Nutrasorb will commercialise a new variety of lettuce.
Rutgers University is licensing a new variety of lettuce to spin-out Nutrasorb. The company is commercially exploiting products developed at both Rutgers and North Carolina State universities.
Dubbed Rutgers Scarlet Lettuce, in honour of the university’s mascots Scarlot Knights, the deep red burgundy variety has a high content of polyphenols – reducing the risk of diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome – and a low glycaemic index – keeping blood sugar levels low.
The product, which was created using common breeding…
