Multicoloured Veg!
February 17, 2008 by Jase
Filed under About:Oddness, About:Stuff
Cauliflower cheese will never be the same again.
Scientists have developed amazing variants of vegetable where the traditional white florets have been changed to a garish orange, purple and green.
The “rainbow cauliflowers” are said to taste the same as the normal varieties, but add a splash of colour to the dinner table.
Some scientists have even claimed that they are healthier for you.
Andrew Coker, a spokesman for the plant company Syngenta – which is developing the plants in Europe – stressed that the colourful cauliflowers were not the result of genetic engineering, but came after decades of traditional selective breeding.
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