Foods Known to Contain GMO and Genetically Engineered (GE) Ingredients

I recently wrote an article entitled Heirloom vs. Hybrid and GMO…What’s the difference? And why should I care?, and maybe because gardening season is lurking or maybe because people are becoming more aware of the importance of healthful food, but suddenly the internet is exploding with more information than ever about GMO and GE foods.

As I continue to educate myself on the dangers of GMO and GE foods, especially how GMO and GE foods can affect children and our health, I become more astonished, bewildered, and blown away by what is happening in our food system.

Occupy Maui held a week long action against Monsanto during the last week of January 2012, and in that week, many of the sub-Occupy groups (Occupy Gardens, Occupy the Food System, Occupy Monsanto, Occupy Food, Occupy Gardens Knoxville, and Exposing Monsanto) posted fantastic articles and videos about the dangers of GMO and GE foods.  One of the best things to come out of that week of action was a list of foods to avoid that can be printed and circulated.

Foods known to contain GMO and Genetically Engineered Ingredients  (Original source for this list: http://opposingdigits.com/forums/post-62.html)

I am not the author of this list and by no means do I think this is a complete list, but I think this list provides an excellent introduction to foods that contain harmful substances.  I reworked the list to make it easier to read.  You can simply use ‘Control C’ to copy the list and paste it into your favorite document format.  You can then print the list and take it with you whenever grocery shopping or circulate it at meetings, work, school, school board, etc.  It’s important to get the word out to stop buying these foods to protect ourselves and our children.

The important ingredients to look for when shopping are any corn and soy products that aren’t organic…this includes corn syrup, corn oils, soy oils, etc.  There are many other products and many other names used that I am unfamiliar with, so you may want to make a copy of this: Corn Allergen List.  Educate yourself as to what ingredients really are.  If you can’t say it (the ingredient) chances are that you don’t want to consume it.

Foods known to contain GMO and Genetically Engineered Ingredients  (Original source for this list: http://opposingdigits.com/forums/post-62.html)

Right now, it is not mandatory for food companies to label foods that contain GMO and GE ingredients.  The other thing you can do is write your reps in DC and demand that foods containing GMO and GE ingredients be labeled as such.  Representative Dennis Kucinich has introduced three bills; H.R. 3553: Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act, H.R. 3554: Genetically Engineered Safety Act, and H.R. 3555: Genetically Engineered Technology Farmer Protection Act, all of which would make life a lot easier for folks who are trying to stay GMO and GE free. Natural News wrote an easy to understand article last year on the issue and the bills.  There are also all kinds of online petitions in the internet that you can sign. (Organic It’s Worth It, Millions Against Monsanto, Food Democracy Now! Just a few.)

And here is an excellent video on the subject…

**UPDATE**  Another fantastic blog, A Little Bit of Green, helping us to identify GMO foods: 7 GMO Products I Bet You Are Still Using

**UPDATE**  Forewarned is Forearmed: Veggies Owned by Monsanto by A Garden for the House (blog).

Make sure to take a minute to read about the catering company who operates the cafeteria at a Monsanto’s pharmaceuticals factory at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire that serves only GM-free meals.