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  • garrett@lemm.eetoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What fruit is tasty on a pizza?
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    14 days ago

    Peppers are the fruit of the plant. They’re what’s made after the flowers were pollinated and have seeds. They’re also sometimes sweet and not always so spicy.

    Of course, there’s the botanical definition and culinary definition and there’s some overlap. The most famous would be a tomato, which is also a fruit and a vegetable from different points of view.

    What’s mind-blowing to think about is that a pepper is not just a fruit but also technically a berry.

    In cooking, peppers are used as a fruit, a vegetable, and even a spice. (Depending on the pepper variety.) So, anyone classifying it as any of those things is right. 👍

    (Wikipedia mentions all this too.) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_pepper

  • garrett@lemm.eetoEurope@feddit.de•Current state of EU legislation on crop breeding (from @methylcytosine on X)English
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    6 months ago

    Agreed.

    Additionally, the graphic oversimplifies things as well. The resulting genetically modified crop is often not even all that close close to the same as the non-GMO, as seen by studies such as this one:

    https://enveurope.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s12302-023-00715-6

    Basically; GMO soybeans contain proteins which differ and also include additional proteins. This can cause allergic reactions to modified soy where non-modified soy might not cause an issue.

    Monsanto supposedly even knew about these proteins and higher risk of allergic reaction and chose to not disclose it. (I saw some research that mentioned this years ago… It’d be hard to find the exact source I read back then.) This specific paper, which talks about additional proteins and side-effects brought in by the new transgenic splicing, also explicitly states that Monsanto did studies themselves and failed to report relevant findings:

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5236067/

    Obviously, other methods can also change proteins too, but these papers show it isn’t as clear cut as the graphic in the original post claims.

    Along these lines, here’s a study that finds differences not just in soybeans grown organically versus ones treated by glyphosate (Monsanto Round-Up pesticide) but also between GMO and non-GMO crops, both treated by the pesticide.

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814613019201

    But, yeah this is just a long way of agreeing with the parent post and saying that the end goal is to make the plants resistant to poison, not to make them better for humans, all to make more money. (In this case, Monsanto is even double-dipping by selling both the pesticide and the crops tailor-made for the pesticide.)

    Other GMO crops might be closer to the original crop and might also actually be beneficial for humans without drawbacks. However, Monsanto’s soybeans are problematic, and other crops might be as well, especially if they’re made by companies who have money as their primary goal.