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AP Food Industry Writer= NEW YORK (AP) â General Mills says some Cheerios made without genetically modified ingredients will start appearing on shelves soon.
The Minneapolis-based company said Thursday that it has been manufacturing its original-flavor Cheerios without GMOs for the past several weeks in response to consumer demand. It did not specify exactly when those boxes would be on sale.
Original Cheerios will now be labeled as "Not Made With Genetically Modified Ingredients," although that it is not an official certification. The labels will also note that trace amounts of GMO ingredients could be present due to the manufacturing process, said Mike Siemienas, a company spokesman.
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"We were able to do this with original Cheerios because the main ingredients are oats," said Siemienas, noting that there are no genetically modified oats. The company is primarily switching the cornstarch and sugar to make the original Cheerios free of GMOs, he said.
(For the Pete family, this is HUGE.)
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hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Mariana
(14,857 posts)Cheerios ingredients label says it doesn't contain HFCS.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Mariana
(14,857 posts)I had no idea. I don't eat processed food so I'm not up to date with the misleading labeling going on.
kpete
(71,995 posts)peace,
kp