They try to get tomatoes with taste similar to Spanish.

Investigadores del Stockbridge Technology Centre, Yorkshire, have grown a variety of tomatoes (Sunstream) in a greenhouse illuminated with led lamps, trying to emulate the flavor of those imported from Spain, both from the south of the peninsula and the Canary Islands.

moment, the first harvest of sunstream tomatoes, a variety of Midi Plum tomatoes, is being sold at independent food retailers, members of the East Yorkshire Local Food Network (EYLFN), the medium Delifresh, based in Bradford, to the restaurant industry.

The President of the British Tomato Growers Association and a member of the EYLFN Board, Nigel Bartle, He has indicated that "the first tomatoes from the new Stockbridge research facility were harvested for the first time for Christmas and have been very well received., due to its exceptional flavor of freshly picked tomatoes”.

Sunstream is a delicious variety, with a dark red color, but most importantly it is a home grown food flavor”, he claimed.

Para Martin McPherson, director científico en Stockbridge, “This is an excellent example of how we can do world leading research and development, but giving everyone the possibility to participate by employing a local network of independent producers and restaurateurs to offer fresh and local food”.