“I love the berry! I use it all the time, its a great way to cut out sugar and still enjoy sweets.”
Nature’s Wild Berry changes how food tastes. One piece and thirty seconds of chewing is all it takes. Sour turns sweet, bitterness is curbed and savory food tastes richer. The brand appeared on Shark Tank in season 14. Ten years in, the berry is available through Gordon Food Service as item code 218448.
Search the item code in Gordon Ordering or give it to your Gordon Food Service sales representative. Pricing and availability in Gordon Ordering are specific to your account.
Four jars to a case and approximately 120 servings. It is a drop ship item and comes straight to your door via designated shipping service.
Items may not be available in all areas. Check with your Gordon Food Service sales representative for availability.
The berry contains miraculin, a protein that binds to the sweet receptors on the tongue. While it is bound, taste shifts three ways. Sour turns sweet: lemons taste like lemonade and grapefruit tastes candied. Bitterness is curbed, a lessening rather than a switch-off. Savory food tastes richer. The effect lasts 20 to 40 minutes and wears off on its own. Nothing is added to the food itself.
For an operator that is unusual. A single ingredient changes how the food already on your line tastes, without reformulating it, without adding sugar and without a label change. It is a flavor enhancer that works on the guest rather than the plate.
“Turn a lemon into lemonade without a gram of added sugar.”
The short version of why it ends up on a menuA course built around the flip from sour to sweet. Or a dessert that gets its sweetness from citrus rather than sugar.
Sour-forward and non-alcoholic builds that read sweet without syrup. A talking point the guest can taste.
An interactive opener for a reception or banquet that needs no equipment, no prep and no kitchen time.
Dining hall demos and pop-ups that get people to try sour fruit and vegetables they would otherwise walk past.
A vivid, repeatable way to teach how taste perception works, using one jar and a tray of citrus.
A high-curiosity impulse item at the register, already recognized from national television.
| Product | Whole freeze-dried miracle berry halves (Synsepalum dulcificum). Nothing added. |
|---|---|
| Serving size | One piece, which is one berry half. First timers usually do best with two. |
| Servings per jar | Approximately 30 (about 120 per case) |
| Case pack | 4 jars per case |
| Effect duration | 20 to 40 minutes, then it fades on its own |
| Best by | March 2035 |
| Storage | Ambient. No refrigeration or freezer space required. |
| Allergens | None |
| Attributes | Gluten free, preservative free, non-GMO, vegan |
| Packaging | Resealable aluminum tin. The tin is the retail package, not the shipping unit. |
| Case GTIN | 10868671000234 |
| Ordering | Gordon Ordering, item code 218448 |
Enter 218448 in Gordon Ordering or give the number to your sales representative.
Gordon Ordering shows the pricing and availability that apply to your account.
Order through Gordon Ordering or ask your Gordon Food Service sales representative to add it for you. It comes straight to your door via designated shipping service.
The case of four Travel Jars is item code 218448. In Gordon Ordering it is listed as BERRY MIRACLE HLF DRD.
One piece per guest, which is one berry half. Hold it on the tongue for about five seconds to rehydrate, then chew it and spread the pulp across your whole tongue for a full thirty seconds before swallowing. That thirty seconds of chewing is what determines how strong the effect is. First timers usually do best with two pieces.
20 to 40 minutes. It fades on its own and nothing needs to be done to reverse it.
Bitterness is curbed, not switched off. Very bitter food still hints at bitter. Savory food tastes richer.
No. The berry changes how taste registers on the tongue. The food itself is unchanged. There is no added sugar and no reformulation.
No. The jars are shelf stable at ambient temperature, which suits operators with no spare cold storage.
Jars currently shipping carry a best by date of March 2035.
None. The only ingredient is whole freeze-dried miracle berry halves.
Yes. Email info@natureswildberry.com with the kind of operation you run and mention Gordon Food Service. We will help you set up a trial.
The case of four Travel Jars is the item available through Gordon Food Service. If a different format would suit your operation better, tell us.
Place orders through Gordon Ordering or your Gordon Food Service sales representative. For anything about the product itself, email info@natureswildberry.com and mention Gordon Food Service. We answer these ourselves.
Nature’s Wild Berry Inc. · Santa Monica, California · Ten years of making sour taste sweet