Companies 100% GMO-Free or Pledging to Move Quickly in That Direction

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How to Avoid Genetically-Manipulated Foods

 

Companies 100% GMO-Free or Pledging to Move Quickly in That Direction

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Company- Products- Comments

 

Amy's:

To be filled in.... Veggie burgers are GMO-free. Textured soy

protein and dairy cheeses in some of their products may contain

genetically-manipulated chymosin.

 

Annie's Naturals:

To be filled in.... Guarantees their soy to be

GMO-free. They are working on sourcing a GMO-free canola oil.

 

Barbara's Bakery:

To be filled in.... In the process of sourcing non-GMO

ingredients.

 

Dixie Diner:

To be filled in.... Products are GMO-free.

 

Eden Foods:

To be filled in.... Products have been free of genetic

manipulation (GMO) since 1993. They have have a strong policy to

prevent GMO ingredients, requiring affidavits from all of their

suppliers and some testing.

 

 

Hain Food Group Subsidiaries: Arrowhead Mills, Health Valley,

Westbrae, Hollywood Oils, Garden of Eatin', and others.

 

Biggest natural foods company in the U.S. Have created a GMO Task

Force and are requiring affidavits from their suppliers.

 

New products will be GMO-free. Existing products will be GMO-free

soon after the end of 2000 (if not sooner).

 

Horizon Dairy:

To be filled in.... In the process of auditing their ingredients

and feed to make sure it is GMO-free.

 

Lightlife:

To be filled in.... Plans to be completely GMO-free by March,

2000.

 

Nature's Path:

To be filled in.... Committed to the use of organic

ingredients. Suppliers certify that ingredients are all GMO-free.

 

Newman's Own:

To be filled in.... Committed to avoid GMO ingredients, but

have not yet eliminated GMO ingredients from all of their products.

 

Northern Soy:

To be filled in.... Their tofu and tempeh are GMO-free, but

their products with soy protein isolate are still not GMO-free. They

are working on sources for non-GMO soy protein isolate.

 

Organic Valley:

To be filled in.... Uses organic ingredients and is

therefore GMO-free

 

Pacific Grain and Foods:

To be filled in.... Their contacts with

suppliers specify that the corn and soy must be GMO-free.

 

SunRich:

To be filled in.... All of their products are GMO-free

 

Walnut Acres:

To be filled in.... Requires affidavits from their

suppliers that all of their ingredients are GMO-free.

 

White Wave:

To be filled in.... Uses non-GMO soybeans and are in the

process of replacing other GMO ingredients with non-GMO sources.

 

 

 

 

Companies to AVOID

Company

Products Comments

 

Lumen Foods:

Imitation/Soy Jerkies, Burger Mixes, Meat & Milk

Replacements Lumen heavily promotes the USE of gentically

manipulated organisms (GMOs) in food and has pledged to USE such

ingredients in their product. Disseminates GMO industry PR to

customers (now former customers) concerned about GMOs.

 

Boca Burger:

Soy / Vegetarian Burgers Boca Burgers have been tested as

containing genetically manipulated (GMO) (Roundup herbicide) soy.

 

Company has not responded to any of 100's of requests from People's

Earth Network consumer group members for a dialog other than to send

out genetically manipulated food industry PR information.

 

Look for non-GMO soy/veggie burgers

(e.g., Amy's Veggie Burger, Gardenburger Lifeburger).

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[Guest guest]

JoAnn, you seem to have a lot of references, do you have any that

focus on the Canadian market specifically? (I ask as I am trying to

compile a few more good links for NaturalHealthcare.ca)

 

Actually, that comment is not solely for Ms. Guest, any of you having

good research links useful to Canadians can just mail them to me

directly instead of filling this board. My address is

gisela - the site, if you are interested is

http://naturalhealthcare.ca.

 

Thanks,

Gisela.

(Yes, I've been lurking for a while...)