How 8 Fruits Were Designed And Bred To Be Perfect I Business Insider Marathon

From the popular apple the Cosmic Crisp apple that took 22 years to make, to Japanese grapes that sell for up to $450 a bunch, we traveled the world to learn how fruits are bred to perfection.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:23 - Cosmic Crisp Apples
00:05:26 - Ruby Roman Grapes
00:12:39 - Miyazaki Mangoes
00:22:11 - Pitayas
00:33:55 - Durian
00:40:40 - Golden Kiwis
00:51:18 - Bananas
01:03:33 - Buddha’s Hand
01:16:47 - Credits
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How 8 Fruits Were Designed And Bred To Be Perfect I Business Insider Marathon

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[@EcomCarl]

The Cosmic Crisp's development is a striking example of how targeted breeding and extensive research can revolutionize an industry. This endeavor not only showcases innovation but also sets a new standard for quality and shelf life in the produce market. 🍎

[@clown134]

reading the "x is my favorite" apple comments reallly make me want to go buy an assortment of various apples and try them. i never realized there was so much variety or even a noticable difference between different types

[@erawanpencil]

I don't know anyone who eats just straight apples, let alone knows the fine details of the different cultivars or whatever lol. I'd be really worried that this is a dying industry since my guess is it's only older people or maybe school cafeterias. Apples cut up the mouth, get stuck in teeth, and are loaded with sugar... if I wanted a healthy option I'd gnaw on a head of broccoli. Juicing and pie apples are probably the future.

[@vixiera]

@@erawanpencilhow do apples cut up the mouth? What kind of apple are you eating? They have fiber and vitamins. I eat apples frequently, but maybe because I’m from Washington state where we have tons 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@vixiera]

Definitely try a bunch, there are so many varieties and some with really delicious flavors and textures. The cosmic crisp really is tasty!

[@TonkaJay]

There are roughly 5,000 different kinds of apples. From sweet to bitter.

[@clown134]

@@TonkaJay oh never mind

[@NoPantsBaby]

He eats an apple every day. Doctors don't go within 10 miles of him.

[@jameschristophercirujano6650]

I eat 3 a day, coz my gallbladder's fucked, apples help massively in not feeling pressure in the area.

[@sleepdeprivationman3573]

underrated comment

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Apple TV USD SGD

[@M45306]

Fun fact. The reason for an apple pie was to make apples more enjoyable when they weren’t so sweet.

[@pimpnuggah3964]

Yeah obviously

[@mara3842]

huh?

[@FreshFoodCompany]

Eating apples is very good for your health, you rarely have to see a doctor

[@JYMBO]

Pink Lady is my favourite, all of the characteristics of a green apple, sweet, tangy, crisp, fresh & juicy BUT still retains the colour & flavour of Red

[@Chris-kf3xd]

Me too

[@toshley6192]

Pink lady and honeycrisp are my favourites, but the cosmic crisps are decent if the other ones aren't in stock.

[@metoo6599]

Oh I really like pink lady!!

[@gurka5520]

I just eat whatever I find in my local forests

[@gessnermatt]

Seriously we need to reinvent the pomegranate, delicious af but a pain to eat

[@tgtgtgtgtgtgtg]

😂😂😂

[@hughjaass3787]

Cosmic Crisp is my FAVORITE grocery store apple......Thank You Science!!!!

[@davidmclay6182]

This breeding technique is so old, I almost wouldn't call it science anymore 😂. With apples, you basically throw stuff at a wall and see what sticks. Their seeds essentially hold all "apple" DNA, it takes thousands of plants just to find one that isn't bitter. Sure, they started with a baseline idea of what they wanted from 2 variety, but they got lucky to find that collaboration 😉

[@boogiedownforever]

I planted a sweet sixteen apple tree this year and I am super excited. They are posta taste like vanilla and spice

[@googleuser-one]

The pride in growing quality fruits vs quantity of trash that we get in our markets

[@killermakd2015]

those fruits costs money that the avg guy couldnt possibly afford. thanks to the economic concept the flag in your pfp represents.

[@idee7896]

100% agree

[@aerialz7175]

@@killermakd2015 bro wants us to be communists

[@killermakd2015]

@@aerialz7175 questioning american capitalism doesnt automatically make u a commie now does it? everybody knows laissez faire economy is prone to irrational choices, monopolies and oligarchic corruption. add to that the behavioural economics concerns of consumerism, and you get a society totally governed by justified greed and presentation skills. Pretty much like options and futures.

[@aerialz7175]

@killermakd2015 Yeah but there's no better options

[@BlueZebraism]

We FINALLY got Cosmic Crisps in Ontario and gotdamn, they're honestly the best apples I've ever tasted! 😍😍 Used to only go for Honey Crisp but these have taken their place at #1. The Cosmic are even a little bit cheaper here!! 🍎💙

[@Restecpa]

Where in Ontario did you find them?

[@BlueZebraism]

@@Restecpa A Sobeys in Toronto :)

[@jgflight2002]

Cosmis Crisp is absolutely delicious and crunchy. I got tired of the red delicious because they really have very litte flavor. Cosmic crisp got me to eat apples again.

[@mathew00]

In the past 15 years or so I went from buying big apples to small crisp apples. I love the smaller apples.

[@livetutoringchinese]

Fuji apples. Beautiful and mega crispy. Thin skin too

[@xiuxiu1108]

All the ripe Fuji apples I've had had very a good flavor but really mealy compared to crisp varieties.

[@karencunningham5642]

I just ate a Cosmic Crisp. My go-to is a red delicious. It reminds me of my childhood and picking apples in the orchard. That flavor can't be beat! My favorite is the Empire. Developed in NY state. It's a cross between Red Delicious and Macintosh. Great fror eating baking and sauces. It's very hard to find now that we live in the west.

[@johndoh5182]

Envy apple, every other apple envies it including the CC.

[@thezfunk]

Empires are the best eating apple. Most apples are bred too sweet today. Empire has the perfect balance of tang and sweet.

[@vixiera]

Oh goodness, I can’t stand Red Delicious, I remember them from childhood, but I feel like they’ve changed and aren’t as good now. Cosmic Crisp really is good, imo

[@stephiek.3267]

Cosmic Crisp apples are so delicious and juicy! So good and good for you! 🍎

[@goosetown4715]

Cosmic crisps have been my staple apple for more than a year now.

[@CinemaScandals]

Your videos are awesome, the cinematography and the overall shots of everything is dumbfounding, whoever leads it is a genius, nice work business insider!

[@Restecpa]

I agree. This is an amazing documentary. As a fruit lover, I can’t wait to try some of these.

[@BusinessInsider]

Thanks for watching!

[@johndoh5182]

Envy apples pretty much replace every other apple if you want a skin that doesn't add bitterness and is easy to eat and the meat of the apple is sweet and tasty. My wife won't eat anything else. Cosmic Crisp are OK. The problem with Red Delicious is decisions that were made by grocery chains where they wanted the apple to have a longer shelf life which required a thicker skin, and the world of big ag. gave it to them, and now most people won't touch them because there are much better options. You don't get it both ways. The best sweet corn doesn't have a long shelf life, and you only get it for about 3 weeks in the places that grow it, Silver Queen. That's the rub. If fruit or veg has a bit of sugar AND isn't hard as a rock, it's not going to last. You have to enjoy it while it's in season.

[@medimint]

This entire process is truly meticulous and professional

[@duwaine96]

O m g those grapes look so good..

[@RealLordVoldemort]

I did not realise people peeled grapes?

[@mattw5840]

I want a soft apple <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="123">2:03</a> Telling me I should enjoy a certain apple because it's shelf stable. I want an apple that's fresh and not part of a monoculture

[@zuffercanis6709]

Cosmic crisps are delicious & will continue to buy em

[@JJustMax]

This is the "Apple" of apples

[@orangemoonglows2692]

i recently purchased cosmic crisp apples and i really enjoy them. my go-to used to be fuji, but i've been buying this one because they're more flavorful than the fuji and have a comparable price. it's not as expensive as honeycrisp and some others you find.

[@johndoh5182]

Never tried Envy apples huh?

[@YeahYall]

Honey Crisp, then Granny Smith. I still think GS makes the best fresh apple juice.

[@CAstrawberrygirl]

Nice to see that this was done the old fashioned way of hybrid breeding instead of genetically modifying the plant in the lab.

[@stocktonnash]

Cosmic Crisp is great, but I want to try a Ludacrisp!

[@ZoKitchen]

crunchy cosmic crisp!!

[@JustMayari]

i ONLY eat golden kiwis. SO DELICIOUSSSSSS

[@mariasaha8303]

Evercrisp is my favorite!

[@emes8742]

Love cosmic crisp! But I like them when they are really dark reddish-purple.

[@SANDGLASSUS]

The video is fascinating. Thanks for your sharing 🤩

[@extravagantme1047]

Cosmic crisp sounds amazing! As of now Fuji is the best apple because it's the sweetest but I can't wait to try the new one when I get the chance

[@monkeymansungoku8305]

Everyone is enjoying apples while bro just peels cacti with his bare hands because it makes a better fruit… Pitayas

[@joelvi22]

Cosmic crisp is the bomb. When its in season i always buy. Tastes like grape koolaid and you cant change my mind

[@daemenoth]

pink lady apples are pretty awesome too.

[@mara3842]

Is it tart?

[@stevie-ray2020]

My favourite still remains the Granny Smith, which my ancestor Maria Smith discovered growing in her orchard in Eastwood, Australia! It's believed they were a cross between her existing trees & some over-ripe crab-apples purchased solely for the wooden boxes they were in!

[@Nakanapierce]

So she grew some seeds from the crab apples that were in the box she wanted?

[@stevie-ray2020]

@@Nakanapierce The seedling was a cross-breed that grew from the compost heap where she dumped the contents of the boxes.

[@Themosaicsound]

Those grapes look bomb

[@1jodif]

I would like to know where the ‘not so perfect fruits go.’ Would be nice if they aren’t tossing or destroying the imperfect fruits. Lots of people going hungry in the world.

[@kingjames4886]

generally they're processed into things like juice.

[@vsznry]

Cosmic Crisp is my go to.

[@mara3842]

Is it tart at all?

[@sethl8905]

I have some cosmic crisp apples, they are fine at best.

[@Meowwwwwwww2]

Love a good cosmic crisp 🫶🏾

[@fishyolo84]

Are those grapes good for wine?

[@ottomattix86]

Red delicious were good until one day they werent. I'm in Canada, my go to is honey crisp

[@orion6372]

Love Red Delicious…they just seem to brown faster than other apples.

[@kesura7313]

I wanna try it. I love apples.

[@gltins69]

Bring back berry farms

[@Destradamose]

This is Gary Busey if he got into apples

[@davidmclay6182]

I work with indoor plants professionally in California. Mostly tropicals. Fusarium is hell for Draceanas. It is everywhere.

[@torashuPanda781]

The mango trees I know are huge and dozens of mangos grow at a the same time. Those look like bonsai trees. And the ones we have here are very very sweet already, no sour taste, and are cheap.

[@saave47]

thanks

[@baddbeliever]

the fujis and galas are still good apples. they need to find a cross breed with the fuji especially. i still think the yellow golden is the best and most unique in flavor profile and distinct texture.

[@Richard-me2pq]

Yeah, but why try to re-invent the Fuji apple? Don't fix something that is not broken.

[@baddbeliever]

@@Richard-me2pq they mcan mix it with another species like fuji etc apple. do you get it? that's what the cosmic crisp was too.

[@janehollestelle1226]

Autumn Glory is the apple of apples

[@icepick47]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="215">3:35</a> how the first bite of an apple feels

[@24whoanelly]

I llooovvveee Fujis

[@nonnnth]

It’s like breeding the perfect shiny Pokémon, but it’s grapes.

[@davidmclay6182]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2210">36:50</a>.. Is that full-grown Durian tree grafted to root stock?

[@jlemieu1]

They should have covered a high quality honeycrisp apple

[@jlemieu1]

SweetTango and First kiss are better too

[@bobbyqroberts]

It all depends on" terroir".

[@froufrou9787]

Does anybody know the name of the wonderful music piece at around <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1037">17:17</a>?

[@VISNIS33]

Who’s idea was to create the red delicious to begin with 😩

[@fricki1997]

Monkey see shiny. If it looks good, it sells good. I think something similar is going on with tomatoes. Beautiful but basically all water and no taste, depending on the variant.

[@1truemoose]

@@fricki1997 Supermarket tomatoes have been genetically engineered to knock out the gene that produces ethylene, which is involved in ripening. That way they can ship them across country without spoiling. Industrial gas suppliers sell ethylene, which the stores can use to ripen them, but it's expensive so they don't use enough. I'm growing my own tomatoes this year for the first time. All heirloom cultivars.

[@filipeferreira6410]

Pink Lady is the best one

[@rebeccabarnhart4837]

very good

[@taikih]

Me eating golden kiwi while watching this

[@Mark-ki7ic]

Heard about the Cosmic for years but haven't seen it in my local store.

[@nonamepainter]

Haven't seen them in a local grocery store but did see them in Costco.

[@lauraw.7008]

We don’t need only one variety of apple. Or only one variety of banana. Putting all the money on one variety is what causes food security issues. Shame on the corporations for making communities so dependent on something that could call their whole collapse.

[@user-ob9pp]

i be imagining abby le miller coaching the fruits. HUMIDIFY! ATTRACT THE BEES! BE BIG AND SWEET! or whatever she says.

[@user-je4wc8me3r]

Interesting how the narrator says the Buddha’s hand is used during the big festival, tet, in Japan and the video quickly cuts to the farmer talking about tet for Vietnamese people, not Japanese.

[@canonogic]

How different are they to the Pink Lady apples?

[@FeliCiaKyereme]

Macintosh is the best apple

[@OnkOnk-ev8he]

BEST APPLE,,APPLE JUCY..

[@idee7896]

Effort rewarded. This evolves human beings

[@OnkOnk-ev8he]

RUBY RED GRAPES SUPERIO . .

[@aliasoma]

The cosmic crisp is so good I eat 2 a day. (Off topic, but the woman at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="172">2:52</a> is beautiful.)

[@rohadtszajhavagyol]

The sight of these people throwing away apples only because of the fact, they will not earn enough money with it, meanwhile there are people who could not afford to even buy one of them, shows a really nice picture of today's society.

[@daemenoth]

Sadly every segment of this ends the same way. "Unfortunately due to the climate crisis these crops are struggling"

[@AJ-ln4sm]

It's my fault,of course , I drive diesel pickup.

[@jaydunna2645]

Honey crisp apples are the best. Fuji, pink lady, granny smith are all below that.

[@clown134]

i hope, but dont have a good feeling about what they do with the "imperfect" specimens. markets and supermarkets need to create an isle for "imperfect" fruits that can be sold or better yet, given away, rather than wasted.

[@idahofishgamer3560]

This is why i hate comercial fruit

[@LifeStarII]

❤

[@camihamilton9246]

GO COUGS!!!!❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️

[@clown134]

"illegal orchards" the fact that people think its okay to copyright a species of fruit should be criminal. anyone who has the means to should be able to grow anything they want.

[@anders1621]

That is the age we live in. Everything is about money and before long clean water and air will be up for sale on Wall Street.

[@WeirdLittleDreams]

I hated the Red Delicious apple growing up!

[@Scazuha]

That is the first time I hear about Cosmic Crisp, and I worked in a grocery store for 5 years. Is it the same as Honey Crisp?

[@nonamepainter]

No different. Only place I've seen them is Costco

[@christianheichel]

Pitaya isn't that expensive in Mexico. Video said 4000 of them for 7000. So $1.75

[@OnkOnk-ev8he]

SUPERIOR GRAPES HERVESTED JULY

[@tri_drop]

Fuji apples are SUPERIOR.

[@jaydunna2645]

Honey crisp is the best apple in the world. Fuji is alright...

[@sampicano]

100% the apples in my backyard taste better

[@LunchMeatMuncher]

Nah your shits are bitter

[@stephengfazio]

Interestingly, apple root systems are the other half of the equation. Universities and the USDA have their own root breeding programs If you see a very healthy apple tree that is so full of large fruit that its branches are hanging down, check the midsection for a graft because it’s probably grown on a genetically selected rootstock

[@hdieqhuowg472]

Was that old captain America 😅

[@elisewilliams1575]

Im allergic to cosmic apples specifically and idk why. They make my throat tingle. No other apple does this to me.

[@pp3k3jamail]

💥💥Yeah I'll stick with my Granny Smith apples. I'm not trying to break the bank on some expensive cosmic crisp apple and all this other bs.

[@Richard-me2pq]

Granny Smiths make great pie apples.

[@pp3k3jamail]

@@Richard-me2pq so I went to my local supermarket and I went to the Apple section. They had Cosmic crisp so i bought one. That one apple was 2.99 plus tax. I have to say it was good it was juicy but i don't think it was any more juicier than a granny smith apple that I've had. I didn't know they had this many different types of apples. It's another one called Honey crisp it's other different types of apples.

[@hollymolly3020]

The most basic needs for human beings ..Foods ...now it hella expensive to eat food..this world is doomed

[@user-ft8rk8ef7g]

An Extremely Informative Video Clip. Thnx for Sharing. REALLY. HOLLY FROM AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 😍 ❤️ ♥️ 🙌 💙 🇦🇺 😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@thehypercasual385]

IoDINE (rhymes with wine). I didn't think there was an american accent that pronounced it like "iodeen"

[@Richard-me2pq]

It was a Latin word before it was an Anglo-Saxon/English word: thus, ee-oh- dee-nay was on this planet earth longer than the long "I" pronunciation.

[@Richard-me2pq]

Anglo-Saxon/ English barbarian tribes were still swinging from trees and had not discovered fire yet, at the same time the Roman Empire was established.

[@clown134]

they paid 500,000Y for a single mango? or the whole bunch?

[@Lo_gan_G]

$3 to $5 lb for cosmic crisps? Will pass. Will stick with cripps pink, ambrosia and honeycrisp. Usually cost from 79 cents to $1.49lb depending on time of year and sales.

[@hannahcase861]

At Grocery Outlet it's usually $5.99 for a 5lb bag of Cosmic Crisps

[@getprobed838]

my daughter really likes red delicious. possibly the most.

[@karthikeyanmani6348]

'A' for apple greatest of all time 'GOAT' advertisement of human era. But not superior than country's seasonal fruit like banana or goose berry.

[@LisaJF]

I love the Cosmic Crisp - it’s my new favourite apple!