Brazil scientists developing lifesaving superfoods through traditional plant breeding methods
date:Jul 24, 2013
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Meanwhile, the beta-carotene level in sweet potatoes has grown from 10 micrograms per gram to an astounding 115 per gram. Zinc content of rice has grown from 12 to 18 milligrams per kilogram.

Not bad - and without turning the foods into Frankenfoods.

Already pre-school children are benefiting from the bio-nutritionally enhanced foods. In Itaguai, an industrial municipality 44 miles south of Rio de Janeiro, about 8,000 pre-school children are benefiting from these extra-nutritious foods,

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