The enhancement of the lysine content in maize and enhanced vitamin A content in canola and rice and the present example of the nutritional. For example the use of gene that increases the amount of vitamin A in rice. Golden rice is the genetically modified rice species that provides higher levels of vitamin A and iron. The enzyme involved in the fructan synthesis, the sucrose fructosyltransferase (isolated from jerusalem artichoke) was introduced into sugarbeet.