Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/uBnr6Gi4saA

 

A purple tomato containing 10 fold more antioxidants could someday be sitting on your grocery store shelves.  These tomatoes appear like giant blueberries and, in many ways, are just that.  Using bioengineering, genes from the antioxidant rich purple snapdragon plant are added to the tomato’s own genetic complement to increase its production of anthocyanin.  As a side effect, the entire tomato, not just its skin, becomes purple.

 

Yes, the purple tomato is a GMO, a genetically modified organism, but this so-called super tomato has passed the US Department of Agriculture’s first test showing that it may be safely cultivated without pest damage.  Don’t look for the Purple Tomato yet as it must first pass other hurdles at the USDA, the FDA, and the EPA.

 

https://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20220923/modified-purple-tomato-coming-to-your-grocery-store

 

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