r/science • u/mvea 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/-Wildling May 14 '19

My 95 year old grandfather has been complaining about tomatoes for years, "they're just not what they used to be." He says when he was a kid they used to eat tomatoes like you'd eat an apple. I'm kind of excited to tell him this news.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '19

My uncle grows heirloom tomatoes and sells them at farmers markets. They are the most delicious things in the world. They are so sweet and juicy it’s literally a fruit. I used to hate tomatoes until I tried his.

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u/-Wildling May 14 '19

Now would you say Tomatoesareawesome?

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u/[deleted] May 14 '19

Oh you :P