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Chocolate and biscuits, sweets and ice cream - most of our sweet snacks were made with the help of genetic engineering. You won't find this information on a label, however, because content from genetically modified crops stays below labelling thresholds, and additives made from GM microorganisms do not require labelling. Sugars from Starch. Sugar beets and sugarcane aren’t the only plants that make things sweet.
Almost 60 percent of the world soybean crop is genetically modified. Europe imports almost all of its soybeans from Brazil, the USA, and Argentina, countries where GM soybean is widespread. “GM-free” soybeans can only be obtained from certain regions of Brazil. In order to avoid using GM ingredients and thereby forgo No sugar yet from GM sugar beet. In North America, cultivation of GM Additives. Sweets contain a number of additives that are often produced with the help of genetically modified microorganisms:
Additives made with the help of genetically modified microorganisms do not require labelling. Additives produced by GM microorganisms are no different from the same substances produced by other methods. See also on GMO-Compass:
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