As Tanner Lane explained on TikTok, a tiny fruit sticker with four digits starting with "4" has been sprayed with pesticides. A five-digit PLU code that starts with "8" means the fruit is genetically modified. Finally, a five-digit code starting with "9" tells you the fruit is organic. A lot of people in the comments said Tanner's explanation of the meaning of the little fruit stickers was "cap." Translating from Gen Z to Boomer, they thought Tanner was full of baloney. But various websites, including Trivia Happy and even the highly respected myth-buster Snopes, confirm much of this information.
There is an important catch that Snopes points out, however. Those little stickers are meant to convey information to store employees for pricing and inventory control — not to consumers. If the store doesn't care to distinguish between organic and conventionally grown melons, for example, they might have the same sticker on both. Consumer Reports also points out that you're not likely to see the "8" stickers, which represent genetically modified produce. Only a handful of fruits and veggies, such as corn, papaya, and soybeans, are genetically modified on a mass scale. And again, stores are not required to use the stickers to convey information to the customer. If a store is charging the same for GMO papaya and papaya the way nature intended it, chances are they'll have the same sticker.
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