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GE Sugar Beet Update

Sugar in the foods we eat may soon come from

genetically engineered (GE) sugar beets. Farmers

in the western U.S. are about to plant their

first season of Monsanto's Roundup Ready®,

herbicide-tolerant, GE sugar beets. Over half the

sugar in processed foods comes from sugar beets

and the rest comes from sugar cane. Sugars are

often combined in products and not listed

separately on labels. Once food producers start

using GE beet sugar in products, the only way to

avoid eating GE beet sugar will be to buy organic

foods and foods containing 100% cane sugar or

evaporated cane juice.