Strawberry
Fragaria × ananassa
Sweet Heat Series

Target SHU range
500 – 100K
Across 29 engineered constructs in the Sweet Heat Series, calibrated to realistic heterologous expression yields in strawberry.
Engineering Tier
T3
Synteny
cross-family
Timeline
36-48 months
Products
29
Catalog
25 Constructs · Strawberry
Warm Kiss
Berry heat
View & buy →Berry Tingle
Berry heat
View & buy →Blush
Berry heat
View & buy →Jam Session
Berry heat
View & buy →Berry Blaze
Berry heat
View & buy →Field Fire
Berry heat
View & buy →Crimson Fury
Berry heat
View & buy →Scarlet Burn
Berry heat
View & buy →Bramble Bomb
Berry heat
View & buy →Red Alert
Berry heat
View & buy →Strawberry Scorch
Berry heat
View & buy →Cardinal Sin
Berry heat
View & buy →Berry Inferno
Berry heat
View & buy →Devils Dessert
Berry heat
View & buy →Ruby Reactor
Berry heat
View & buy →Summer Flame
Berry heat
View & buy →June Bug
Berry heat
View & buy →Runners High
Berry heat
View & buy →Jamming
Berry heat
View & buy →Strawberry Fields
Berry heat
View & buy →Wild Strawberry
Sweet Heat: Wild Strawberry
View & buy →Dessert Storm
Sweet Heat: Dessert Storm
View & buy →Strawberry Supernova
Sweet Heat: Strawberry Supernova
View & buy →Berry Apocalypse
Sweet Heat: Berry Apocalypse
View & buy →Strawberry Singularity
Sweet Heat: Strawberry Singularity
View & buy →Named Designs
Sweet Heat Series
SS-STR-01
Design 01
Warm Kiss
Mild tingle berry, children's snack, cocktail
Engineering: 7 genes, native POX
500
target SHU
SS-STR-02
Design 02
Sugar Burn
Jalapeño-level strawberry, dessert garnish, jam
Engineering: 7 genes + POX-KO
5K
target SHU
SS-STR-03
Design 03
Candied Fang
Hot jam, spicy chocolate dipping, craft cocktails
Engineering: 8 genes + POX-KO + PAL-OE
25K
target SHU
SS-STR-04
Design 04
Devil's Dessert
Extreme product, extract base, competitive eating
Engineering: 8 genes + Pun1(S39L)
100K
target SHU
Specimen Documentation
Five research shots of Strawberry





About this program
Market opportunity & engineering strategy
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About this program
Market opportunity & engineering strategy
Market Opportunity
The sweet-and-spicy flavor combination is one of the most viral food trends of the 2020s (Tajín on fruit, chamoy candy, mango habanero everything). A strawberry with built-in capsaicin heat is the defining product — no sauce, no dusting, just a berry that bites back. $18.5B global strawberry market.
Engineering Strategy
Octoploid genome — CRISPR editing must target all 8 homoeologs. Full vanillylamine branch (pAMT + COMT upregulation) + Pun1/CS + KAS + BCAT + FAR + ACX (7-8 genes). Fruit-ripening promoters (FaQR, FaEXP2). 5-15% transformation efficiency.
Research & Institutional Access
Universities, pharma labs, and ag-biotech teams license Strawberry constructs for research and commercial applications. Contact us with your institution and use case.