Why do fruits and vegetables have different tastes?

Different plants are, essentially, different chemical factories. While they may all have started out very similar as blue-green algae billions of years ago, evolution has led to massive differentiation. read more

Wild plants taste different because we have noses and mouths evolved to distinguish good from bad, edible from inedible, ripe from green, etc. Domesticated plants taste different for the same reason dogs and music are different: We like variety, and select for it. read more

They shouldn't taste any different and are nutritionally the same (assuming they're the same variety). Of the additives you asked about, corn syrup and colorings are not added to unprocessed fruits and vegetables of any kind, those are food ingredients. read more

Belluz embarked on a research journey throughout the United States that included food growers, flavor experts, and chefs, and wrote an article called "Why fruits and vegetables taste better in Europe." It turns out that there’s nothing different about the soil in North America. read more

Even the 'same' fruits and vegetables differ in taste. There are hundreds of varieties of apples and pears, lemons and oranges, cabbages and kales. read more