In an effort to find a cure for hunger, humanity has invented genetically modified foods. The planet's expanding population is no longer a threat thanks to a unique discovery. Man for the first time took control of the most important function of nature - the process of evolution with the help of GMOs, providing an increasing need for food. But the phenomenon, which significantly increases the production volumes of products, also has back side. The creators of the technology prefer to remain silent about it, while the producers of such food calculate fabulous profits.

What are genetically modified foods and how are they obtained?

Foods with genetically modified ingredients are spreading rapidly around the world. Growing analogues is three to four times cheaper than natural products, and there is no risk of complete or partial loss of the harvest. From the USA and Canada to China - this is the geography of the spread of transgenic crops, which are sown on an area equal to 170 million acres. What lies behind the fantastic development of genetic engineering?

Genetically modified foods are the result of technology that helps change hereditary traits in animals or plants. Receivable the new kind contains altered DNA, combining the code of biological memory of several organisms. Nature does not have such mechanisms, but humanity has found a way to add DNA fragments from one organism to another.

The benefits of genetically modified foods

The discovery of a unique technology (GMO) brought incredible prospects. Man's bright hopes of defeating hunger came true, and few people thought about the risk. Products labeled GMO were not a concern at first because the unique technology helped to significantly increase yields. New properties grafted onto animal organisms and plant crops have provided genetically modified products with resistance to diseases, low temperatures, insecticides.

New products with GMOs divided the scientific community into two camps, and then the whole world. The debate about the benefits or harm of transgenes does not stop; studies are being conducted one after another. But no one can yet prove with complete certainty what impact and what consequences the cultivation and consumption of genetically modified products entail. Caution in the amount of GMO-labeled goods consumed is what remains for the average consumer who monitors the quality of food and strives for health.

List of food products containing GM ingredients

The research path in search of the truth about the dangers or benefits of genetically modified food is still limited in time. Only two decades have passed since the advent of the unique technology, and this is not enough to accurately formulate conclusions. The emergence of genetic engineering (GMO) can solve a global problem for humanity, covering food needs, but at the same time raising doubts about health safety.

Among the most common concerns are the risk of cancer, food allergies, decreased immunity, and mutations from eating foods. Therefore, while there are no official studies confirming or refuting these statements, you should be careful when choosing products labeled GMO. There are quite a few of them on store shelves, since many contain soy, and half of it is a genetically modified crop.

Most often in the list of products Food Industry containing GM ingredients appear following products:

• peas,
• potato,
• corn,
• meat,
• dairy products,
• tomatoes,
• rape,
• vegetable oil,
• chicory.

Kit-Kat, Mars, Milky Way, Twix, Snickers chocolates, M&M candies, Corn Flakes, Nesquik drink, Conversation and Lipton teas, Lace and Pringles chips, 7-up soda, Coca-Cola - all these are common products on sale with genetically modified ingredients, which must be labeled with the abbreviation GMO. The extensive list includes Calve and Delmi mayonnaise, Heintz ketchup, Knorr seasonings, Maggi, Delmi and Pyshka margarines - products oversaturated with harmful GMOs.

It is not easy for the average consumer to recognize the origin of products displayed on store shelves. By appearance genetically modified food (products with GMOs) is almost no different from natural food, but there is a secret: if vegetables or cereals look perfect, without a single flaw, then with a high degree of probability you are looking at those same products with GMOs. It is not necessary that manufacturers or sellers mark them with appropriate labels, but odorless vegetables and fruits are a reason to be wary.

Dyes, sweeteners, structuring agents (soybean, corn) are found in different formulations food groups, including confectionery products with GMOs. Therefore, delicacies - cakes, cookies, rolls - should be prepared at home, reduce purchases or completely abandon semi-finished products. Try not to buy cheap products, as they may contain genetically modified ingredients, limit the number of visits to restaurants fast food.

Video: Why are GMOs dangerous for human health?

While some scientists claim that GMO products do not pose a threat to human health, others conduct research in an attempt to prove the opposite. There is an opinion that humanity will learn about the first results of eating transgenic foods in two generations. The time frame is considerable, as is the level of concern, because the technology, which is a unique development of genetic engineering, threatens humanity with complete extinction. You will learn about the dangers of GMO products and how they affect human health from the video below:

GMO - not GMO? How can you guess?

Firstly, I’ll start with the fact that it is quite difficult to determine the presence of GMOs in a product in a laboratory. There is a huge margin of error. This time.

And two is that the determination method itself is far from perfect. The gene is inserted into a specific section of DNA. And if, for example, the gene is inserted incorrectly, not into this designated link, then it will not be detected. Just like they won’t detect the built-in gene of any other type of GM organism - because it’s a different gene, and built into a different link. And they are looking for a specific match.

Well, for example. Let's take potatoes. GM potatoes with the scorpion gene. When entering the laboratory, the first thing they will do is check how many registered types of GM potatoes are allowed for sale in the Russian Federation. For example, 3. One - with a snowdrop gene inserted in one part of the chain, another - with a crocodile gene inserted in a completely different place, and a third with a Colorado potato beetle gene inserted in a different section of DNA. Thus, even if your potato is definitely GMO, but certification for this type of GMO has not been obtained, the scorpion gene will never be determined. Simply because going through the entire DNA chain and checking it thoroughly for ALL POSSIBLE invariant insertions is an almost impossible task! In any case, it is so expensive and time-consuming that it is unrealistic.

And now - attention. In Russia there are very few types of registered and approved for sale of GM products.

BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN AT ALL THAT THERE ARE FEW GMOs IN RUSSIA. THIS ONLY MEANS THAT IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY IN OUR LABORATORIES.

Therefore, forget about labeling. We will go a different way.

To begin with, it should be clear that the GROWING of GM products is prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation, but their sale to the public is permitted. Naturally, they, the bastards, need our lands, and we ourselves are the ballast that they are trying to get rid of.

Therefore, products grown on state farms in the Russian Federation are most likely not GM products. If state farms purchase seeds from a reliable source, or use their own seed fund, then this is definitely a pure species.

However, the problem is that today there are almost no state farms left. All the land was bought or leased by foreign agricultural holdings (of course, registered under the Russian Uncle Vasya). So, these agricultural holdings are sowing and planting outright disgusting things in our country. And they sprinkle it generously with the same nasty stuff.

Especially in the case of rent. They take the land for 5 years and kill it thoroughly during this time. All sorts of GMOs, fertilizers, growth hormones and Roundups.

Basically, these products were used for processing - into chips, for example, canning, soups and quick, briquette-cooked food... etc. Because before people did not take such fruits and vegetables. While there were still normal ones, people could compare and choose.

Therefore, try to buy as few semi-finished products as possible - dumplings, dumplings, pancakes, pizza, etc. These products, as a rule, are simply stuffed with transgenes.

However, now there are almost no quality vegetables left. Private farmers just have fewer and fewer of them. Again, how conscientious are they and what seeds do they buy?.. Basically, everyone has already been taught about GMO poison, and in any case, IN THEIR REGION they don’t sell nasty stuff. If they grow something nasty, they go sell it away from home.

By the way, in our country we still grow a sufficient amount of truly high-quality, elite products. Only all of it is exported. And in exchange we are supplied with GMOs.

Now about specific products.

I am convinced that hypermarkets mainly sell poison. In any case, imported products that fall into our hypernets are products of large food transcorporations. It’s stupid to think that their food can be natural. Ordinary Russian farmers will not end up on the counter of a hypermarket. In order for, for example, CROSSROAD to take your goods, you need to pay several tens of thousands of dollars in bribes. The same goes for other networks.

However, for the most part, all of our traditional grains are non-GMO. Including edible peas and beans. Bye. (I'm not talking about green peas). They are already starting to buy American GMO wheat, and they are exporting their own quality wheat.

Basically, our wheat is still good. Like flour and pasta. Rice. Question. Krasnodar seems to be natural. Expensive varieties rice, famous, also real. Basmatti, for example. Anything steamed and polished there is highly doubtful.

Buckwheat. Ideal cereal. It is also a raw food grain - buckwheat can be poured with water or kefir overnight and it will swell and become porridge. This porridge can be eaten raw. This is most useful!!! In extreme cases, you can boil it. And buckwheat is also valuable because it cannot be modified genetically. :))) In a word - blissful food.

The same goes for white cabbage. It is not GMO. Can not be. Therefore, eat with confidence. Stew, boil, make salads, ferment, bake, chew on leaves... It's so healthy! Especially for our region.

All other crops are genetically modified.

So how can we determine them?

Let's start with fruits then.

Fruit trees of countries former USSR Definitely not GMO. Therefore, you can take Russian apples, Abkhaz tangerines, Uzbek pomegranates, and grapes... Russian cherries, berries... all this is ours, native and natural.

But the situation with the countries of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Israel, India, China, Latin America, Argentina, the USA, Canada, and Europe is not at all so rosy. Transgenes have been grown there for a long time. Transgenic bananas, oranges, kiwi, grapes, and the list goes on... Ending with corn, tomatoes and green peas. Therefore, I do not advise you to take risks. Yes, avocados seem to still be real - they smell good, and have a distinct taste... and there are good pineapples... but you can't run into trouble...

Imported strawberries will definitely not come to us natural. You know yourself how strawberries smell and last for how long they last from the garden. Or from grandma's basket. It has nothing in common with what is called strawberries and sold in stores.

By the way, this is one of the basic rules: a natural product smells. It smells like nectar. It smells fragrant. GMOs either don’t smell, or they smell “somehow wrong”, unpleasant. For example, do you like the way bananas smell?

I don't. I lived in Egypt for a long time, and I know what REAL bananas smell like.

It's the same with taste. The natural product is delicious. I want to eat it. GMO - has a somewhat repulsive taste.

Remember this rule. If you bought a product, but its taste seems repulsive, unpleasant, or tasteless to you, do not eat it. This is a sure sign of poison. It will not bring you health.

A few words about China.

I wouldn't buy Chinese products at all. Except dried seaweed. Everything else is doubtful. Even the tea is GMO. Absolutely GM Chinese pears. In the state where they grow these pears, all the bees have died out. And they pollinate these pears by hand. Tobacco, it was with GMO tobacco that China began its transgenization many years ago.

Yes, here’s another important point. GM products are sterile. And it has little or no growth momentum. That is, if you eat a tangerine, and the seed already contains a green living embryo, it is a real tangerine. And it's full vitality. This rule applies to all products. Potatoes, if they grow, are already a good indicator. It is most likely not GMO. And certainly not treated with radiation. Yes, yes, now to store the potato harvest, it is industrially irradiated with radiation. So that it doesn't germinate. And then in the spring they sell it to us.

Regarding cheeses and milk. Basically, now they have begun to add GM yeast to cheeses. By the way, Oltermani is also in doubt. Because, vedza, where it says microbiological starter, we are talking about GM bacteria.

GM leaven is found in almost all sour creams. The best option is cream (sour cream) from a private milkmaid. Absolutely precisely modified all dairy products bear the “BIO” mark. biokefirs, bioyogurts, etc. I looked at the certificates. These are GM components.

All modified soybeans. DO NOT believe that they sell you a good one. Just like dry milk, dry cream. They are almost always diluted with soy milk.

Soy is also found in candies and butter bars.

Confectioner - cakes made with vegetable cream - this is GM soy cream.

They make the same cottage cheese. Read the composition carefully. Taste it. Find one that's good and stick with it. Or buy from a private seller.

Bread that stays fresh for a long time almost certainly contains GMOs. The products of companies such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Mars, Cattberry, and Snickers were exposed by Greenpeace as using transgenes. Absolutely do not buy NESTLE, DANONE, Similac products. This is where the weapon of the genoditsa is. They screwed up on many points. And GMOs are among the first. In general, it’s better not to take imported goods... Although. Now almost all Russian enterprises have been bought out by the same foreign transcorporations. And they are pushing the same nonsense there under Russian trends...

GMOs are not planted in Belarus. You can buy green peas and other canned goods from them. That’s why their milk is of high quality. It tastes so different from ours. :)))

In Russia, too, there are zones that have declared themselves GMO-free. For example, Belgorod region. Feel free to buy their products. From potatoes to granulated sugar with milk.

There are a lot of GMO drugs now. It's better to avoid them altogether. Starting from GM interferon... and ending with GM insulin... GM food supplements...

BUT IN GENERAL, YOU CAN LIVE. It's difficult at first, but then you can learn to navigate. Follow the basic rules and trust your body. Eat more homemade, natural foods, then your sensitivity to chemicals will increase sharply.

Well, land already.

Having your own potatoes, currants, strawberries, cherries and apples from the garden.... is so wonderful!!!

Good health to you. And prosperity.

Date of publication: 08/11/2017

The introduction of foreign genes into food began with the discovery of DNA in 1944. However, this phenomenon reached production scale only at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, having managed to acquire supporters and opponents during this time.

The role of genetically modified products in modern society is great, they occupy a special place in the agricultural industry. So called transgenic plants partially solved the problem that humanity faced in the 70s: soil pollution with pesticides and chemicals on a colossal scale.

Some transgenic plants contain genes that protect them from diseases or pests, thereby saving the land. At the same time, there was hope that increasing the yield due to special genes would help overcome hunger throughout the world, but, unfortunately, the expectations did not materialize.

Expectations regarding the success of this invention were not met; scientists are still struggling with the question of how useful and harmful its use is. What is GMO and how to distinguish it from a natural product?

Without GMO

Without GMOs - this is the motto chosen by Austria, Greece, Poland, Switzerland and Japan, declaring themselves completely free from genetically modified products. A large number of countries are free from them partially - by regions, many are just coming to this.

So, no one in the world has proven the direct harm of transgenic plants for human body. However, unconditional harmlessness has not been confirmed. There are two obvious disadvantages GMO. No, this is not cancer, and certainly not the risk of mutations.

Transgenic organisms are highly unpredictable. The simplest example: they germinate quickly and in any conditions. You just bought tomatoes, and they already have sprouts, and it’s not that they are overexposed.

Cause allergies. Let's say you purchased a vegetable with genes from peanuts, to which you are allergic. You can only find out about this by looking at the labeling, but what to do if the manufacturer is found to be unscrupulous?

If you are only attracted to natural food , there are several ways to distinguish it from transgenic.

1. As we have already said, labeling. Typically, manufacturers who produce natural products, designate them with the label “100% natural” or “Non-GMO”. If they contain any modifications, they amount to no more than one percent.

2. Beautiful, smooth, shiny vegetables that are “ideal” in shape and color should arouse your suspicions, and if they are all the same in size, this could not have happened without intervention. Look for traces of worm bugs. As a rule, traces of insects indicate the naturalness of the product.

3. Seedless. It's hard to imagine that nature came up with something so useless from a productivity point of view. Seedless watermelons are a prime example of this. There are also the most harmless characteristics. For example, apples that do not darken.

4. Code can say a lot about a product. For example, bananas with code 4011 or 94011 are naturally grown. At the same time, US products with a five-digit code that begins with 8 are transgenic.

It will be useful to know that three quarters of all soybeans in the world are GMO, as well as a third of corn and one fifth of rapeseed. By the way, the petunia gene was introduced into peanuts. Please note that insects avoid these nuts.

It should also be distinguished selection from genetic engineering: watermelons, eggplants, bananas, carrots, peaches in the form in which we know them were bred artificially, but do not pose any even ghostly threat.

Benefit or harm, with GMO or without, but you always need to know what is in your plate.

Our specialists are especially proud of their potatoes, which kill Colorado potato beetles. For environmentalists, it is also the main irritant. Experts say that when rats eat transgenic potatoes, a change in blood composition occurs, a change in size internal organs, and also pathologies appear in significantly more than when eating regular potatoes.

9 cotton lines

The following are widely grown: soybeans, corn, rapeseed and cotton.

According to Rospotrebnadzor of the Russian Federation, in 2004, compared to 2003, three times more samples (12,956 samples) of food raw materials and food products were examined for the presence of genetically modified sources (GMI). Largest quantity samples containing GMI in absolute values ​​were identified in 2004 in meat products - 946 (in 2003 - 272) and in “other” products based on plant proteins - 466 (in 2003 - 129). GMIs were found in small quantities in bakery and flour and cereal products (44 samples), poultry and poultry products (29 samples), baby food products (13 samples) and canned food (13 samples).

In general, foods containing GMOs can be divided into three categories:

1. Products containing GM ingredients (mainly transgenic corn and soybeans). These additives are added to food products as structuring, sweetening, coloring agents, and also as substances that increase protein content.

2. Products of processing transgenic raw materials (for example, bean curd, soy milk, chips, corn flakes, tomato paste).

3. Transgenic vegetables and fruits, and soon, possibly, animals directly consumed as food.

It is also useful to remember the names of some companies that, according to the state register, supply GM raw materials to their clients in Russia or are producers themselves:

Central Soya Protein Group, Denmark;

BIOSTAR TRADE LLC, St. Petersburg;

CJSC "Universal", Nizhny Novgorod;

Monsanto Co., USA;

"Protein Technologies International Moscow", Moscow;

LLC "Agenda", Moscow;

JSC "ADM-Food Products", Moscow;

JSC "GALA", Moscow;

ZAO Belok, Moscow;

Dera Food Technology N.V., Moscow;

Herbalife International of America, USA;

OY FINNSOYPRO LTD, Finland;

LLC "Salon Sport-Service", Moscow;

When purchasing products in a store, labels can indirectly determine the likelihood of GMO content in the product. If the label states that the product was made in the USA and contains soy, corn, canola or potatoes, there is a very high chance that it contains GM components.

Most soy-based products produced outside of Russia and not in the United States can also be transgenic. If the label proudly says “vegetable protein,” it is most likely soy and very likely transgenic.

GMOs can often be hidden behind E indexes. However, this does not mean that all E supplements contain GMOs or are transgenic. You just need to know which E can, in principle, contain GMOs or their derivatives.

This is, first of all, soy lecithin or lecithin E 322: binds water and fats together and is used as a fatty element in milk formulas, cookies, chocolate, riboflavin (B2) otherwise known as E 101 and E 101A, can be produced from GM microorganisms. It is added to cereals, soft drinks, baby food and weight loss products. Caramel (E 150) and xanthan (E 415) can also be produced from GM grains.

Other additives that may contain GM components: E 153, E 160d, E 161c, E 308-9, E-471, E 472a, E 473, E 475, E 476b, E 477, E479a, E 570, E 572, E 573, E 620, E 621, E 622, E 633, E 624, E 625, E951.

Sometimes the names of additives are indicated on the labels only in words; you also need to be able to navigate them. Let's look at the most common components.

Soybean Oil: Used in sauces, spreads, cakes and deep-fried foods in fat form to add extra flavor and quality. Vegetable oil or vegetable fats: Most often found in cookies, tightly fried foods such as chips. Maltodextrin: A type of starch that acts as a "priming agent" used in baby foods, powdered soups, and powdered desserts.

Glucose or glucose syrup: Sugar, which can be made from corn starch, is used as a sweetener. Found in drinks, desserts and fast food.

Dextrose: Like glucose, it can be produced from cornstarch. Used in cakes, chips and cookies to achieve a brown color. Also used as a sweetener in high-energy sports drinks.

Aspartame, aspasvit, aspamix: The sweetener, which can be produced using a GM bacterium, is restricted for use in a number of countries and is reported to have many complaints, mainly related to blackout syndrome, from consumers in the United States. Aspartame is found in carbonated water, diet sodas, chewing gum, ketchups, etc.

Many people believe that the label “modified starch” on a product means that the product contains GMOs. This even led to the fact that in 2002, the Legislative Assembly of the Perm Region, at its meeting, included yoghurts with modified starch in the list of GM products illegally distributed in the region. In fact, modified starch is produced chemically without the use of genetic engineering. But starch itself may be of genetically engineered origin if it was obtained from GM corn or GM potatoes.

During the inspection, the highest percentage of GM soybeans was found in boiled “Traditional Veal” sausage produced by the Cherkizovsky plant. GMIs were most often found in the products of the same manufacturer, as well as in the products of the DHS company ( trademark"Rollton")

Among the manufacturers whose products contain GMOs were also:

LLC "Daria - semi-finished products";

LLC "Meat processing plant "Klinsky"";

MPZ "Tagansky";

MPZ "Campomos";

CJSC "Vichunai";

MLM-RA LLC;

Tolsto-Products LLC;

Ostankino MPK;

LLC "Sausage plant "Bogatyr"";

Rose Marie Ltd. LLC;

ML "Mikoyanovsky";

OJSC "Tsaritsyno";

OJSC Lianozovo Sausage Plant.

Our favorite dumplings also turned out to be genetically modified, and specifically: “Dumplings without haste, pork and beef”, “Daria classic dumplings”, GMOs were found in “Tasty beef steaks”.

GMO - genetically modified products:

List of genetically modified products:

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are being developed as biological weapons, a means of curbing population growth and a means of undermining the food security of countries.

So, first on the list:

Lipton tea

Coffee "Nescafe"

Modified coffee is now actively grown by the Nescafe company. So far, large plantations of this type of coffee are grown only in Vietnam.

List of GMOs:

Manufacturing company Unilever

Brooke Bond (tea)

Conversation (tea)

Calve (mayonnaise, ketchup)

Rama (oil)

Pyshka (margarine)

Delmi (mayonnaise, yogurt, margarine)

Algida (ice cream)

Knorr (seasonings)

Manufacturing company Nestle

Nescafe (coffee and milk)

Maggi (soups, broths, mayonnaise, seasonings, mashed potatoes)

Nestle (chocolate)

Nesquik (cocoa)

Manufacturing company Kellog's

Corn Flakes

Frosted Flakes (cereals)

Rice Krispies (cereals)

Corn Pops (cereals)

Smacks (cereals)

Froot Loops (colored ring flakes)

Apple Jacks (apple flavored cereal)

All-bran Apple Cinnamon/Blueberry (apple, cinnamon, blueberry flavored bran)

Chocolate Chip ( chocolate chips)

Pop Tarts (filled cookies, all flavors)

Nutri-grain (toast with filling, all types)

Crispix (cookies)

Smart Start (cereals)

All-Bran (cereals)

Just Right Fruit & Nut (cereals)

Honey Crunch Corn Flakes

Raisin Bran Crunch (cereals)

Cracklin" Oat Bran (flakes)

Manufacturing company Hershey's

Toblerone (chocolate, all types)

Mini Kisses (candies)

Kit-Kat (chocolate bar)

Kisses (candies)

Semi-Sweet Baking Chips (cookies)

Milk Chocolate Chips (cookies)

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups ( peanut butter)

Special Dark (dark chocolate)

Milk Chocolate (milk chocolate)

Chocolate Syrup (chocolate syrup)

Special Dark Chocolate Syrup (chocolate syrup)

Strawberry Syrop (strawberry syrup)

Manufacturing company Mars

Crunch (chocolate rice cereal)

Milk Chocolate Nestle (chocolate)

Nesquik (chocolate drink)

Cadbury (Cadbury/Hershey's)

Manufacturing company Heinz

Ketchup (regular & no salt)

Chili Sauce

Heinz 57 Steak Sauce

Hellman's manufacturing company

Real Mayonnaise (mayonnaise)

Light Mayonnaise (mayonnaise)

Low-Fat Mayonnaise (mayonnaise)

Coca-Cola manufacturing company

Minute Maid Orange

Minute Maid Grape

Manufacturing company PepsiCo

Manufacturer Frito-Lay/PepsiCo (GM components may be contained in oil and other ingredients)

Lays Potato Chips (all)

Cheetos (all) (chips)

Manufacturing company Cadbury/Schweppes

Pringles manufacturing company (Procter&Gamble)

Pringles (chips with Original, Low Fat, Pizza-licious, Sour Cream & Onion, Salt & Vinegar, Cheezeums flavors)

Honey can be collected from genetically modified plants.

There is a high frequency of information that bees cannot pollinate genetically modified buckwheat. So there is one.

Rice. In general, it is better to buy non-anonymous varieties plant products, but quite specific. For example, Basmati rice. There is a high probability that in this case the product will not be GMO.

Anonymous rice, as well as Chinese or Taiwanese rice, is most likely transgenic.

Russia is one of the main importers of this product from China. However, according to environmentalists, the Chinese have been producing GM rice unofficially for two years and exporting it.

Environmentalists reported that genetically modified rice was being grown illegally in China back in April. “In the spring of 2005, Greenpeace took rice samples obtained from supplying companies, farmers and millers from China for genetic testing in the German Genescan laboratory,” Greenpeace Russia press secretary Maya Kolikova told NI. – It turned out that more than 2/3 of the samples (19 out of 25) turned out to be genetically modified.

When interviewing farmers and grain suppliers from China, we found out that for more than two years, transgenic rice has been illegally grown and actively sold both within the country and abroad.”

The situation, according to environmentalists, is aggravated by the fact that the Chinese government is considering the possibility of legalizing industrial production GM rice. The Greens believe that the Russians will suffer the most from the actions of the Chinese authorities - product supplies from this country account for more than 60% of our total rice imports.

However, in this matter there are not only disadvantages, but also advantages. After all, until now, rice supplied to Russia was formally considered unmodified, and no checks were carried out for the content of GMI in it. Therefore, no one can say how many transgenes we have already eaten and will still eat. If the consumer has information about where the rice comes from, he will be able to decide for himself whether to buy this product or not.

Environmentalists, however, see the problem not so much in the cereal itself, which can really be abandoned, but in the distribution of products with additives rice flour, including many for children - milk formula and cereals, noodles, semi-finished products. Manufacturers, as a rule, do not indicate the country where the ingredients come from.

I would like to point out that "Indica", a term that can be found on rice packets, is not original name of any kind. It just means long grain rice. It could also be from China.

Attention! Traits of transgenic vegetables and fruits.

Is it possible to distinguish modified fruits and vegetables from natural ones?

Excessively clean potato tubers that differ little from each other or perfectly shaped tomatoes are a reason to think. After all, a sure sign of natural products is the presence in the total mass of “eaten” by insects and rotten specimens. Insects never eat GM products! If you cut a natural tomato or strawberry, they will immediately give juice; unnatural ones retain their shape.

The most famous products containing GM ingredients:

(according to Greenpeace)

1. Snickers chocolate bars

3. Maggi Seasonings

4. Pringles chips

Vegetable counters are filled with “Volgograd” tomatoes, like twins similar to Turkish ones. It turns out that in Volgograd, for several years now, only imported “plastic” varieties without taste and smell have been grown on a mass scale.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if they turn out to be GMO. I stopped buying tomatoes of these varieties, and I rarely bought them before.

From the article by E. Yakusheva “What are transgenic products?”:

Currently, 90% of transgenic food exports are corn and soybeans. Popcorn, which is sold on the streets everywhere, is 100% made from GM corn, and there is still no corresponding labeling on it. Soy products from North America or Argentina, 80% are GM products.

GM foods are attractive to retailers. For example, genetically modified vegetables and fruits are 4-5 times cheaper than their natural counterparts.

From the book of Liniza Zhuvanovna Zhalpanova:

"Foods That Kill You":

Transgenic products purchased by Russia in other countries with the permission of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation. According to statistics, about 70% of imported products are made from genetically modified raw materials. These products include: soy products, flour, chocolate, chocolate bars, wine, baby food, milk powder, milk, kefir, yogurt, cottage cheese, carbonated drinks, canned corn and tomatoes, corn oil, cookies, starch, soy protein, soy oil, soy sauce, lecithin, cottonseed oil, syrups, tomato sauces, coffee and coffee drinks, popcorn, breakfast cereals, etc.

It is assumed that some imported beer also contains genetically modified molecules taken over by the drink from modified yeast.

According to the data National Association genetic safety, about 1/3 of all products on Russian market contain genetically modified components.

Greenpeace Handbook "How to Avoid Using Products with Genetically Modified Ingredients (GM Products)?"

The directory contains lists of food enterprises, divided into three categories (green, orange and red lists) according to the criterion of the presence of GM components in products.

IN New Year's menu often include canned store-bought vegetables. But canned corn and green peas are highly undesirable. They are GMO.

According to a month and a half study, our food is simply crammed with genetically modified organisms. Moreover, the most popular food in our area is sausages, dumplings, dry soups, canned vegetables, chocolates.

Ecologists (Greenpeace and the All-Ukrainian Ecological League) categorically include in this list the products of the most famous brands– Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestle, Gallina Blanca, Knorr, Lipton, Bonduel. A full list of companies that have confirmed that their products may contain GM ingredients or have not denied their use can be found at www.ecoleague.net.

“The results of the study showed that in 18 out of 42 randomly selected food products the content of genetically modified soybeans exceeded 3 percent,” said Mikhail Mukharovsky, general director of Ukrmetrteststandart. – At the same time, nine of them did not indicate the presence of soy protein».

Bonduel is therefore blacklisted!

I understand that the reliability of what is included in the list is not guaranteed, since the sources of information may be dubious. But otherwise I have practically no way to keep such a list at all.

Orchard, Rich puree - genetically modified products.

By the way, the very first genetically modified product on the market is a food banana, any banana at that (to increase productivity, it has, roughly speaking, a duplicated set of chromosomes).

If we talk about a banana: artificially induced polyploidy is also a form of genetic modification (because the chromosome set becomes larger compared to the original organism), most importantly, it is cheap and cheerful. But journalists have not yet learned to scare people with it.

The Mistral company probably deliberately does not mark on the packs the country of origin of the cereals and legumes that are packaged in them. The fact is that she appeared in the sale of American crops, which, most likely, are genetically modified. “Basmati Rice” is also not labeled. Unfortunately, as I only found out today, it is highly likely that he may be transgenic. From the book “Seeds of Destruction: The Secret Behind Genetic Manipulation,” by William F. Engdahl:

Texas biotech company RiceTech has decided it will receive patent payments on Basmati rice, a variation that has been a daily staple in India, Pakistan and Asia for thousands of years. In 1998, RiceTech patented genetically modified Basmati rice, and thanks to American laws prohibiting labeling genetic products, RiceTek managed to sell it legally, labeling it as regular rice"Basmati". It turned out that RiceTech, through dubious means, had obtained precious Basmati seeds, which were deposited at the Rockefeller Foundation International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines (RIRIP). (10)

In the name of “security,” MRRI duplicated a priceless collection of rice seeds collected in the Philippines and stored it in a seed bank in Fort Collins, Colorado, making the very dubious promise that the seeds would be stored as a safe seed supply for farmers in the rice regions. MRID convinced farmers that sharing their invaluable finds in MRID rice seed varieties would serve their own safety.

In Colorado, far from the Philippines, MNIIR transferred valuable seeds (without which RiceTek might not have made its patented genetic modifications) to RiceTek researchers, who immediately patented everything possible. They knew it was highly illegal: Even in Texas, rice researchers know that Basmati rice does not typically grow on the dusty plains around Crawford, Texas. (eleven)

RiceTek, in collusion with MNIIR, stole seeds for its patent. In addition, according to carefully developed rules established by the Rockefeller Foundation, although seeds from a gene bank cannot be patented, any man-made improved variation based on them can be patented.

The variety "Jasmine" also has a GM modification.

From the article “Transgenic “Senior Tomato” and Dolly the Sheep…”:

You can delay the ripening of already collected fruits by placing them in special conditions. Using carbon dioxide, the effect of ethylene released by fruits is blocked. These properties are manipulated by traders transporting bananas, citrus fruits, as well as vegetables - tomatoes in particular. They are harvested green and treated with ethylene along the way, causing artificial ripening. Such fruits and vegetables lose their taste qualities ripen unevenly. And it’s easy to verify this. For example, the tomatoes that we buy at the market are red on the outside but white on the inside. The delay in ripening is also due to the fact that most of the tomatoes that we sell are imported from Turkey, and they are all transgenic. Even on the boxes in which they are packed it is written: TRANSGEN.

Excerpts from the book by Mikhail Efremov: “Caution! Harmful products!»

Additives with a high degree of likelihood of containing GI components:

E-153 – Vegetable Carbon (vegetable coal);

E-160d – Annatto, Bixin, Norbixin (annatto, bixin, norbixin);

E-308 – Synthetic Gamma-tocopherol (synthetic y-tocopherol);

E-309 - Synthetic Delta-tocopherol (synthetic d-tocopherol);

E-471 – Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids);

E-472a – Acetic Acid Esters of Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids (esters of mono- and diglycerides of acetic fatty acids);

E-473 – Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids (esters of sucrose and fatty acids);

E-475 – Polyglycerol Esters of Fatty Acids (esters of polyglycerides and fatty acids);

E-476 – Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate (polyglycerol polyglycerol oleates);

E-477 – Propane-1, 2-diol Esters of Fatty Acids (propane-1, 2-diol esters of fatty acids);

E-479b – Thermally Oxideized Soya Bean Oll Interacted with Mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids (thermally oxidized soybean and bean oil with mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids);

E-570 - Fatty Acids (fatty acids);

E-951 – Aspartame (aspartame, or nutrosvit).

Additives based on GM components:

Riboflavin (B2) otherwise known as E 101 and E 101A, made from GM microorganisms, is approved for sale in a number of countries. It is added to cereals, soft drinks, baby food and weight loss products. Caramel (E 150) and xanthan (E 415) can be produced from the grain.

Lecithin (E 322) is produced from soybeans, which can be genetically modified. This soybean is used, in particular, by Neslte in its chocolate, baby food and other products. Other additives that may contain GM components: E 153, E 160 d, E 161 c, E 308-9, E-471, E 472a, E 473, E 475, E 476 b, E 477, E479 a, E 570, E 572, E 573, E 620, E 621, E 622, E 633, E 624, E 625.

I would like to emphasize that food additives for any purpose (technological, to “improve” consumer qualities) can also be included in dietary supplements. Therefore, it is important to know which food additives are prohibited or dangerous.

I saw how it works dairy production. I just don’t really want to drink milk after that.

And only raw cow's milk can be consumed. You can make yogurt from store-bought milk, and not just any kind, but preferably from the one that says it’s made from natural (whole) milk. cow's milk(its fat content is usually indicated as 3.4-6%). You should not drink this milk in its pure form, because it is pasteurized and regular use After some time, the joints will begin to ache - most likely due to the deposition of inorganic calcium in them, which appears during pasteurization (transfers from an organically bound form to an inorganic one). But you can make curdled milk from it - it turns out quite well and does not cause any problems.

But any milk normalized by fat content is real poison. And even yogurt from such milk turns out to be unimportant, unless from milk with a fat content of no more than 1% - with such concentrations of modified milk fat lactobacilli cope at the very least.

GMO - manufacturing company:

Milky Way

Uncle Bans

Coca Cola

Parmalat (cookies)

Similak (baby food)

Potatoes (from Monsant USA)

LIST OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCERS NOTICED USING GMOs:

''Greenpeace'' has published a list of companies that use GMOs in their products. It's interesting that in different countries these companies behave differently depending on the laws of a particular country.

In total, more than 120 names (brands) of GMO products are registered in Russia, according to voluntary registration data and a special register of products imported from abroad. Among the manufacturers whose products contain GMOs are:

LLC ''Daria - semi-finished products'', LLC ''Klinsky Meat Processing Plant'', MPZ ''Tagansky'', MPZ ''CampoMos'', CJSC ''Vichyunay'', LLC ''MLM-RA'', LLC '' Talostoproducts, LLC Bogatyr Sausage Plant, LLC ROS Mari Ltd.

Manufacturer company Unilever: Lipton (tea), Brooke Bond (tea), ''Conversation'' (teas), Calve (mayonnaise, ketchup), Rama (butter), ''Pyshka'' (margarine), ''Delmi'' (mayonnaise, yogurt, margarine), ''Algida'' (ice cream), Knorr (seasonings); Nestle manufacturing company: Nescafe (coffee and milk), Maggi (soups, broths, mayonnaise, Nestle (chocolate), Nestea (tea), Neseiulk (cocoa);

Kellog's manufacturer: Corn Flakes, Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies, Corn Pops, Smacks, Froot Loops, Apple Jacks apple flavor), Afl-bran Apple Cinnamon/Blueberry (bran with apple, cinnamon, blueberry flavor), Chocolate Chip (chocolate chips), Pop Tarts (cookies with filling, all flavors), Nulri grain (toast with filling, all types) , Crispix (cookies), All-Bran (cereals), Just Right Fruit & Nut (cereals), Honey Crunch Corn Flakes (cereals), Raisin Bran Crunch (cereals), Cracklin'Oat Bran (cereals);

Hershey's Manufacturing Company: Toblerone (chocolate, all types), Mini Kisses (candies), Kit-Kat (chocolate bar), Kisses (candies), Semi-Sweet Baking Chips (cookies), Milk Chocolate Chips (cookies), Reese 's Peanut Butter Cups (peanut butter), Special Dark (dark chocolate), Milk Chocolate milk chocolate), Chocolate Syrup (chocolate syrup), Special Dark Chocolate Syrup (chocolate syrup), Setoawberry Syrup (strawberry syrup);

Mars manufacturing company: M&M'S, Snickers, Milky Way, Twix, Nestle, Crunch (chocolate rice cereal), Milk Chocolate Nestle (chocolate), Nesquik (chocolate drink), Cadbury (Cadbury/Hershey's), Fruit

Heinz manufacturing company: Ketchup (regular&no salt), Chili Sauce, Heinz 57 Steak Sauce;

Coca-Cola manufacturing company: Coca Cola, Sprite, Cherry Cola, Minute Maid Orange, Minute Maid Grape;

Manufacturing company PepsiCo: Pepsi, Pepsi Cherry, Mountain Dew;

Manufacturer Frito-Lay / PepsiCo: (GM components may be contained in oil and other ingredients), Lays Potato Chips (all), Cheetos (all);

Manufacturing company Cadbury/Schweppes:7-Up, Dr. Pepper;

Pringles manufacturing company Procter&Gamble: Pringles (chips with Original, LowFat, Pizzalicious, Sour Cream&Onion, Salt&Vinegar, Cheezeums flavors).

1 Chocolate products Hershey's Cadbury Fruit&Nut

6 Cadbury chocolate, cocoa

8 Nestle chocolate ''Nestlé'', ''Russia''

9 Nestle Nesquik chocolate drink

10 Soft drink Sosa-Cola ‘‘Coca-Cola’’ Sosa-Cola

11 ''Sprite'', ''Fanta'', ''Kinley'' tonic, ''Fruittime''

12 Pepci-Co Pepsi 13 ''7-Up'', ''Fiesta'', ''Mountain Dew''

14 Kellogg's breakfast cereals

15 Campbell Soups

16 Uncle Bens Mars Rice

17 Knorr Sauces

18 Lipton Tea

19 Parmalat cookies

20 Seasonings, mayonnaise, Hellman’s sauces

21 Seasonings, mayonnaises, Heinz sauces

22 Nestle baby food

24 Abbot Labs Similac

25 Yogurts, kefir, cheese, Danon baby food

26 McDonald's (McDonald's) chain of fast food restaurants

27 chocolate, chips, coffee, baby food Kraft (Kraft)

28 ketchups, sauces. Heinz Foods

29 baby food, Delmi products Unilever (Unilever)

Products whose preparation technology uses GMOs:

JSC “Nizhny Novgorod Oil and Fat Plant” (mayonnaise “Ryaba”, “Vprok”, etc.).

Bonduelle products (Hungary) - beans, corn, green peas.

CJSC ''Baltimore-Neva'' (St. Petersburg) - ketchups.

CJSC ''Mikoyanovsky Meat Processing Plant'' (Moscow) - pates, minced meat.

CJSC EUROPE FOODS GB'' (Nizhny Novgorod region) - soups ''Galina Blanca''.

Concern ''White Ocean'' (Moscow) - chips ''Russian Potatoes''.

OJSC ''Lianozovsky Dairy Plant'' (Moscow) - yoghurts, ''Miracle milk'', ''Miracle chocolate''.

JSC ''Cherkizovsky MPZ'' (Moscow) - frozen minced meat.

LLC ''Campina'' (Moscow region) - yoghurts, baby food.

LLC ''MK Gurman'' (Novosibirsk) - pates.

LLC ''Frito'' (Moscow region) - chips ''Layz''.

LLC ''Ermann'' (Moscow region) - yoghurts.

LLC ''Unilever CIS'' (Tula) - ''Calve'' mayonnaise.

Factory ''Bolshevik'' (Moscow) - cookies ''Yubileinoe''.

- ''Nestlé'' (Switzerland, Finland) - dry milk mixture ''Nestogen'', puree ''Vegetables with beef''.

Pay attention to how carefully the products for children are screened out - there are GMOs everywhere, not here or there, and if your child does not eat yogurt, he eats Nesquik or cereal or purees. And one way or another, GMOs end up

into his body. This is the situation in supermarkets now: absolutely all products have a “Non-GMO” label. We read the ingredients on the label: modified soy, modified starch, and so on.