Scientists at gene editing startup, Pairwise Plants used the DNA-editing tool Crispr to make mustard greens that are less bitter in hopes consumers will opt for its greens over less nutritious ones like iceberg and butter lettuce. Next up: fruits.
wants to help you eat healthier salads. This month, North Carolina–based Pairwise Plants is rolling out aengineered to be less bitter than the original plant. The vegetable is the first Crispr-edited food to hit the US market.
“We basically created a new category of salad,” says Tom Adams, cofounder and CEO of Pairwise. The greens will initially be available in select restaurants and other outlets in the Minneapolis–St. Paul region, St. Louis, and Springfield, Massachusetts. The company plans to start stocking the greens in grocery stores this summer, likely in the Pacific Northwest first.
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