Today, products containing GMOs are found on the shelves of any store. It is important to be able to recognize them to be sure that you are eating healthy food, rather than experimental mutated products.
Are GM products harmful?
Scientists say that products that contain genetically modified organisms are harmless. However, their studies, whatever one may say, only consider one generation, and it is not at all clear how genetically mutated products will affect subsequent generations. Moreover, independent studies have shown that in laboratory rats fed regularly with such products, pathologies developed and internal organs increased.
The question of the harm that GMOs can cause in foodstuffs is still open, and if you do not want to take risks, it's better not to conduct experiments on yourself and your loved ones.
How to identify GMOs in products?
The main products that are officially, at the state level, are allowed for sale, with GMOs, are rice , soybeans, corn, sugar beets, potatoes and rapeseed. Hence, these products and their derivatives fall into the risk zone.
The inscriptions on the label, indicating that the product was created using GMOs:
- "Vegetable protein" - these words are almost always covered by GMO soy;
- soy lecithin or E 322 (fatty element in milk mixtures, sweets, biscuits, chocolate);
- riboflavin (or vitamin B2), or E 101 and E 101A (in cereals, beverages, baby food);
- caramel (E 150) and xanthan (E 415) are components most commonly made from GMO grains;
- potentially dangerous additives E1 ...: E 153, E 160d, E 161c;
- potentially hazardous additives E3 ...: E 308-9;
- potentially dangerous additives E4 ...: E-471, E 472a, E 473, E 475, E 476b, E 477, E479a;
- potentially dangerous additives E5 ...: E 570, E 572, E 573;
- potentially hazardous additives E6 ...: E 620, E 621, E 622, E 633, E 624, E 625, E 951;
- soybean oil (in sauces, cakes, fatty foods);
- vegetable fats (in cookies, chips);
- maltodextrin (in powdered soups, desserts, baby food);
- Dextrose, glucose or glucose syrup (in drinks, desserts, fast food);
- aspartame, aspamx, aspavit (sweeteners, which are banned in a number of countries).
Products with GMO content are potentially any yogurts, sausages, all products with these additives. Choose healthy food and read the labels carefully!