{"id":284424,"date":"2025-10-05T15:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T14:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-are-tomatoes-being-genetically-altered-for-vitamin-d-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T15:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T14:04:57","slug":"why-are-tomatoes-being-genetically-altered-for-vitamin-d-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-are-tomatoes-being-genetically-altered-for-vitamin-d-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are tomatoes being genetically altered for vitamin D? | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/TUbLBVo2KzM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why are tomatoes being genetically altered for vitamin D? | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TUbLBVo2KzM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>They look and taste like any other tomato, but these tomatoes in Norfolk have been genetically altered to contain more vitamin D.<\/p>\n<p>Tomatoes traditionally lack being a good source for vitamin D, but these gene-edited contain an adult&#8217;s daily allowance in just four.<\/p>\n<p>But why is this being done? 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