Miami student Gabriella co-invents patented tomatoes designed to taste like meat

Gabriella Rothberg, a 17-year-old student in Miami, is named as co-inventor on a US patent for genetically engineered tomatoes.
She said the aim is that you bite into a tomato and it tastes like a hamburger, by making the plant produce an iron-rich molecule.
She had the idea at 15 while making a sandwich, and hopes such vegetables could also help where meat is costly.
The work is still experimental. The tomatoes have not been taste tested, and it is not known whether the method will work.

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