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Phyllodulcin

Sweeteners

Phyllodulcin is a dihydroisocoumarin compound found in the leaves of the hydrangea species Hydrangea macrophylla and Hydrangea serrata, functioning as an intensely potent natural sweetener measured at roughly four hundred to eight hundred times sweeter than ordinary table sugar.

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