10 (More!) Eccentric Genetically Modified Fruits & Veggies

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks on September 3, 2009 at 11:47 am

The food we eat – from corn to cattle – has been domestically modified for thousands of years. Today scientists, agronomists and geneticistsare taking the next step: improving our food from the inside out.

Allergic to tomatoes? It’s more likely than you think – up to 16 percent of people are sensitive to tomatoes, adding extra complications to life in a world of free-flowing ketchup, tomato sauce and burgers with the works. It’s not tomatoes themselves that are at fault, it’s a small protein called Profilin. By silencing two genes responsible for Profilin production in tomatoes, scientists can create non-allergenic fruit that are otherwise completely normal in taste, texture and appearance.

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Previously: 7 Intriguing Genetically Modified Fruits and Vegetables.

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Clever Juice Packaging: What You See Is What You Get

Posted by Queuebot in Food & Drinks on April 25, 2009 at 12:43 pm

Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa made a line of interesting fruit juice boxes that explicitly showed what its contents are made from. Not only are the boxes designed to look like the juice source, but they are also made to imitate its texture.

“I imagined that if the surface of the package imitated the colour and texture of the fruit skin, then the object would reproduce the feeling of the real skin.”

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Sweet Dreams - A Cupcake Adventure

Posted by Ali S. in Arts & Crafts, Food & Drinks, Video Clips on January 22, 2009 at 12:53 am


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Here is a sweet video of a cupcake who dreams of sailing away and leaving it’s life all behind for an adventure. A very cool stop motion video created by Kirsten Lepore using veggies, fruits, and sweet snacks. After watching this I just felt like having a salad and then a cupcake afterward as a treat. It’s a good 10 minutes of a video so I highly suggest you eat along as you watch…so grab a snack and enjoy!

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Fruits vs. Vegetables: The Deathmatch

Posted by Stacy in Food & Drinks on December 3, 2008 at 9:20 pm

Think you know your fruits from your veggies? Slashfood doesn’t think so. Take their quick quiz – just scribble your answers down on a scrap piece of paper or remember them in your head. I have to admit, I did worse than I thought I would. Photo via Wikipedia user Gpics.

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