Gene-edited bananas that don’t go brown could hit UK supermarkets
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/28/gene-edited-non-browning-banana-britain-shops
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Scientific breakthrough could reduce food waste and make it easier to add the fruit to prepackaged food It is the bane of every fruit bowl: sliced banana that turns brown before it has reached the table. But such woes could soon be a thing of the past, with gene-edited bananas that keep their freshly peeled colour now one step closer to reaching British shoppers. According to Tropic, the Norwich-based agricultural-biotechnology company that developed the fruit, the bananas have the same taste and texture but stay “fresh, yellow and appetising long after peeling and slicing”. Continue reading...
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