Types of Gmo foods
Gmo’s Food is foods produced from organisms that have had specific changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering. These techniques have allowed for the introduction of new crop traits as well as a far greater control over a food's genetic structure than previously afforded by methods such as selective breeding and mutation breeding.
Here is a list of some GMO items:
- Tomatoes - Made for a longer shelf life and to prevent a substance that causes tomatoes to rot and degrade
- Honey- that can be produced by using GMO crops
- Cotton- Resistant to certain pesticides
- Rice- genetically modified to contain high amounts of Vitamin A.
- Soybean- genetically modified to be resistant to herbicides this also includes base Soy foods produces such as beverages, tofu, oil, flour, lecithin.
- Sugar cane - Made resistant to certain pesticides. A large percentage of sweeteners used in processed food actually come from corn, not sugar cane or beets
- Papaya- the first virus resistant papayas were commercially grown in Hawaii in 1999.
- Dairy Products - About 22 percent of cows in the U.S. are injected with recombinant bovine growth hormone.
- Corn - 90 percent of corn grown in the United States is genetically modified
- Peas - Genetically modified (GM) peas created immune responses in mice, suggesting that they may also create serious allergic reactions in people. The peas had been inserted with a gene from kidney beans, which creates a protein that acts as a pesticide.
- Meat - Meat products usually come from animals that have eaten GM feed.
- Chewing Gum- The chewing gum that you chew contains a wide variety of ingredients derived from genetically engineered corn or soy. Glee Gum is a GMO-free alternative that contains a zero-calorie sweetener derived from birch and beech trees.
- Some cooking oil such as Vegetable, Corn, Soy, Cottonseed, and flax all consisted of GMO unless the Oil specifically say “Non-GMO” or “organic” then the product probably maybe GM.