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In January 2014, Snopes came across this photo on Pinterest: The caption read: Alas, there is no delectable blue fruit that grows in Japan, causes flavors to switch after you eat it, and costs about 16,000 yen (roughly $200). This jape has been spread multiple times on social media outlets such as Pinterest and Twitter in the last few years, and it’s simply a made-up story attached to an ordinary photograph of a watermelon slice that has been tinted blue: However, there is a real red miracle berry fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum) that produces a protein known as miraculin that can cause other sour foods subsequently consumed to taste sweet: [See also on Snopes: Are Pink, Fuzzy Bananas a Real Thing?]
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