A Canadian biotechnology company has asked the U.S. authorities to approve a genetically modified apple that will not brown soon after it is sliced.
The apple variety, which is being marketed as ‘Arctic’, has had the genes responsible for producing the enzyme that induces browning switched off.
Okanagan Specialty Fruits say the new type could boost sales of apples for snacks and salads and lower costs.
A worker sorts through apples at Crunch Pak, an apple slicing company in Cashmere, Washington. A Canadian firm wants to genetically modify apples so they do not go brown
Neal Carter, president of the company said: ‘They look like apple trees and grow like apple trees and produce apples that look like all other apples and when you cut them, they don't turn brown."
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