Arctic apple is a trademarked, patented line of genetically engineered apples developed by Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc. to resist the browning that normally follows slicing or bruising, achieved by silencing the gene that produces the enzyme polyphenol oxidase. It became the first genetically engineered apple approved for commercial sale, cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration in 2015 and by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in 2017, with both regulators finding it as safe and nutritious as ordinary apples. Three varieties have been approved so far, Arctic Golden, Arctic Granny and Arctic Fuji, and as of 2025 the apples are popular in United States school lunch programs while still not sold to consumers in Canada.
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Arctic apple is the trademark for a group of patented apples that contain a nonbrowning trait (when the apples are subjected to mechanical damage, such as slicing or bruising, the apple flesh remains as its original color) introduced through biotechnology.
Commercialization
As of late 2017, the Arctic Golden variety began retail sales as packaged, preservative-free apple slices.
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