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Meet Gabriella Rothberg, 17, who turned a sandwich idea into a patent for meat-flavoured tomatoes
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Times of India World is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 15 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Meet Gabriella Rothberg, 17, who turned a sandwich idea into a patent for meat-flavoured tomatoes”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
A sandwich idea at 15 led Miami student Gabriella Rothberg to develop genetically engineered tomatoes designed to produce heme, an iron-containing molecule associated with meat flavour. Now 17, she is listed alongside her father on a US patent issued in June 2026.
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- First reported by Times of India World
Meet Gabriella Rothberg, 17, who turned a sandwich idea into a patent for meat-flavoured tomatoes
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- Times of India