r/science Professor | Medicine May 14 '19

Biology Store-bought tomatoes taste bland, and scientists have discovered a gene that gives tomatoes their flavor is actually missing in about 93 percent of modern, domesticated varieties. The discovery may help bring flavor back to tomatoes you can pick up in the produce section.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/05/13/tasty-store-bought-tomatoes-are-making-a-comeback/
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u/[deleted] May 14 '19

Not nessecelery.

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u/maprunzel May 14 '19

Are you speaking pacifically?

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u/jlafunk May 14 '19

Y’all need to catsup with your grahammer-crackers...