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Re:Most “ugly” produce gets turned into soups, sauces, salsa... by icebraining on Monday January 21, 2019 @04:06AM (#18958900)
The ugly fruit movement is much bigger than that, and has its own markets and sale areas. Farmers (often in collaboration with startups (not all for-profit)) will divert this produce to sell to the middle-class people worried about this, since they pay more than the jam makers, but at the end of the market day some will throw away leftovers which are not worth the time to haul back, sort, etc. So it can actually increase food waste.
Re:Most “ugly” produce gets turned into soups, sauces, salsa... by C1sc0cat on Monday January 21, 2019 @05:52AM (#18959416)
Are not you assuming the varieties used for canning etc are the same for sale in supermarkets.
Re:Most “ugly” produce gets turned into soups, sauces, salsa... by frobozz on Monday January 21, 2019 @10:39AM (#18961032)
This is precisely what the OP (with expertise in this field) is stating.

See the statement about Honeycrisp apples.

Yes there are varieties more suited to different purposes, and there may be some that are grown specifically for those other purposes (e.g. a variety might be selectively bred with higher pectin for jam-making), but commercial producers of things like soup, pies, jams etc are a prime destination for ugly instances of supermarket-shelf varieties.