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Post by Mumsey on Aug 11, 2018 12:44:05 GMT -5
Starting a thread for this, just to raise awareness. Some companies are putting this statement directly below the ingredient list. Found this today on Mrs. Wages pectin. I'm taking it back, found I didn't need it for the plum jam. I'm sure that Sure Jell is the same. My thought is the dextrose, first ingredient on the list is from sugar beets. Yes indeedy! Googled that. Please post here any you find, with pics if possible. I think we will all be shocked. But I am happy to see some companies volunteering this information.  |
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Post by reuben on Aug 11, 2018 14:41:40 GMT -5
I don't see that on my Sure Jell, but I don't know if such a notification is required or voluntary.
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Post by binnylou on Aug 11, 2018 16:03:27 GMT -5
I found that notice on my single serve refrigerated Jello tapioca pudding.  |
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Post by Mumsey on Aug 11, 2018 16:05:03 GMT -5
reuben, binnylou, It's voluntary. I read every label these days. SureJell has dextrose, probably from sugar beets. Mine was Mrs. Wages.
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Post by binnylou on Aug 11, 2018 16:17:43 GMT -5
Looking through the cold cereals that have arrived since the kids are here...Kellogg's Corn Flakes, General Mills Kix, General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios*, and Quaker Oatmeal Squares* are GMO.
* partially produced withgenetic engineering
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Post by desertwoman on Aug 11, 2018 16:38:12 GMT -5
This is (one reason) why I buy organic products. I still read labels though.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 11, 2018 16:45:13 GMT -5
So basically, any commercial food with sugar probably has GMO sugar beet sugar in it. But then, that's why they tout cane sugar as a health food! lol
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Post by reuben on Aug 11, 2018 17:16:11 GMT -5
On the other hand, at the farmers market this morning nothing had a label on it, just the price, which is almost as bad. Well, OK, some different types of peaches were labelled, but that's about it. Some probably use inorganic fertilizer and pesticides, I dunno.
I don't ask a ton of questions unless something seems out of season.
Since my own garden is pathetic this year, I don't have much choice. And then there's winter.
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Post by kimmsr🕊 on Aug 12, 2018 5:09:41 GMT -5
Keep in mind there is a lot of misperception out there about Genetic Engineering and Genetic Modification. All of the food we eat today is the result of Genetic Modification, every time you pollinate a plant you will modify the genetic structure of that plant, hence it will be a Genetic Modification of its parent plants. The problem lies in the subset of Genetic Modification, Genetic Engineering, where a gene that would never be a part of a plants genetic makeup, naturally, is inserted to do something. Not all Genetic Engineering is inherently bad, the rice that was Engineered to have more vitamin A is one example. That however, has ben rejected by those it is meant to help because they think white, not yellow, rice is better and no one has been able to change that perception.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 12, 2018 11:58:34 GMT -5
kimmsr🕊 You're right about the terminology - GMO can include hybrids, as well as genetically engineered organisms, so the wrong term took hold in the media, and that will never go away. However, not all the food we eat are hybrids, though a high percentage probably are. I agree with you that not all GMOs are bad. When it is used for a higher production, resistance to a disease, or a higher nutrition in the plant, as you noted with the rice, these are good uses of it. What has scared many people about it has been the use of genetic engineering to make a plant poisonous to certain bugs (bt corn), or resistant to roundup spray (soybeans).
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Post by kimmsr🕊 on Aug 13, 2018 4:47:09 GMT -5
Keep in mind that you are a Genetically modified version of your parents. Anytime two genes combine there is a modification, hence Genetic Modification. Mendel way back when produced Genetically Modified peas during his experiments. The corn, maize, we eat is a Genetically Modified version of what the ancients found growing down in Mexico. A plant does not need to be a hybrid to be a Genetically Modified version 0of the parent plant.
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Post by Mumsey on Aug 14, 2018 5:01:52 GMT -5
kimmsr🕊, "Engineering" is the word I look at, as well as the ingredient list. Spotting the common engineered ingredients is how I do my best to avoid them. The terminologies are confusing, just what the manufacturers wanted, right?
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Post by kimmsr🕊 on Aug 14, 2018 5:52:17 GMT -5
Mumsey wrote, "The terminologies are confusing, just what the manufacturers wanted, right?"
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