Are Tearless Onions Gmo?
When You Hear of Something as Bizarre as a Tearless Onion, Your First Thought Is Probably, “Gmo, Gmo, Gmo, ” but Sunions Claim They Are Not Genetically...
When you hear of something as bizarre as a tearless onion, your first thought is probably, “GMO, GMO, GMO,” but Sunions claim they are not genetically modified, but rather a natural cross-bred method that was three decades in the making. ... The reason onions make us cry, is because the smell is a bit of a defense system.
Are tearless onions genetically modified?
The tearless onion, dubbed the Sunion, is sweet and crunchy, and unlike regular onions, won't make you cry. They're not genetically modified either — the Sunion was created through natural cross-breeding in a program that took more than 30 years (farmers started working on these in the 1980s).
How are tearless onions made?
Instead, they're the result of crossbreeding less-pungent onions to develop a variety that is sweet and mild, with the tear-causing, volatile compounds found in other onions decreasing over time.
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