My first reaction was, "Oh my gosh, Mommy come here and look at this right now!!" As you probably could imagine, this brought a lot of attention to the apples! People all around started flooding towards the display.
During my ride home, all I could think of was those apples. When I got home I ran upstairs and logged onto my computer and googled Grapple. To my surprise the apples are in fact, not genetically modified. Grapple fruits start off as ordinary Fuji apples and than are specially selected to be infused with Concord grape flavour. Their nutritional content is not altered in any way, with no additional sugar or calories. Check out this episode of Unwrapped to learn more.
What do you think of this new invention? Do you think this intriguing food creation will encourage people to eat more fruits or do you think food innnovators have gone too far with these out of the world ideas?
Better yet, if you are able to try out the Grapples before I do, let me know your reaction! However, I must warn you that they are quite pricey, selling at about $4.99 for a package of 4.
Grapples?! Really?
ReplyDeleteAwesome post, Amanda. I'm really curious to try one of these fruits and know what they taste like. I wonder if it would just be like taking a bite of a Fuji apple and eating a grape at the same time.
I still don't really get how they come to be if not genetically modified. Talk about a "fusion".
hmm..very interesting.
ReplyDeletei brought this up to my roommate when i read it and she said she tried one a while ago...but doesn't really remember the exact taste.
i definitely wanna try it though!!!
wow i always thought they were just fake!
ReplyDeletegrapples are a clever name. apples and grapes mixed together though? i guess i have to try them out!
too bad it is pricey =(
I know this isn't exactly the same idea, but this reminds me of an article I read in The Globe and Mail this summer. It was about this berry (or at least I think it was a berry) that made normally bitter or sour foods taste sweet. I forget what the name of it was, but people were having parties with these berries and they would all eat them then try typical bitter and sour foods. So for example they would eat the berry then suck on a piece of lemon. What they tasted was more like sweetened lemonade than the tart of a fresh lemon. Perhaps you could look into this berry and write a post about it? It seems like something you might be interested in! Sorry I forget the name but I'm sure with your savvy researching skills you will find what I am referring to!
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