What Does Flavr Savr Do

The Flavr Savr was designed to be able to be left longer to ripen on the vine (many natural tomatoes are picked unripe and then ripened through chemical means) and to have a longer shelf life than natural tomatoes.

What is the main feature of Flavr Savr tomato?

Characteristics. Tomatoes have a short shelf-life in which they remain firm and ripe. This lifetime may be shorter than the time needed for them to reach market when shipped from winter growing areas to markets in the north, and the softening process can also lead to more of the fruit being damaged during transit.

How was tomato genetically modified?

The tomato has the distinction of being the very first widespread genetically modified food available in the United States. Starting in 1994, the Flavr Savr tomato was bred with a deactivated gene that kept the plant from producing polygalacturonase, an enzyme that’s the starting point for rot.