Genetically modified products. “Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)

At a press conference dedicated to World Food Day, Greenpeace named the names of major Russian food manufacturers that mislead consumers by claiming they do not use genetically modified ingredients (GMI). In addition, the leading researcher of the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Biological Sciences, I. Ermakova presented new evidence of the dangers of products with GMI.

BLACK LIST OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS:

Pay attention to how many products for children!

1 Snickers
2 Campbell Soups
3 Rice Uncle Bens Mars
4 Lipton Tea
5 Mars M&M
6 Twix
7 Milky Way
8 Cadbury chocolate, cocoa
9 Ferrero
10 Nestle chocolate "Nestle", "Russia"
11 Nestle Nesquik Chocolate Drink
12 Soft drink Coca-Cola Coca-Cola Coca-Cola
13 Sprite, Fanta, Kinley Tonic, Fruittime
14 Pepci-Co Pepsi
15 7-Up, Fiesta, Mountain Dew
16 Kellogg's Breakfast Cereals
17 Sauces Knorr
18 Parmalat cookies
19 Seasonings, mayonnaises, Hellman’s sauces
20 Seasonings, mayonnaise, Heinz sauces
21 Baby food Nestle
22 hipp
23 Abbot Labs Similac
24 Yoghurts, kefir, cheese, baby food Denon
25 McDonald's (McDonald's) chain "restaurants" fast food
26 chocolate, chips, coffee, baby food Kraft (Kraft)
27 ketchups, sauces. Heinz Foods
28 baby food, Delmi Unilever products (Unilever)

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The companies OJSC Darya Semi-finished products (trademark Darya), MPZ Kampomos, PK CJSC Korona, ML Mikoyanovsky, OJSC Chelny Kholod, OJSC Tsaritsino, OJSC Lianozovsky Sausage Plant, that they do not use GMI. However, random checks by Greenpeace and the Centers for State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance (TSGSEN) showed that this is not true.

The highest percentage of GM soybeans was found in the Veal Traditional boiled sausage produced by the Cherkizovsky plant. Most often, GMIs were found in the products of the same manufacturer, as well as in the products of the company D.E.C. V.S. (trademark Rolton).

Meanwhile, the problem of using GMI looks more and more serious against the background of new data obtained by scientists. So at the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, GMO safety studies are being conducted. According to Irina Ermakova, in rats fed with GMI, the mortality rate of offspring increased. Moreover, developmental anomalies were noted in animals, such as low weight, excessive aggressiveness, both offspring and lactating females - they stopped taking care of their offspring.

“The reasons for such anomalies are in the GM feed,” said Irina Ermakova. - At the end of the experiment, morphologists of the Institute examined the internal organs of rats. They had changes in the liver and testicles. Note that in their morphology and biochemistry, rats are very similar to humans. That is why these animals are often used in laboratory experiments.”

“Until the safety of GMI products is proven, their widespread production and sale is essentially a global experiment on the population of the entire country. At least now, it is necessary to introduce a single label on food products with GMI and prohibit their use in baby food, - said Natalya Olefirenko, coordinator of the Greenpeace genetic program. “We are also preparing the publication of a special directory of baby food manufacturers.”

7 companies that did not keep their promises to consumers not to use GMI were included in the "Black" list of manufacturers. In addition, Greenpeace has compiled an "Orange" list of companies that have not provided evidence that they have taken all measures to exclude the further use of GMI, as well as those in whose products GMI were found before they confirmed in writing their refusal to use them. There is also a "Green" list of companies declaring that they do not use transgenes. All of these lists of manufacturers will be included in the 3rd edition of the Greenpeace consumer guide, which is in press and will be published in the next few days.

“Until Russia has adopted a unified label for products containing GMI, and companies are deceiving their consumers, the surest way to choose products without transgenes is to focus on information from the Greenpeace directory,” added Natalia Olefirenko.

Greenpeace Russia surveyed more than 1,000 food companies in Russia, and selective inspections of manufacturers were also carried out by the Centers for State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance and Greenpeace experts. All this data is included in the 3rd edition of the consumer guide, which is being prepared for publication.

A public opinion poll conducted by VTsIOM showed that more than 95% of Russians prefer not to use transgenic products. This will only be possible if the labeling rules introduced in January 2005 are respected, according to which all products containing transgenes must be labelled. However, inspection data showed that not a single GM product was labelled.

The Russian Soy Union has officially called for a moratorium on the cultivation of transgenic soybeans in Russia. Union President Anatoly Ustyuzhanin noted: “Currently, there is no commercial production of genetically modified soybeans on the territory of Russia. The Soybean Union is fighting for the development of food production from domestic raw materials of non-genetically modified plants.”
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A special pride of our specialists is potatoes, from which the Colorado potato beetles die. For environmentalists, he is the main irritant. Experts say that when eating transgenic potatoes in rats, a change in blood composition occurs, a change in the size of internal organs, and pathologies appear in much greater numbers than when eating ordinary potatoes.

9 cotton lines

Of these, massively 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 foodstuffs were examined for the presence of genetically modified sources (GM). The largest number of samples containing GMI in absolute terms in 2004 was found in meat products - 946 (in 2003 - 272) and "other" products based on vegetable proteins - 466 (in 2003 - 129). GMIs were found in small quantities in bakery and flour-grinding products (44 samples), poultry and poultry products (29 samples), baby food (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 introduced into food products as structuring, sweetening, coloring agents, and also as substances that increase the protein content.

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

3. Transgenic vegetables and fruits, and soon, possibly, animals that are directly used for food.

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

Central Soya Protein Group, Denmark;

OOO "BIOSTAR TRADE", St. Petersburg;

CJSC "Universal", Nizhny Novgorod;

Monsanto Co., USA;

Protein Technologies International Moscow, Moscow;

Agenda LLC, Moscow;

ZAO ADM-Food Products, Moscow;

JSC "GALA", Moscow;

CJSC Belok, Moscow;

Dera Food Technology N.V., Moscow;

Herbalife International of America, USA;

OY FINNSOYPRO LTD, Finland;

Salon Sport-Service LLC, Moscow;

When buying products in a store, labels can indirectly determine the likelihood of a product containing GMOs. If the label says that a product is made in the USA and contains soy, corn, canola or potatoes, there is a very good chance that it contains GM components.

Most products based on soy not produced in the US, but outside of Russia, can also be transgenic. If the proud inscription “vegetable protein” is on the label, it is most likely soy and very likely transgenic.

Often GMOs can be hidden behind E indices. 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.

It is primarily soy lecithin or E 322 lecithin: binds water and fat together and is used as a fat element in formula milks, biscuits, 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 grain.

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 on the labels the names of additives are indicated only in words, they also need to be able to navigate. Let's take a look at the most common components.

Soybean Oil: Used in sauces, spreads, cakes and well-done foods in the form of fat to add extra flavor and quality. Vegetable oil or vegetable fats: most commonly found in biscuits, hard-fried foods such as chips. Maltodextrin: A type of starch that acts as a "master agent" used in baby food, powdered soups, and powdered desserts.

Glucose or Glucose Syrup: Sugar, which can be made from cornstarch, is used as a sweetener. Found in drinks, desserts and fast food.

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

Aspartame, aspasvit, aspamix: A sweetener that can be produced using a GM bacterium is restricted in several countries and is reported to have received a lot of complaints, mainly related to fainting syndrome, from consumers in the United States. Aspartame is found in carbonated water, diet sodas, chewing gum, ketchups, etc.

Many people think 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 obtained chemically without the use of genetic engineering. But starch itself can have a genetically engineered origin if it was obtained from GM corn, GM potatoes.

During the test, the highest percentage of GM soybeans was found in the Veal Traditional boiled 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 D.E.C. V.S. company (trademark "Rollton").

Among the manufacturers whose products contain GMOs, there were also:

LLC "Daria - semi-finished products";

OOO Meat Processing Plant Klinskiy;

MPZ "Tagansky";

MPZ "Kampomos";

CJSC "Vichunai";

LLC "MLM-RA";

Tolsto-products LLC;

Ostankino MPK;

LLC “Sausage plant “Bogatyr””;

LLC Rose Marie Ltf;

ML "Mikoyanovsky";

JSC "Tsaritsyno";

JSC "Lianozovsky sausage factory"

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

GMO - genetically modified foods:

List of genetically modified foods:

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 nations.

So first on the list:

Lipton tea

Coffee "Nescafe"

Modified coffee is now actively grown by Nescafe. So far, vast plantations of such 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 (seasoning)

Nestle manufacturing company

Nescafe (coffee and milk)

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

Nestle (chocolate)

Nesquik (cocoa)

Kellog's manufacturing company

Corn Flakes (flakes)

Frosted Flakes (flakes)

Rice Krispies (cereal)

Corn Pops (cereals)

Smacks (cereals)

Froot Loops (colored flakes)

Apple Jacks (apple flavored cereal rings)

All-bran Apple Cinnamon/ Blueberry

Chocolate Chip (chocolate chips)

Pop Tarts (stuffed cookies, all flavors)

Nutri-grain (filled toast, all types)

Crispix (cookies)

Smart Start (flakes)

All-Bran (cereal)

Just Right Fruit & Nut (cereal)

Honey Crunch Corn Flakes (flakes)

Raisin Bran Crunch (cereal)

Cracklin' Oat Bran (cereal)

Hershey's manufacturing company

Toblerone (chocolate, all kinds)

Mini Kisses (candy)

Kit-Kat (chocolate bar)

Kisses (candy)

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)

Mars manufacturing company

Crunch (chocolate rice cereal)

Milk Chocolate Nestle (chocolate)

Nesquik (chocolate drink)

Cadbury (Cadbury/Hersey's)

Heinz manufacturing company

Ketchup (regular & no salt) (ketchup)

Chili Sauce (Chili sauce)

Heinz 57 Steak Sauce (meat 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

PepsiCo manufacturing company

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

Lays Potato Chips (all) (chips)

Cheetos (all) (chips)

Manufacturing company Cadbury/Schweppes

Pringles Manufacturing Company (Procter & Gamble)

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

Honey can be harvested 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 not anonymous varieties of plant products, but quite specific ones. 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, 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 and exporting it for two years now.

The fact that genetically modified rice is illegally grown in China was reported by environmentalists in April. “In the spring of 2005, Greenpeace took samples of rice obtained from Chinese suppliers, farmers and millers for genetic testing at the German Genescan laboratory,” Greenpeace Russia spokeswoman Maya Kolikova told NI. – It turned out that more than 2/3 of the samples (19 out of 25) were 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 domestically and abroad.”

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

However, in this case there are not only minuses, but also pluses. Indeed, until now, rice supplied to Russia was formally considered unmodified, and no checks were made for the content of GMI in it. Therefore, no one can say how many transgenes we have already eaten and will eat again. 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 the addition of rice flour, including many children's products - milk formulas 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 found on rice packs, is not the original name of any variety. It just means long grain rice. It may also be from China.

Attention! Signs of transgenic fruits and vegetables.

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

Too clean, little different from each other potato tubers or perfectly shaped tomatoes - a reason to think. After all, a sure sign of natural natural products is the presence in the total mass of “eaten” by insects and rotten specimens. GM foods are never eaten by insects! 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 spices

4 Pringles

Vegetable counters are littered with "Volgograd" tomatoes, like twins similar to Turkish ones. It turns out that in Volgograd for several years 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 GMOs. I stopped buying tomatoes of these varieties, and I rarely bought them before.

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

Now 90% of transgenic food exports are corn and soybeans. Popcorn, which is sold everywhere on the streets, is 100% made from GM corn, and is still not labeled accordingly. Soy products from North America or Argentina are 80% 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 are 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. Such 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, biscuits, starch, soy protein, soy oil, soy sauce, lecithin, cottonseed oil, syrups, tomato sauces, coffee and coffee drinks, popcorn, breakfast cereals, etc.

Some of the imported beer is also believed to contain genetically modified molecules taken over by the beer from the modified yeast.

According to the National Association for Genetic Safety, about 1/3 of all products on the Russian market contain genetically modified components.

Greenpeace Handbook "How to avoid the use of 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.

The New Year's menu often includes 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 food is the most popular in our area - sausages, dumplings, dry soups, canned vegetables, chocolates.

Ecologists (Greenpeace and the All-Ukrainian Ecological League) categorically include products of the most famous brands in this list - Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestle, Gallina Blanka, Knorr, Lipton, Bonduel. For a complete list of companies that have confirmed that their products may contain GM ingredients or have not denied their use, see 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 Mukharovskiy, General Director of Ukrmetrteststandart. “Nine of them didn’t list the presence of soy protein at all.”

Bonduel is thus blacklisted!

I understand that the accuracy of what is included in the list is not guaranteed, as the sources of information may be questionable. 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, and any one (to increase productivity, it has, roughly speaking, a duplicated set of chromosomes).

If 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, cheap and angry. But journalists have not yet learned how to scare people with it.

The Mistral company, probably, deliberately does not mark on the packs the country of growth of those cereals and legumes that are packed in them. The fact is that she "lit up" in the sale of American crops, which, most likely, are genetically modified. Not labeled "Basmati Rice" either. Unfortunately, as I only found out today, it could be transgenic with a high degree of probability. From the book Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Background of Genetic Manipulation by William F. Engdahl:

RiceTech, a Texas biotech company, has decided that it will receive patent payments for 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 US laws against labeling genetic products, RiceTech was able to sell it legally, labeling it as regular Basmati rice. RiceTech was found to have taken possession of the precious Basmati seeds through dubious means, which had been deposited with the Rockefeller Foundation's International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines (IRRI). (10)

In the name of "security," NIIR duplicated a priceless collection of rice seeds from the Philippines and stored it in a seed bank in Fort Collins, Colorado, with a very dubious promise that the seeds would be stored as a safe seed stock for rice farmers. The IRRI convinced the farmers that it would serve their own security to provide their priceless finds in rice seed varieties to the IRRI.

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

RiceTek, in collusion with MNIIR, stole the seeds for its patent. In addition, according to the carefully crafted rules set by the Rockefeller Foundation's IRRI, although genebank seeds cannot be patented, any man-made improved variation based on them can be patented.

Variety "Jasmine" also has a GM modification.

From the article "Transgenic Senior Tomato and Dolly the Sheep...":

You can delay the ripening of already harvested fruits by placing them in special conditions. With the help of carbon dioxide, the action of ethylene released by the fruits is blocked. These properties are manipulated by merchants carrying bananas, citrus fruits, and vegetables - and tomatoes in particular. They are harvested green, and on the way they are treated with ethylene, which causes artificial maturation. Such fruits and vegetables lose their taste, ripen unevenly. And it's easy to verify this. For example, the tomatoes we buy on the market are red on the outside, but white on the inside. The delay in ripening is also connected with the fact that basically those 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 of Mikhail Efremov: “Caution! Harmful products!

Additives with a high degree of probability 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 polyglycerinoleates);

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

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 made from grain.

Lecithin (E 322) is produced from soy, which can be genetically modified. Such soy 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 emphasize that food additives for any purpose (technological, to “improve” consumer qualities) can be included in dietary supplements as well. Therefore, it is important to know which of the food additives are prohibited or dangerous.

I saw how dairy production works. Only milk after that is not very desirable to drink.

And only raw cow's milk can be consumed. You can make yogurt from the store, and not from anyone, but preferably from the one on which it is written that it is made from natural (whole) cow's milk (its fat content is usually indicated as 3.4-6%). Drinking such milk in its pure form is not worth it, because it is pasteurized and with its regular use, after a while, the joints will start to hurt - most likely due to the deposition of inorganic calcium in them, which appears during pasteurization (it passes from an organically bound form to an inorganic one) . But you can make yogurt out of it - it turns out quite well and does not cause problems.

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

GMO - manufacturing company:

Milky Way

Uncle Bans

Coca Cola

Parmalat (cookies)

Similak (baby food)

Potato (from Monsant USA)

LIST OF INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURERS NOTICED TO USE GMOS:

''Greenpeace'' has published a list of companies that use GMOs in their products. Interestingly, in different countries, these companies behave differently, depending on the legislation of a particular country.

In total, more than 120 names (brands) of products with GMOs 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:

OOO ''Daria - semi-finished products'', OOO ''Meat-packing plant Klinskiy'', MPZ ''Taganskiy'', MPZ ''KampoMos'', CJSC ''Vichiunay'', OOO ''MLM-RA'', OOO '' Talostoprodukty'', LLC ''Sausage plant'' Bogatyr'', LLC ''ROS Mari Ltf''.

Unilever manufacturing company: Lipton (tea), Brooke Bond (tea), ''Beseda'' (tea), 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 manufacturing company: Corn Flakes (flakes), Frosted Flakes (flakes), Rice Krispies (flakes), Corn Pops (flakes), Smacks (flakes), Froot Loops (colored flakes), Apple Jacks (flakes with apple flavor), Afl-bran Apple Cinnamon/Blueberry (bran with apple, cinnamon, blueberry flavors), Chocolate Chip (chocolate chips), Pop Tarts (stuffed cookies, all flavors), Nulri grain (filled toast, all types) , Crispix (cookies), All-Bran (cereal), Just Right Fruit & Nut (cereal), Honey Crunch Corn Flakes (cereal), Raisin Bran Crunch (cereal), Cracklin'Oat Bran (cereal);

Hershey's Manufacturing Company: Toblerone (chocolate, all types), Mini Kisses (candy), Kit-Kat (chocolate bar), Kisses (candy), 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) (ketchup), Chili Sauce (Chili sauce), Heinz 57 Steak Sauce (sauce for meat);

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

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

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 Procter&Gamble: Pringles (Original, LowFat, Pizzalicious, Sour Cream&Onion, Salt&Vinegar, Cheezeums flavored chips).

1 Hershey's Cadbury Fruit&Nut chocolate products

6 Cadbury chocolate, cocoa

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

9 Nestle Nesquik Chocolate Drink

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

11 ‘‘Sprite’’, ’’Fanta’’, tonic ’’Kinley’’, ’’Fruittime’’

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

14 Kellogg's breakfast cereal

15 Campbell Soups

16 Rice Uncle Bens Mars

17 Sauces Knorr

18 Lipton Tea

19 Parmalat cookies

20 Seasonings, mayonnaises, Hellman's sauces

21 Seasonings, mayonnaise, Heinz sauces

22 Nestle baby food

24 Abbot Labs Similac

25 Yoghurts, kefir, cheese, baby food Danon

26 McDonald's (McDonald's) fast food restaurant chain

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

28 ketchups, sauces. Heinz Foods

29 baby food, products ''Delmi'' Unilever (Unilever)

Products in the preparation technology of which GMOs are used:

AOOT ''Nizhny Novgorod Oil and Fat Plant'' (mayonnaises ''Ryaba'', ''For the future'', etc.).

Products ''Bonduelle'' (Hungary) - beans, corn, green peas.

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

CJSC ''Mikoyanovsky meat-packing plant'' (Moscow) - pastes, minced meat.

ZAO YUROP FOODS GB'' (Nizhny Novgorod region) - soups ''Galina Blanca''.

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

OJSC ''Lianozovsky Dairy Plant'' (Moscow) - yogurts, ''Miracle Milk'', ''Miracle Chocolate''.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- ''Nestle'' (Switzerland, Finland) - dry milk mixture ''Nestogen'', mashed potatoes ''Vegetables with beef''.

Pay attention to how carefully products for children are screened out - everywhere there are GMOs, not there, and if your child does not eat yogurt, then he eats Nesquik or cereal or mashed potatoes. And one way or another, but GMO gets

into his body. In supermarkets, this is the situation now: absolutely all products are labeled ''GMO-free''. We read the composition on the label: modified soy, modified starch, and so on.

The principle of operation of genetic engineering is based on crossing in one object of genes that are not compatible in nature. If selection crosses homogeneous plants, then genetics combines the incompatible: for example, a variety of tomatoes was bred that are not afraid of the cold due to the fact that they contain the northern flounder gene. This technology allows you to get plants that are not susceptible to diseases and give high yields. The attractiveness of genetically modified products in the eyes of manufacturers is obvious: their cost is much lower than that of analogues grown without the use of genetics.

Genetically Modified Foods: History of Appearance

For the first time, transgenic products appeared in the 80s of the last century in America and since then have spread throughout the world. Initially, scientists pursued the goal of saving humanity from hunger and feeding third world countries. The consequences turned out to be diametrically opposite: most African countries have long abandoned such products, Europe has imposed restrictions on them, and only in the United States are transgenic potatoes, soybeans, corn and other products widely consumed.

In our country, the situation is no better. If in Europe it is easy for a consumer to distinguish modified products due to their low price, then on the shelves of domestic stores GMO tomatoes cost the same as regular vegetables. The import of products containing GMOs into Russia is also not prohibited.

The benefits and harms of GMOs

If it became known for sure that genetically modified foods are harmful to health, they would have already been banned in the United States. But so far there are many disputes and little truth born in them.

Although the relationship between health status and the consumption of transgenic foods has not been proven, some facts make you think. So, in the USA, where most products contain GMOs, about 70% of the population suffers from allergies. Whereas in Sweden, where a ban on their use has been introduced, there are only about 7% of such patients. Of course, the reason for the spread of allergies in the United States may lie in something else (even in the peculiarities of the climate), but many experts attribute this to GMOs.

Another negative that allows us to talk about dangers of genetically modified foods- this is a change in the intestinal microflora and gastric mucosa, due to which the body becomes less susceptible to the action of antibiotics. All this affects, reducing it. The consequences can be very diverse, from frequent colds to cell mutation leading to oncology. So the benefits of genetically modified foods are rather doubtful.

However, there is also harm. But we have one thing, but there are many products. There are plenty to choose from. So why eat questionable foods when there are many really healthy and harmless ones? A list of genetically modified foods, or rather, foods that are more likely to be modified, will be useful.

How to establish a healthy diet and exclude genetically modified foods from the diet.

It is unlikely that it will be possible to completely get rid of such products, since genetically engineered components are part of many products. But it is quite possible to reduce their use.

For this, it is necessary first of all avoid soy and products containing it- such as soy sauce, starch and, alas, delicious tofu cheese (after all, it was a good, healthy product until genetics took up soy).

Imported corn is also undesirable on the table.

It is these products (soybeans and corn) that undergo genetic modification in the first place.

An exception is Hungarian corn, where the cultivation of GM foods is prohibited.

At the same time, sausages can also contain GMOs, since in addition to meat, all the same soy is added to it. This is especially true for sausages and boiled sausages. Given that the benefits of eating such foods are rather doubtful, then the best way to cook meat dishes at home.

Potatoes are no less often genetically modified. It's pretty easy to tell the difference: large, even, as if calibrated tubers appear on the market at a time when domestic young potatoes are at the stage of ovaries. It is best to purchase local potatoes - this guarantees the absence of GMOs in the tubers.

The appearance of fruits and vegetables should be looked at especially carefully. Nature does not provide for the ideal size of fruits, while genetic engineering strives to achieve perfect proportions. Such fruits and vegetables are stored for a long time, they are not eaten by insects.

Quite often, soy is added to baked goods, as well as to sweets. Therefore, they can also be called genetically modified products. Therefore, well-publicized American-made chocolate bars can be harmful to health, not only from the standpoint of weight gain. The less often such delicacies appear on the table, the better.

People who follow a healthy diet make life easier: the problem of choice concerns only fruits and vegetables, because sausages, sausages, sweet bars are not on their tables.

So, a short list of genetically modified foods:

1. Soy products (soy meat, soy milk, tofu cheese)
2. Inexpensive sausages, sausages
3. Many store-bought semi-finished products (frozen meatballs, dumplings, minced meat, etc.).
4. Chips
5. Imported corn (except Hungarian)
6. Popcorn (yes, it's often made from imported corn)
7. Sweet chocolate bars, inexpensive chocolate bars and sweets (read the ingredients: if you have soy, don't take it)
8. Ice cream (alas, the manufacturer also adds soy to ice cream - see the composition)
9. Seasoning mixes in packs
10. Rice is also increasingly reported to be genetically modified.
11. Peas are also beginning to be modified, so imported green peas in jars are not very reliable in this sense, like American, as well as Argentine legumes in packs.

If we move a modern person two or three hundred years ago, he would surely die of starvation. Modern technology has made life easier for busy people. Now we almost do not cook full-fledged food. Fast food, semi-finished products and ready meals with home delivery - that's all you need for a tired person at the end of a working day. For many people, the process of cooking has become impossible due to the busy life that most of the large cities live.

For many residents of the metropolis, a hot homemade dinner is a childhood memory. Do not forget that all these products that are familiar to citizens from a bag bought in a supermarket are simply stuffed with various chemical additives: taste enhancers, flavors, dyes, preservatives, a huge amount of salt and GMOs. The decoding of these letters is known, if not to everyone, then to very many. Most people on the planet have heard of such products, but not everyone is aware of the consequences of their consumption.

What are GMOs for?

The term GMO, which stands for "genetically modified organism", was introduced by scientists in the twentieth century. What does it mean?

Genetics is a science concerned with the study of the properties of genes and their manipulation that will help mankind in the future. The creation of such organisms was dictated by the natural need to develop food for the population of the Earth, whose number is growing every year. In two hundred years, the number of people living on our planet has grown by five billion, and this process has not ended. The scientific world is concerned about such an increase in the human population, therefore it creates genetic engineering products that could provide a stable life for the inhabitants of the planet.

Plants are changing

Plant species have changed a lot over the past centuries. Many species have disappeared, and those that remain have changed beyond recognition. For example, carrots in their original form were of an unusual purple color for us and we would hardly like the taste.

It has been used as a medicinal plant. But through the efforts of breeders, we eat carrots in the form in which we are used to now, and we don’t even think that everything was once different. We grow and cultivate those types of plants that are convenient for us to use for food. Thus, many species are left without attention and simply disappear from the face of the Earth.

Breeding and genetic engineering have been part of our everyday life for quite a long time and have ceased to be something supernatural. We and our children use high-tech products every day, without even noticing it and without thinking about what it can lead our humanity to in the future.

First stage

Selection is the process of biological crossing of similar organisms in order to obtain a new species with better adaptive characteristics. This process began in ancient times. Thus, animals were domesticated and wild plant species became cultivated.

Through breeding, different types of plants, as well as animals, are crossed, and as a result an organism is obtained that has the required properties. For example, frost-resistant wheat or large-sized strawberries. Scientists have even tried to crossbreed a lion and a tiger, a dog and a cat, and these experiments have had some success.

Discovery of GMOs

The next stage of progress was the development of genetic engineering. Genetic scientists made a splash with their bold statement: "We can create organisms with the properties that humanity requires, without much difficulty." The concept of GMOs was introduced. Deciphering the abbreviation - genetically modified organism. This opened up tremendous opportunities for a large group of people. Imagine for yourself: millions of farmers suffer from crop failures, poor growth and development of livestock. Some vegetable and fruit crops are difficult to store and transport over long distances. In cold regions, it is simply impossible to grow many heat-loving plants. These and many other difficulties can be solved with the help of genetic engineering.

The creation of the first such products and the introduction of the term GMO, the decoding of which is clear to us, inspired scientists, researchers, politicians, businessmen and ordinary people. Scientists rejoiced at the new opportunity for great discoveries, politicians admired the prospects for the mechanisms of power, businessmen began to calculate future profits, and ordinary people were surprised at the height of technological progress.

What are the possibilities of genetic engineering?

The ability to decipher and defragment the genome of any organism has made it possible for geneticists to isolate a portion of the DNA of one organism responsible for a particular property and insert it into the DNA of another.

So, the donor DNA endowed the recipient organism with its special property. In this way, a potato with the genes of a scorpion and the Colorado potato beetle, resistant to pests, appeared. Frost-resistant tomatoes and strawberries with the introduced flounder gene can also serve as an example. Genetic manipulations are actively carried out with animals. Examples are the breeding of cows consisting only of muscle tissue and chickens with disproportionately large legs. All these organisms are able to save farmers from the vagaries of nature and pests of the fields, giving them a stable profit. Genetic experiments have made it possible to create perfectly beautiful and even fruits and vegetables that are stored for a long time without losing their appearance and are perfectly transported over long distances. For merchants, this is a real Klondike.

Farmers, rapeseed and politics

Politicians see the term GMO (the abbreviation stands for "genetically modified organism") as an attractive facet. It all started with the fact that transgenic rapeseed was obtained, which acquired resistance to weeds and pests. The new crop grew to the happiness of the owners of the farms, gave an excellent harvest, and its seeds scattered throughout the area. The joy of American farmers turned to deep concern when this rapeseed began to flood all nearby fields and crowd out other crops. This proved to be a real problem for growers and aroused the interest of politicians. It is possible, with the help of spores of a certain plant, to flood the fields of an unfriendly country and thus weaken its economy. And then, with a good pricing policy, get them interested in buying GMOs of their own production.

Why were GMOs developed?

GMOs were originally created to meet the food needs of the hungry in South Africa. Residents of the region have never heard of GMOs. Decoding (what it is) and features of such products were unknown to them. The idea seemed ingenious and very humane. But why, then, did the African government soon ban the import of GMOs into the country? The population and the government of the starving region preferred local, albeit scarce, but familiar and safe food. All progressive mankind has pondered over this fact. Are genetically engineered foods really that bad for humanity?

Experimental studies

Scientists' doubts about the safety of GMOs have led to a number of studies. An experiment was conducted in which male and pregnant female rats participated. The experimental animals were divided into two groups.

One group, called the control group, was offered a familiar meal. Another group of rats were fed soy, which is a GMO. As a result, a large percentage of stillborn pups was found in the litter of rats of the last group. About 35% of the surviving offspring were smaller in size, they had a low body weight in comparison with the cubs from the control group. The scientists also found pathological changes in the testicular blood supply and destruction of liver cells in males.

In females, males and pups of rats fed transgenic soy as food, an increased level of anxiety and aggression was noted. Further, the researchers tried to get the second generation from the bred first. In the control group, this was achieved without difficulty. In the second one, this was not possible. Thus, we can conclude that GMOs have a detrimental effect on the body, inhibiting reproductive function and causing mutations in offspring. Here is such an unfavorable decoding for GMOs. Soy has become synonymous with death.

By itself, the modified gene is not capable of incorporating into human DNA, but when it enters the digestive tract, it is perceived as foreign, causing allergic reactions. By the way, in the US, where the law is relatively loyal to GMOs, allergy sufferers account for about 70% of the population. And in Hungary, where the use of GMOs is prohibited by law, only 8% of citizens suffer from allergies.

State against GMOs

These shocking facts are taken into account by all progressive mankind. People who are concerned about their health avoid eating GMOs. Measures have also been introduced at the state level. In Japan, the permissible limit for the content of a transgenic substance in a product is 5%, in the USA - 10%, in Europe and Russia - 0.9%. Greenpeace activists are actively fighting to ensure that the presence of GMOs is not allowed in the composition of baby food. There is a provision that a product containing a transgenic substance must be labeled accordingly. But not every manufacturer is ready to honestly declare the presence of such a substance in their products. For a merchant, this is a sure way to lose a large part of the buyers. Therefore, you need to carefully read the composition.

GMO. Decoding on food products. General information

Above, the term GMO decoding was presented. Genetic engineering products are marked with certain alphabetic and numeric characters. Often we see the presence of substances with index E in the composition of the product. This is a kind of GMO decoding (which contains an unsafe component, we will list below).

Here is a list of these additives:

E101 and E101 A (B2, riboflavin);

E153 (carbonate);

From E301 to E304;

From E306 to E309;

From E325 to E327;

From E460 to E469;

E470 and E570;

Fatty acid esters (E471, E472a&b, E473, E475, E476, E479b);

E481 (sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate);

From E620 to E633 (glutamic acid and glutamates);

From E626 to E629 (guanylic acid and guanylates);

From E630 to E633 (inosinic acid and inosinates);

E951 (aspartame);

E953 (isomaltite);

E965 (maltinol);

E957 (thaumatin).

This list is a GMO decryption, where they get information about the safety of a particular product. You can independently study the composition on the label and evaluate whether there is a transgenic organism in the product.

Which manufacturers use GMOs?

A list of companies and their products that contain transgenic substances has been compiled. All new positions regularly enter the list, the old ones drop out of it (due to the cessation of the use of GMOs). Here is a list of trademarks of permanent members of this list:

TM Mars, which produces chocolate bars Mars, Snickers, etc.

TM Nestle, producing chocolate, baby food.

ТМ Heinz, manufacturers of sauces and ketchups.

ТМ Coca-Cola and Pepsi with their super popular products.

Mc "Donalds" fast food chain.

ТМ Danone, producing dairy products.

TM Kellogs and breakfast cereals that we used to give to children.

TM Cadbury, producing chocolate and cocoa.

TM Ferrero, producing Rafaello, Kinder, TicTac products.

TM Similac specializing in the production of baby food.

Baby food HIPP and Unilever.

Cookies Parmalat.

Campbell Soups.

Sauces Hellmans and Knorr.

TM Kraft, producing baby food, chips and chocolate.

Lipton tea.

Rice Uncle Benz.

How to protect yourself and your family?

Now you know the producers who use transgenic products. You have a GMO decryption, which means a guarantee of the safety of the whole family. This information is especially important for expectant mothers and babies.

GMO decoding among educators should not cause bewilderment and surprise. It should be clearly monitored what children eat in kindergartens, and understand the responsibility for the health of the younger generation. On the issue of "GMO: decoding, school and nutrition of students" adjustments are made at the state level. It is unacceptable to give transgenic products to children. Scientists say that such food causes persistent allergic reactions in babies, eczema, rashes, neurological disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, headaches, irritable bowel syndrome and indigestion.

Every person on the planet should understand the responsibility for the use of GMOs (the decoding of the term is already known to you). Particularly sensitive need to treat children who are not yet able to appreciate the seriousness of the problem. Parents and employees of preschool institutions and schools should be responsible for them.

An ongoing debate has unfolded recently around genetically modified foods. Someone considers them very harmful to living organisms, and someone tries to resist this opinion.

We will try to understand the truth and answer the question "should they be afraid to eat."

How GM foods are obtained

Genetically modified foods are obtained by introducing a "target gene" that is taken from other animals or plants. The result should be a new product that will have additional quality characteristics:

• Yield improvement
• Resistant to uncharacteristic climate
• Countering the influence of weeds or pests
• Long shelf life, etc.

Under laboratory conditions, the desired gene is removed from one organism and introduced into another, improving the desired properties. Before getting further into the food chain, the results of the experiments are examined for biological and food safety.

In the world, several dozen plants have been obtained through genetic engineering. Among them are cotton, corn, rye, apples, cabbage, etc. On the territory of Russia, the production of GM products is prohibited, but their import is allowed.

Benefits of GM Foods

The most important benefit of genetically modified foods is the economic benefit. The world's population is growing, and with their help it was possible to solve the problem concerning its supply with agricultural products in arid and starving regions. Even in a small area, you can get a high yield of a particular plant, significantly reducing production costs.

A very interesting fact, but in most African countries located near the desert and having a problem with the supply and cultivation of agricultural products, GM products are completely prohibited.

In addition, modern studies conducted by scientists have not proven what kind of harm GM foods bring to humans. On the contrary, they do not contain a large number of toxic microorganisms and do not absorb pesticides.

The dangers of eating GM foods

Any theory has not only supporters, but also ardent opponents. GM products are tested for safety, but no one devotes the results of research to the public. There are no special institutions that would control this industry. This raises further doubts.

The transgene that enters the body will not be implanted in humans, but wandering inside, it will be able to stimulate the production of uncharacteristic proteins. According to some scientists, this disrupts food metabolism, causes allergic reactions, disrupts the gastric mucosa, and develops cancer.

Conclusion

Genetically modified products are not inferior to natural ones in taste, and sometimes even surpass them. They are increasingly found in vegetable oil, margarine, sweets, mayonnaise, and confectionery. But the manufacturer should indicate this only when their share exceeds 0.9% of the total mass of the product.

Who is right and who is not - it is impossible to say for sure. The arguments given by supporters and opponents of GM foods are very significant, but they are of a different nature.

Each person must decide for himself whether he will eat food grown in a test tube or not. But in order to protect yourself, preference should be given to natural. This is especially true for the diet of children!