay
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MycoTechnology unlocks Honey Truffle Sweet Protein for sustainable sugar reduction.
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