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  • From: rob hamilton <lostman_amiga@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Apples with sorbitol
  • Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:29:09 -0800 (PST)

Are apples that rich in calories? I mean whats the point?

rob

"Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com> wrote:
1.36  Diet apples for diet freaks

20 February 2006
Translated by Mark Hutcko, CheckBiotech

US researchers have developed a transgenic apple tree which bears
fruits sweetened with sorbitol.

US researchers have developed a technique which reduces the calories
in an apple by about one half. With the help of genetic engineering,
they changed the metabolism of apple trees, so they would store
sorbitol instead of fructose in the fruit.

http://www.checkbiotech.org/root/index.cfm?
fuseaction=search&search=checkbiotech&doc_id=12287&start=1&fullsearch=1

Submitted by Robert.Derham@unibas.ch
Editor, Checkbiotech
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