Vitamin-boosting fridge

Juniper Foo | Aug 31, 2004

We've seen the Internet fridge. We've even heard of the sonic chiller which converts very loud sounds to directly cool a refrigerator containing ice cream. Now Mitsubishi has rolled out what it claims is a fridge that can increase the vitamin content in your veggies and fruits--by about 10%. According to the Japanese company, three orange Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) in the inner part of the vegetable compartment irradiate your greens at frequencies that stimulate photosynthesis, thus apparently raising the nutritional level. There're even charts of an experiment utilizing a cabbage to prove those claims, although it's unclear how long or what other things might well be growing on your veggies and fruits...

Price: Open price
Availability: Japan, from Sept 25
Device: Novel fridge
Basic specs: Four models, ranging from 360l to 450l, four-door config

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