Zukora^™
Honey Truffle Sweet Protein

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Products

A naturally derived, sustainable sweetener

With a clean label designation, it’s a non-caloric natural solution to sweetness for a health-conscious world.

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.

Blend Honey Truffle Sweet Protein to best mimic the sweetness curve of sugar

Blend with sugar to reduce calories

Use with stevia in natural sweetener blends

CONSUMER LABELING RECOMMENDATIONS

Why we recommend using Honey Truffle Sweet Protein for the ingredient name.

Positive consumer reaction

Transparency & accurate description

Clean label, consumer friendly

Provides point of differentiation

Demonstrates innovation

Consumer product labeling recommendation:
Honey Truffle Sweet Protein

Consumer Feedback

What today’s label conscious consumers look for when choosing sweet ingredients.

Top 3
Most Appealing
Label Benefits For Consumers

Naturally Derived (From Nature)

Clean Sweet
Taste

Make Products
Low Sugar /
Sugar Free

2025 MycoTechnology consumer research study

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.

REGULATORY STATUS

Self-Affirmed GRAS in the United States

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.

RESOURCES AND ARTICLES

See what scientific journals and industry publications are saying about Honey Truffle Sweet Protein.

Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry

Discovery, Expression, and In Silico Safety Evaluation of Honey Truffle Sweetener, a Sweet Protein Derived from Mattirolomyces terfezioides and Produced by Heterologous Expression in Komagataella phaffii
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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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