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I don't know if it's because of me growing up and my tastes changing, but I could swear fruits from the grocery store when I was a kid were nowhere near as sweet as they are now. Some of the fruits I've eaten recently are genuinely sweeter than soda because the soda tastes bitter after eating the fruit.

Are they selectively breeding/GMOing fruits to produce more sugar? Is that bad? I feel like that's a bad thing but don't actually know.

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[-] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 months ago

Pardon me for checking your post history, but I noticed you've posted in the Canada community and therefore you might be Canadian. Is it possible you've been eating more local fruit this year due to boycotts? I wonder if there's some relation.

I noticed my Ontario blueberries were very sweet this year, compared to the imported ones I've had in the past that could be somewhat bitter or tart. I have no evidence if this is a reason why they're sweeter though, I'm just guessing.

[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

I'm not sure. I've noticed this since before the tariffs thing, but could definitely be a factor as well.

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