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With the marketing of "low-carb" potatoes, it's no surprise
that scientists are now working on low-calorie fruit. Researchers at the University of California, Davis, are working
on producing apples with higher levels of sorbitol and lower levels of sucrose and fructose. Sorbitol apparently has
nearly half the calories of sucrose and fructose, all of which occur naturally in fruit. Fruits like apples aren't
particularly high in calories to begin with, so I'm a bit curious as to what the other goals of this research are.
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Low-calorie fruit?
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With the marketing of "low-carb" potatoes, it's no surprise
that scientists are now working on low-calorie fruit. Researchers at the University of California, Davis, are working
on producing apples with higher levels of sorbitol and lower levels of sucrose and fructose. Sorbitol apparently has
nearly half the calories of sucrose and fructose, all of which occur naturally in fruit. Fruits like apples aren't
particularly high in calories to begin with, so I'm a bit curious as to what the other goals of this research are.
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