Diet Avocados Are A Thing Because The World Is Ending

Photo credit: Westend61
Photo credit: Westend61

From ELLE UK

Given how popular avocados are around the world, it would make sense if you thought the fruit could never be improved. But you'd be wrong, because researchers have just created a new kind of avocado. Introducing: The Avocado Light.

Photo credit: Isla Bonita
Photo credit: Isla Bonita

Created by Spanish food company Isla Bonita, these new Diet Avocados reportedly ripen faster and oxidize (turn brown) slower, but the "diet" part comes specifically from the company's claim that they have 70% of most other avocados' fat content, a claim that the Spanish Hearth Foundation's Food Health Programme has certified.