American Crystal, a large Wyoming - based sugar company, has announced it will be sourcing its sugar from genetically
engineered sugar beets
Not exact matches
Nutritional yeast is typically grown on
sugar beets (which are often genetically
engineered (GE)-RRB-,
sugar beet molasses or
sugar cane molasses.
In the last decade, we've also shifted over to genetically
engineered (GE) grains and
sugar (GE
sugar beets and corn), the long - term health effects of which have never been established.
In the meantime, all kinds of food in the U.S. are being genetically
engineered — without our consent — including the majority of soy, cotton, which is used for oil, canola,
sugar beets and corn.
These problems are compounded by the fact that most of the corn, soy and
sugar beet derived ingredients in processed human foods and pet foods have been genetically
engineered or modified (GM).
But others can be addressed, notably what we choose to eat and what we feed to our companion animals, beginning with the elimination of cereal - derived carbohydrates and
sugars (also from
sugar cane and genetically
engineered beets).
A huge proportion of commodity crops grown by U.S. farmers are genetically
engineered: 97 % of the nation's
sugar beets, 93 % of the soybeans, 90 % of the cotton and 90 % of the feed corn for animals, according to the 2013 figures from the Department of Agriculture.