FILE - In this March 23, 2011 file photo, tomatoes are seen in the produce section at a grocery store in Des Moines, Iowa. Scientists have cooked up a way to reintroduce a key ingredient into mass-produced tomatoes: taste. Researchers have figured out just the right spots on the genetic blueprint of tomatoes where flavor has been bred out of supermarket tomatoes for the past 40 or 50 years, according to a study in the journal Science. And using natural breeding methods, a little modernized with hand pollination by electric toothbrushes _ they are reinstalling five factors to add aroma and taste into the staple of salads. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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