"Golden Lettuce" genetically engineered to pack 30 times more vitamins
"Golden Lettuce" genetically engineered to pack 30 times more vitamins
Most of us don’t eat as much fruit and veggies as we know we should, but that goal might now be a bit more achievable. Scientists in Spain have engineered a new “Golden Lettuce” with 30 times more nutrients than the regular green stuff.
Golden rice was the same thing, wasn't it?
Designed for third world countries with actual issues of underconsumption of Beta-Carotine, it got regulated away by first world countries who went "ew icky GMO"
To be technical it was first world companies exploiting the uneducated in those 3rd world countries into asking for suppressive regulations, which their lawmakers then abided by.
Look up Greenpeace actions against Golden Rice. It's an example of how misplaced ideology literally kills millions of people.
Oh they have also have made GMO rice with folic acid.
Does it taste good?
I feel like that is a bit part of the article missing
This is a really big point actually. When I'm growing salad greens, you have to stop giving them nutrients about a week before harvest, so the plant can burn through those saved up nutrients, otherwise it straight up tastes like metal/vitamins.
Does any lettuce taste good? It all tastes like wet grass to me. At least spinach has flavor.
Tbh I unironically like most lettuce in the right context
Crunchy freshness
If it tastes like lettuce, just throw any combination of oil, salt and bit of sweet and you're good to go
And still no-one will eat it unless it’s hidden in a burger or fajita.
30 x 0 = 0 At least with iceberg lettuce it feels like there's nothing. Got to add arugula and spinach to the salads for benefits.
Was my thought too, but it has a lot of vitamins in tiny amounts that could make the effort worthwhile.