GMW: Kellogg to use genetically modified oil

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GMW: Kellogg to use genetically modified oil

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Fri, 9 Dec 2005 23:05:47 GMT

 

 

 

 

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The low linolenic acid trait in the Vistive soybeans that Kellogg is

going to use is actually non-GM. The beans were conventionally bred BUT

it is being marketed as the first of the Monsanto's GM crops with

consumer benefits.

 

This sleight of hand was achieved by Monsanto deliberately turning it

into a GM crop by adding a GM trait that has absolutely nothing to do

with consumer benefits - herbicide resistance!

http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=5014

 

Incidentally, Iowa State University has conventionally produced an even

lower linolenic acid variety than the Monsanto one.

http://www.notrans.iastate.edu/

http://www.zfsinc.com/refining.asp

 

Of course, the question is whether the better variety is going to be

made available, given that Monsanto and the other big companies now own

so many seed companies, and if not, why not?

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Kellogg to use genetically modified oil

Associated Press, 9 December 2005

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BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) - Kellogg says it will begin using oils

derived from genetically modified soybeans in some products to lower fat

content beginning next year.

 

The world's largest cereal maker will begin using an oil named Vistive,

made from Monsanto's genetically modified soybeans. Kellogg says it is

one of the first food manufacturers to use the oil to lower levels of

trans fat and saturated fat in its products.

 

Because there is a shortage in low-linolenic-acid soybean oil, Kellogg

will also work with the another group to increase production of

Nutrium. That's another oil made from genetically modified soybeans,

to be

used beginning using in 2007.

 

Kellogg isn't saying what products would first be made with the oil.

Its product line includes Keebler cookies, Pop-Tarts, Eggo waffles,

Cheez-It crackers, Nutri-Grain and Rice Krispies cereal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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