Exactly. They further ruined tomatoes in the 90’s. Until then you could still buy beefsteak tomatoes that made the most delicious sandwiches with just bread around them.
That’s why I grow my own.
For much of the 20th Century, scientists looked for ways to create “A&P chickens”.
A&P was the largest grocery store chains after WWII, and wanted a standard chicken, that would have a lot of meat, grow quickly, eat less food, etc. So they sponsored a nationwide contest to develop it. Out of many, many breeds they found the one that gave them what they wanted, for both eggs and meat, and they had the clout to compel the major chicken growers to raise them, exclusively.
However, A&P chickens are pretty flavorless. So today, if a person wants a tasty chicken, they might have to drive a hundred miles to find a small farm that raises “heritage chickens”, that fortunately still exist.
As far as tomatoes go, there has long been a prize of over a million dollars on offer for anyone who can make a tomato that can be frozen and defrosted without turning to mush.
Just an FYI for tomato fans:
https://www.dwarftomatoproject.net/about/
The dwarf tomato project has created tomatoes plants which grow only to 5’ (or so) and produce tomatoes continually. I like the BrandyFred.
Quit abusing the news forum with chat material.
A similar thing happened to apples; shipability; unblemished skin; shine...all for eye appeal and make more attractive to the consumer. Taste, not so much.
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.