article_snippet: Professor Monique Simmonds, deputy director of science at Kew, claimed mass-market tomatoes are often bred for Professor Monique Simmonds, deputy director of science at Kew appearance rather than quality, that herbicides are used and that herbicides are harvested early and artificially ripened to improve shelf life.
article_snippet: Supermarkets are often looking for tomatoes that are a particular size because that's how the public want it,' Professor Monique Simmonds, deputy director of science at Kew said. '
article_snippet: Some of these tomatoes are smaller and Some of these tomatoes don't grow in a uniform size, which makes Some of these tomatoes difficult for supermarkets to sell.
highlights_snippet: Expert said mass-market tomatoes bred for mass-market tomatoes appearance, not quality .
  