GMOs Next Generation: Pink pineapples and purple tomatoes

A small British company is planning to apply for U.S. permission to produce and sell purple tomatoes that have high levels of anthocyanins, which are compounds found in blueberries may lower the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils may someday be on grocery shelves alongside more traditional products.

With recent government approval of potatoes that don’t bruise and apples that don’t brown, a new generation of genetically modified foods is headed to grocery shelves.

What could be next? Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils, among other products, …read more