Started selling the first ”genome” tomato in Japan. Genetically engineered and improved
このトマトは血圧を下げるとされる「GABA」と呼ばれる成分を多く含むように品種改良されたトマトです
This tomato is a tomato that has been bred so that it contains a lot of ingredients called ”GABA” that are said to lower blood pressure.
A technology called genome editing is used
Unlike genetic modification that uses another gene, breeding was realized by manipulating the gene that this tomato originally has.
Last December, the seed company Sanatech Seed notified the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and farmers in Kumamoto Prefecture started cultivating.
The price is about 7500 yen for 3 kg
It will be the first time in Japan to sell genome-edited foods to the general public.
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