GMO Tomatoes Could Be Returning After 25 Years. Will People Eat Them?

British scientists have developed a genetically modified purple tomato that is packed with antioxidants: the same compounds that make fruits like blueberries and blackberries “superfoods.”

In lab experiments, cancer-prone mice whose diet was supplemented with purple tomato powder lived 30% longer than those who got regular tomato powder. This GMO tomato could get approved for sale in the U.S. this year. But will consumers bite, or will GMO unease get in the way?

0:00 Tomatoes that are fully purple aren’t available… yet
0:38 Genetically modified organisms 101
1:16 Purple tomato nutrition
2:33 The shelf life of purple GMO tomatoes
2:56 Are purple GMO tomatoes natural?

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