[NAFEX] Grapple

Anton Callaway marillen at earthlink.net
Mon Apr 6 06:01:04 EDT 2009


Alex,

Grapples are not a product of genetic engineering.  They are a product of good, old-fashioned chemistry.  ;)
Hopefully the grape flavor doesn't come from coal tar, like it once did for many artificially grape-flavored products.

I do agree with you that the Grapple is disgusting.

They actually tout it as a healthy alternative to junk food.  I just don't understand why a really good quality apple would need any additives to make it attractive.

If anyone wants to read more about this... thing, you can at their Website:
http://www.grapplefruits.com/process.html

Anton

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>> Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:55:08 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Kevin Moore <aleguy33 at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Grapple
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>> It sounds really horrible! I wonder who's brainchild that was. I  
>> remember tasting >one of the first GM tomatoes that was touted as  
>> the future because it had this >really long shelf life. It tasted  
>> like gasoline! I still don't understand what is >so wrong with our  
>> natural produce that "they" keep wanting to mess with it.
>
>Does grafting and countless generations of selective breeding not  
>count as "messing with it"?  Most of the fruit trees we grow are not  
>really "natural"...  Transgenic technology is just another tool to  
>introduce new characteristics to the plants.
>
>Alex
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