Original Cheerios to Go GMO-free
Thursday, 02 Jan 2014 10:42 PM
General Mills says
some Cheerios made without genetically modified ingredients will start
appearing on shelves soon.
The Minneapolis-based company said
Thursday that it has been manufacturing its original-flavor Cheerios without
GMOs for the past several weeks in response to consumer demand. It did not specify
exactly when those boxes would be on sale.
Original Cheerios will now be
labeled as "Not Made With Genetically Modified Ingredients," although
that it is not an official certification. The labels will also note that trace
amounts of GMO ingredients could be present due to the manufacturing process,
said Mike Siemienas, a company spokesman.
The change does not apply to any
other Cheerios flavors, such as Apple Cinnamon Cheerios or Multi Grain
Cheerios.
"We were able to do this with
original Cheerios because the main ingredients are oats," said Siemienas,
noting that there are no genetically modified oats. The company is primarily
switching the cornstarch and sugar to make the original Cheerios free of GMOs,
he said.
The change comes after the group
Green America started a campaign called GMO Inside asking General Mills to make
Cheerios GMO-free. The group noted in a statement that its campaign prompted
fans to flood the Cheerios page on Facebook with comments on the topic.
Todd Larsen, Green America's
corporate responsibility director, said in a statement that the move is
"an important victory in getting GMOs out of our food supply and an
important first step for General Mills."
As for other varieties of
Cheerios, Siemienas said they are harder to make GMO-free because they are made
with ingredients such as corn.
There has been little scientific
evidence showing that foods grown from engineered ingredients are less safe
than their conventional counterparts. But consumers have expressed concerns
about the long-term impact they could have.
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