# what will be the next nutritional "wisdom" or big food fad?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 13, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-the-next-nutritional-wisdom-or-big-food-fad/827701 "2019-01-13T20:19:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-the-next-nutritional-wisdom-or-big-food-fad/827701/41 "2019-01-17T17:15:39Z")

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> [@Dallas\_Jones](#):
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> Have we run out of miracle berries yet? I noticed the other day that my wife’s shampoo has acai berries in it. In the shampoo.

Miracle berry usually refers to that fruit which makes sour or some bitter flavors taste sweet. It’s pretty cool to try though a bit of a novelty. It was somewhat popular 10-15 years ago but never reached broad, mass market audiences. Acai does probably qualify as a bona fide fad.

> **[Synsepalum dulcificum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synsepalum_dulcificum)**
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> Bakeriella dulcifica (Schumach. & Thonn.) Dubard
> Bumelia dulcifica uSchumach. & Thonn.
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