A banana that doesn’t brown? Now that’s bananas! 🍌 

Tropic has developed some new bananas via gene editing that don’t brown after they are peeled, and have been approved for sale in the Philippines, Colombia, Honduras, the US and Canada

“Bananas are asexual,” said Gershon. “There’s no real breeding in bananas. We’re eating today the same bananas as our grandparents were eating in the 1950s. The only real opportunity we have to adjust the banana to meet the challenges the industry is facing is through gene editing.”

In addition to the bananas which are set to launch, the article touches on the myriad of ways in-progress teams are working on using gene editing to “update” our food supply. The team behind the purple tomato (remember that?) is working on super long lasting potatoes 🥔 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/07/gene-edited-non-browning-banana-cut-food-waste-tropic-norwich

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Exciting innovation in gene editing for bananas! 🍌 Potential to reduce food waste and adapt to industry challenges