How Do I Know If It's a GMO?

If I want to know what’s in my food, I check the label. I can look at my juice and see what country the fruit came from. I can find out how much phosphorous is in a handful of potato chips. I can even see if my food was made in a factory that processes nuts. Unfortunately, the label won’t tell me if my corn has been genetically modified to produce toxic proteins.

Some legislators have tried to require the labeling of GMOs, but certain companies have spent millions of dollars opposing those bills. Just for fun, here are some of the companies that have spent money trying to stop GMO labeling laws from passing.

Abbott Nutrition (Similac formula, Pedialyte)
Bimbo Bakeries USA (Sara Lee, Ball Park buns, Boboli, Cinnabon bread)
Bumble Bee Foods, LLC (tuna)
Bush Brothers & Co. (baked beans)
Campbell Soup Co.
Cargill Inc. (pink slime, supplier to McDonalds, Walmart, and many more)
The Clorox Co. (Burt's Bees)
The Coca-Cola Co. (soft drinks, Odwalla, Minute Maid, Powerade, Bacardi)
ConAgra Foods (Hunt’s, Chef Boyardee, Orville Redenbacher’s, Act II, Banquet, Kid Cuisine, Libby’s, Pam, Slim Jim, Swiss Miss, Reddi Wip, Snack Pack)
Dean Foods Co. (Meadow Gold, Land o Lakes)
Del Monte Foods Co. (fruit)
Flowers Foods, Inc. (Wonder Bread)
General Mills, Inc. (cereal, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Häagen-Dazs)
The Hershey Co.
The Hillshire Brands Co. (Hillshire Farms, Jimmy Dean, Ball Park)
Hormel Foods Corp. (chili, Spam, Jenny-O, Skippy)
The J.M. Smucker Co. (jams, dessert toppings, Crisco, Folgers, Dunkin Donuts coffee)
Kellogg Co. (cereal, Keebler, Pringles, Eggo waffles, Pop Tarts)
McCormick & Co., Inc (herbs and spices)
Mondelez Global, LLC. (Nabisco, Cadbury, Chips Ahoy, Oreo, Ritz)
Nestle USA, Inc. (Hot Pockets, Digiorno, Dreyer’s ice cream)
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. (fruit juice)
PepsiCo, Inc. (soft drinks, Tropicana, Lays, Doritos, Quaker Oats, Gatorade, Naked Juice)
Pinnacle Foods Group, LLC (Duncan Heinz, Van de Kamp’s, Mrs. Butterworth’s)
Sunny Delight Beverages Co. (fruit drinks)
Welch Foods, Inc. (fruit juice, jam)

Is there any other way to know?

Some foods are labeled non-GMO, and other foods are labeled organic, which requires them to be non-GMO. If they aren’t specifically labeled, there are no guarantees as to what you’re eating.

The following list (courtesy of the Non-GMO Project) shows crops that have a high likelihood of being genetically modified.

Alfalfa
Canola (approx. 90% of U.S. crop is GM)
Corn (approx. 88% of U.S. crop is GM)
Cotton (approx. 90% of U.S. crop is GM)
Papaya (most of Hawaii’s crop is GM)
Soy (approx. 94% of U.S. crop is GM)
Sugar Beets (approx. 95% of U.S. crop is GM)
Zucchini and Yellow Summer Squash