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What is in a tomato? Mapping the building blocks of food

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Title What is in a tomato? Mapping the building blocks of food
 
Creator Ahmed, Selena
Chien, Chi-Ming
de la Parra, John
German, Bruce
Jarvis, Andy
Lal, Vincent
Lartey, Anna
McDade, Marianne
Morgan, Katherine
Prenni, Jessica
Rajasekharan, Maya
Shafizadeh, Tracy
Vázquez-Manjarrez, Natalia
Watkins, Steve
 
Subject nutrition
nutritive value
dietary diversity
biodiversity
 
Description When you bite into a tomato, what exactly are you eating? Join us for a tour of tomatoes, as we learn about the building blocks of food, known as biomolecules. Our tour explores the thousands of biomolecules in food, many of which play important roles in nutrition and health. An examination of tomatoes from various farms tells us that not all tomatoes have the same biomolecules. Lots of things affect the amounts and types of biomolecules in tomatoes, including their genetics, where and how they are grown, and even how they are stored and cooked. Our tour ends with a peek into a lab where scientists work on a global project to map all the biomolecules in foods. Welcome to an exciting frontier of science, where discoveries can lead to big improvements in the health of people and the planet.
 
Date 2023-08-03
2023-08-10T10:46:39Z
2023-08-10T10:46:39Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Ahmed, S.; Chien, C-M.; de la Parra, J.; German, B.; Jarvis, A.; Lal, V.; Lartey, A.; McDade, M.; Morgan, K.; Prenni, J.; Rajasekharan, M.; Shafizadeh, T.; Vázquez-Manjarrez, N.; Watkins, S. (2023) What is in a tomato? Mapping the building blocks of food. Frontiers for Young Minds 11: 1038318. ISSN: 2296-6846
2296-6846
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131526
https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2023.1038318
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 1038318
application/pdf
 
Publisher Frontiers Media SA
 
Source Frontiers for Young Minds