The real reason why supermarket tomatoes look so good but taste so BAD
The most appetising supermarket tomatoes are often the least flavoursome and now we might know why and who is to blame. Murdoch University associate professor of food science and nutrition, Vicky Solah, said tomatoes at Coles and Woolworths were bred for characteristics other than flavour - and McDonalds is partly to blame. 'Supermarket tomatoes have been bred for yield and to make them look beautiful becauses consumers like them to look beautiful,' she said. 'Unfortunately, some of the flavour is lost in that breeding for yield.' Looking good, tasting average - the humble tomato has lost f...
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