oh goodie...lets GMO yer sweet tooth

September 12, 2007

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SUGAR TO HIT STORES IN 2008

American Crystal, a large Wyoming-based sugar company, who ironically have

launched an " organic " line of their sugar,and several other leading U.S. sugar

providers have announced they will be sourcing their sugar from genetically

engineered (GE) sugar beets beginning this year and arriving in stores in 2008.

Like GE corn and GE soy, products containing GE sugar will not be labeled as

such. Since half of the granulated sugar in the U.S. comes from sugar beets, a

move towards biotech beets marks a dramatic alteration of the U.S. food supply.

These sugars, along with GE corn and soy, are found in many conventional food

products, so consumers will be exposed to genetically engineered ingredients in

just about every non-organic multiple-ingredient product they purchase.

The GE sugar beet is designed to withstand strong doses of Monsanto's

controversial broad spectrum Roundup herbicide. Studies indicate farmers

planting " Roundup Ready " corn and soy spray large amounts of the herbicide,

contaminating both soil and water. Farmers planting GE sugar beets are told they

may be able to apply the herbicide up to five times per year. Sugar beets are

grown on 1.4 million acres by 12,000 farmers in the U.S. from Oregon to

Minnesota.

Meanwhile candy companies like Hershey's are urging farmers not to plant GE

sugar beets, noting that consumer surveys suggest resistance to the product. In

addition the European Union has not approved GE sugar beets for human

consumption.

Take action now to stop Genetically Engineered Sugar:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_7031.cfm

What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure

that just ain't so.

- Mark Twain

September 12, 2007

Well heck. I got away from cane sugar, can't find raw cane sugar, so

I settled on beet sugar...way easy to find around here. I can find

fructose, weirdly enough, do you know if anything's wrong with that?

, fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote:

>

> GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SUGAR TO HIT STORES IN 2008

> American Crystal, a large Wyoming-based sugar company, who

ironically have launched an " organic " line of their sugar,and several

other leading U.S. sugar providers have announced they will be

sourcing their sugar from genetically engineered (GE) sugar beets

beginning this year and arriving in stores in 2008. Like GE corn and

GE soy, products containing GE sugar will not be labeled as such.

Since half of the granulated sugar in the U.S. comes from sugar

beets, a move towards biotech beets marks a dramatic alteration of

the U.S. food supply. These sugars, along with GE corn and soy, are

found in many conventional food products, so consumers will be

exposed to genetically engineered ingredients in just about every non-

organic multiple-ingredient product they purchase.

>

> The GE sugar beet is designed to withstand strong doses of

Monsanto's controversial broad spectrum Roundup herbicide. Studies

indicate farmers planting " Roundup Ready " corn and soy spray large

amounts of the herbicide, contaminating both soil and water. Farmers

planting GE sugar beets are told they may be able to apply the

herbicide up to five times per year. Sugar beets are grown on 1.4

million acres by 12,000 farmers in the U.S. from Oregon to Minnesota.

>

> Meanwhile candy companies like Hershey's are urging farmers not to

plant GE sugar beets, noting that consumer surveys suggest resistance

to the product. In addition the European Union has not approved GE

sugar beets for human consumption.

>

> Take action now to stop Genetically Engineered Sugar:

> http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_7031.cfm

>

> What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we

know for sure that just ain't so.

> - Mark Twain

>

September 12, 2007

depends....

high fructose corn syrup is in everything....

too much of anything is bad

over use of fructose has been linked with the inability of the body to process it anymore, obesity, and smething to do with the blood, but it escapes me at the moment

fructose is a natural sugar, which is found in all many of fruits and vegetables...

but, just like anything else, too much of it can cause harm...

welcome to america....

tofuchick24 Sep 12, 2007 1:13 PM Re: oh goodie...lets GMO yer sweet tooth

Well heck. I got away from cane sugar, can't find raw cane sugar, so I settled on beet sugar...way easy to find around here. I can find fructose, weirdly enough, do you know if anything's wrong with that? , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote:>> GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SUGAR TO HIT STORES IN 2008> American Crystal, a large Wyoming-based sugar company, who ironically have launched an "organic" line of their sugar,and several other leading U.S. sugar providers have announced they will be sourcing their sugar from genetically engineered (GE) sugar beets beginning this year and arriving in stores in 2008. Like GE corn and GE soy, products containing GE sugar will not be labeled as such. Since half of the granulated sugar in the U.S. comes from sugar beets, a move towards biotech beets marks a dramatic alteration of the U.S. food supply. These sugars, along with GE corn and soy, are found in many conventional food products, so consumers will be exposed to genetically engineered ingredients in just about every non-organic multiple-ingredient product they purchase.> > The GE sugar beet is designed to withstand strong doses of Monsanto's controversial broad spectrum Roundup herbicide. Studies indicate farmers planting "Roundup Ready" corn and soy spray large amounts of the herbicide, contaminating both soil and water. Farmers planting GE sugar beets are told they may be able to apply the herbicide up to five times per year. Sugar beets are grown on 1.4 million acres by 12,000 farmers in the U.S. from Oregon to Minnesota.> > Meanwhile candy companies like Hershey's are urging farmers not to plant GE sugar beets, noting that consumer surveys suggest resistance to the product. In addition the European Union has not approved GE sugar beets for human consumption.> > > Take action now to stop Genetically Engineered Sugar:> http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_7031.cfm > > > What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so.> - Mark Twain>

I never thought about the universe, it made me feel small

Never thought about the problems of this planet at all

Global warming, radio-active sites

Imperialistic wrongs and animal rights! No!

Why think of all the bad things when life is so good?

Why help with an 'am' when there's always a 'could'?

Let the whales worry about the poisons in the sea

Outside of California, it's foreign policy

I don't want changes, I have no reactions

Your dilemmas are my distractions

I never looked around, never second-guessed

Then I read some Howard Zinn now I'm always depressed

And now I can't sleep from years of apathy

All because I read a little Noam Chomsky

I'm eating vegetation, 'cause of Fast Food Nation

I'm wearing uncomfortable shoes 'cause of globalization

I'm watching Michael Moore expose the awful truth

I'm listening to Public Enemy and Reagan Youth

I see no world peace 'cause of zealous armed forces

I eat no breath-mints 'cause they're from de-hoofed horses

September 12, 2007

Actually I avoid high fructose corn syrup pretty well, but it's tough

sometimes. I meant the crystallized fructose. I really only use sugar

in lemonade and when I bake, and I just can't get the brown rice syrup

to taste quite right, it always seems to leave a weird aftertaste.

September 13, 2007

REFUSE/RESIST.... not labeled? labels are one of our best tools.. so

I guess if it doesn't say on the label, NON-GMO, then it IS? or damn

well could be..