Fruit and veg are getting SWEETER – but are now ‘less nutritious and have fewer health benefits’, scientists claim

• A range of vegetables and fruits have become sweeter in recent years
• But many scientists believe that taking out the bitter compounds – known as phytochemicals – will harm us, and make food less nutritious 

By COLIN FERNANDEZ, SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DAILY MAIL

PUBLISHED: 18:10, 29 July 2015 | UPDATED: 20:58, 29 July 2015

Our fruit and vegetables are getting sweeter – but at a cost to our health, scientists say.

Making our greens less bitter may help in the battle to get children to eat them.

But becoming sweeter comes at the expense of health benefits it is claimed.

A range of vegetables and fruits have become sweeter in recent years.

Bittersweet: Our fruit and vegetables are getting sweeter – but at a cost to our health, scientists claim