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["Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>]

And they do know that sorbitol is a laxative, right?

 

Stephen Sadler, Ph.D.

USDA 9, AHS heat zone 8,

Sacramento CA - Mediterranean climate

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lon J. Rombough
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 6:54 AM
To: NAFEX
Subject: [NAFEX] Apples with sorbitol

 

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