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Sweet Brussels sprouts

Miraculin is a powder that fools your taste receptors into thinking bitter foods taste sweet.

Cake that won’t make you fat

Alginate pills made out of seaweed have helped people eating fatty foods such as cake lose weight, according to Newcastle University researchers.

The Tomtato

This plant grows potatoes below the ground and tomatoes above it.

Print your own pasta and biscuits

Design your own pasta with a 3D food printer. The machine, costing about £1,000, works like an inkjet printer, depositing layers of liquids – such as pasta or biscuit dough – to build an object.

Ever-lasting pizza

US Army researchers have found that combining glycerol with mozzarella and bread can allow pizza to last three years – a boon for military ration packs.