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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Genetically Modified Ingredients Overview
  • Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:36:30 -0600


Genetically Modified Ingredients Overview
http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/BuyingNon-GMO/index.cfm

Here is a summary of what crops, foods and food ingredients have been
genetically modified as of July, 2007:

Currently Commercialized GM Crops in the U.S.:
(Number in parentheses represents the estimated percent that is genetically
modified.)

Soy (89%)
Cotton (83%)
Canola (75%)
Corn (61%)
Hawaiian papaya (more than 50%)
Alfalfa, zucchini and yellow squash (small amount)
Tobacco (Quest® brand)

Other Sources of GMOs:

* Dairy products from cows injected with rbGH.
* Food additives, enzymes, flavorings, and processing agents, including
the sweetener aspartame (NutraSweet®) and rennet used to make hard cheeses
* Meat, eggs, and dairy products from animals that have eaten GM feed
* Honey and bee pollen that may have GM sources of pollen
* Contamination or pollination caused by GM seeds or pollen

Some of the Ingredients That May Be Genetically Modified:

Vegetable oil, vegetable fat and margarines (made with soy, corn, cottonseed,
and/or canola)

Ingredients derived from soybeans: Soy flour, soy protein, soy isolates, soy
isoflavones, soy lecithin, vegetable proteins, textured vegetable protein
(TVP), tofu, tamari, tempeh, and soy protein supplements.

Ingredients derived from corn: Corn flour, corn gluten, corn masa, corn
starch, corn syrup, cornmeal, and High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS).

Some Food Additives May Also Be Derived From GM Sources:

The list may change as we encounter new information: ascorbic acid/ascorbate
(Vitamin C), cellulose, citric acid, cobalamin (vitamin B12), cyclodextrin,
cystein, dextrin, dextrose, diacetyl, fructose (especially crystalline
fructose), glucose, glutamate, glutamic acid, gluten, glycerides (mono- and
diglycerides), glycerol, glycerol, glycerine, glycine, hemicellulose, ,
hydrogenated starch hydrolates, hydrolyzed vegetable protein or starch,
inositol, invert sugar or inverse syrup, (also may be listed as inversol or
colorose), lactic acid, lactoflavin, lecithin, leucine, lysine, maltose,
maltitol, maltodextrin, mannitol, methylcellulose, milo starch, modified food
starch, monooleate, mono- and diglycerides, monosodium glutamate (MSG), oleic
acid, phenylalanine, phytic acid, riboflavin (Vitamin B2) sorbitol, stearic
acid, threonine, tocopherol (Vitamin E), trehalose, xanthan gum, and zein.

Some of the Foods That May Contain GM Ingredients:

Infant formula
Salad dressing
Bread
Cereal
Hamburgers and hotdogs
Margarine
Mayonnaise
Crackers
Cookies
Chocolate
Candy
Fried food
Chips
Veggie burgers
Meat substitutes
Ice cream
Frozen yogurt
Tofu
Tamari
Soy sauce
Soy cheese
Tomato sauce
Protein powder
Baking powder (sometimes contains corn starch)
Powdered/Confectioner's sugar (often contains corn starch)
Confectioner’s glaze
Alcohol
Vanilla
Powdered sugar
Peanut butter
Enriched flour
Vanilla extract (sometimes contains corn syrup)
Pasta
Malt
White vinegar

Non-Food Items That May Contain GM Ingredients:

Cosmetics
Soaps
Detergents
Shampoo
Bubble bath

Sources for “Genetically Modified Ingredients Overview:

Natural Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics
Board, US Department of Agriculture: Acreage. Available at:
http://www.thecampaign.org/Acre-06-30-2006.pdf (2006)

Cornell Cooperative Extension, GEO-PIE (Genetically Engineered Organisms
Public Issues Education) Project.
http://www.geo-pie.cornell.edu/crops/ingredients.html

Ruth Winter , A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: Descriptions in
plain English of more than 12,000 ingredients both harmful and desirable
found in foods, 6th ed. (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2004).

Robert S. Igoe , The Dictionary of Food Ingredients, 2nd ed. (New York: Van
Nostrand Reinhold, 1989).

Research Triangle Institute, “Economic Characterization of the Dietary
Supplement Industry” March 1999. Available at:
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~acrobat/ds-econ.pdf

Codex General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA) Online Database of the World
Health Organization(WHO) Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) of the United
Nations and the reports of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food
Additives (JECFA). Available at:
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/gsfaonline/additives/index.html

The University of Maryland Medical Center database of supplements by name:
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsLookups/Supplements.html

Archives of the Agricultural Research Service of the USDA:
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/

Reports of the European Commission Scientific Committee for Food:
http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scf/reports_en.html

U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) PubMed Central (PMC):
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/

Also consulted the following industry sites:

http://www.corn.org/web/bioprod.htm
http://www.confectionerynews.com/news/ng.asp?n=70687-danisco-xylitol-sugar
http://www.grainprocessing.com/food/malinfo.html
http://www.cargillfoods.com/pdfs/sweeteners.pdf/ca198.pdf

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