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Diet avocados are a crime against all of us. https://t.co/4GHgmJBVFj
— Meghann Farnsworth (@mtfarnsworth) October 13, 2017
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Avocados – the star of many a toast on Instagram, a staple that makes up roughly 77 percent of our diets* (*based on our made-up but probably accurate calculations), and what Ms Nina pairs with aceite “pa’ que crezca este culo” – are perfect just the way they are. Yet, Spanish fruit company Eurobanan’s Isla Bonita brand has decided to fix something that was decidedly not broken. The company will a so-called Avocado Light, an aguacate with 30 percent less fat, later this month, according to GrubStreet.
The fruit has a “mild” flavor and “juicier” pulp. It also reportedly ripens more quickly and turns brown more slowly. Though it’s true avocados are high in fat, it’s the good kind of fat that can help lower bad cholesterol when eaten in moderation.
News of these Frankensteined avocados (the company analyzed 32 different varieties grown in different parts of the world) has deeply upset the internet. Check out a few reactions below:
Diet avocados are a crime against all of us. https://t.co/4GHgmJBVFj
— Meghann Farnsworth (@mtfarnsworth) October 13, 2017
Avocados now come in diet? I will not stand for this. pic.twitter.com/kEZ3un6MFB
— Luke (@MLS11381) October 13, 2017
A Spanish company created a diet avocado.🥑 Someone kindly tell the colonizers to leave Latin America the fuck alone https://t.co/nlETTQvUDo
— Vanessa Erazo (@infoCinelandia) October 13, 2017
Now y’all want to fat shame avocado?! https://t.co/X4fhxtL4wX
— natacha varela (@eNVyme722) October 12, 2017
That’s it, I’m using the avocado as a weird food-based body shape. I’m not a pear, I’m an avocado, specifically bc FUCK your diet avocado.
— Alanna M. Shadrake (@AlannaMShadrake) October 13, 2017
Diet Avocado? Makes me melancholy 🙁
— That Peanut Butter Skin Enthusiast (@WhiteHairedMC) October 13, 2017