Strawberries That Taste Like Chocolate

Here’s an interesting food technology with potential for creating food with supplements to get your RDA’s. I also see potential for some concealed hi-tech food pranks! Read on..

These strawberries are actually composites of chocolate and berries created by an infusion technology, adapted for produce by a company called FCOM (Fresh Functional Food Composite).

They create them first by freeze-drying the fruit, removing water components, and then sinking chocolate in between its fibers. In the cross section above, the inner part of the strawberry is actually laced with white chocolate.

It’s a technique commonly used in industrial manufacturing for fusing metals. The strawberries are just for fun, but the company’s hoping to apply the same strategies to create vitamin-infused fruits and mineral-infused rice for youngsters and elderlies reluctant to get their nutrition otherwise.

Read more on JapanTimes

Via TokyoMango

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