“Only GM can save bananas” this message to the world first appeared back in 2001, again in 2003, and the media are still exaggerating this slogan. According to the source, since bananas are sterile, it will be difficult for them to avoid dangerous diseases and therefore may disappear within ten years.
According to the source, “The common variety, Cavendish, is already threatened by diseases, including black Sigatoka, and a new strain of another fungus, Panama disease, that can destroy plants within 10 years.” As we are told, the banana business is “doomed.” “No more fresh bananas, banana bread, banana muffin or banana cream pie.” What's especially bad is that bananas are an important nutritional commodity in many developing countries. “Half a billion people in Africa and Asia depend on bananas for half their daily caloric needs,” reports say. may be the only answer." “Scientists believe that creating a banana that can resist disease may be the only option for preserving this fruit.”
But the UN Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO) does not agree with Dr. Frison's statements that bananas are on the verge of extinction, reports that there are still some problems with vulnerability to disease and this is aggravated by the large-scale commercial use of the Cavendish banana. The FAO also notes that smallholder farmers around the world grow a wide range of different types of bananas, which generally pose less of a threat than Cavendish. There are actually hundreds of different types of bananas, and only 10 percent of them are produced and consumed on par with Cavendish.
Other scientists also refute the claim that bananas are on the verge of extinction. Thai scientist Benhamas Silayo of Kasetsart University of Agriculture says bananas simply cannot disappear so quickly. She points out that there is a collection of banana plasma in the world at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, which stores more than 1100 connections. In addition, there is also an Asian banana collection in the Philippines, Thailand and the Kasetsart University Tissue Culture Laboratory also has its own banana collection. According to Benhamas, pests and diseases cannot affect the disappearance of bananas in such a short time. “Only big disasters can do this,” she says.
Plant pathologist Dr David Jones, a banana specialist, also disagrees with the claim that genetic engineering may be the only option to improve “sterile” banana varieties. “The agricultural research base in Honduras to date has been the most successful common banana breeding program. Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Research (originally - Fundacíon Hondureña de Investigación Agricola - FHIA) developed disease-resistant bananas, which are now widely grown in Cuba (which previously had serious disease problems). One banana called Goldfinger is being grown in Australia, and others are being tested in Africa and elsewhere. Traditional breeding can create normal bananas, especially when it comes to bananas approved in developing countries." Even in the case of the Cavendish banana with its supposed sterility problems, recent studies in Honduras have shown that some Cavendish plants are capable of producing viable seeds. FHIA researchers believe that non-sterile fruits form the basis of promising hybrids that could be bred to be resistant to fungi.
Banana expert Dan Koeppel says: "Most banana researchers agree that the real solution, as with crops like potatoes, apples and grapes, is to move away from monocultures that are prone to devastating diseases. Diversity among bananas would allow farmers to isolate bananas." susceptible to diseases, surround them with more resistant varieties.”
The only way to save the banana is to follow the classic pattern. All these rumors are designed to present as a magical solution to this seemingly intractable situation. The goal is to reluctantly blackmail consumers and farmers into accepting GMO bananas.
Sources:
Mark Henderson, "Bananas will disappear without GM", The Times, 16 January 2003
Robert Alison, "Yes, we won't have bananas", Globe & Mail (Canada), July 19, 2003
Robert Uhlig, "Defenceless bananas to disappear in 10 years", Daily Telegraph, 16 January 2003
Mark Henderson, "Bananas will disappear without GM", The Times, 16 January
“Bananas not on the verge of extinction, says FAO,” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy, January 30, 2003;
“Bananas won't go away until 2013,” The Nation, January 30, 2003
David Jones, "Bananas on GM", New Scientist, 4 August 2001, Letters
Dan Koeppel, "The Beginning of the End for Bananas?", Scientist, July 22, 2011
The introduction of foreign genes into food began with the discovery of DNA in 1944. However, this phenomenon reached production scale only at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, having managed to acquire supporters and opponents during this time.
The role of genetically modified products in modern society is great; they occupy a special place in the agricultural industry. The so-called transgenic plants partially solved the problem that humanity faced in the 70s: soil pollution with pesticides and chemicals on a colossal scale.
Some transgenic plants contain genes that protect them from diseases or pests, thereby saving the land. At the same time, there was hope that increasing the yield due to special genes would help overcome hunger throughout the world, but, unfortunately, the expectations did not materialize.
Expectations regarding the success of this invention were not met; scientists are still struggling with the question of how useful and harmful its use is. What is GMO and how to distinguish it from a natural product?
Non-GMO
Without GMOs - this is the motto chosen by Austria, Greece, Poland, Switzerland and Japan, declaring themselves completely free from genetically modified products. A large number of countries are free from them partially - by regions, many are just coming to this.
So, no one in the world has proven the direct harm of transgenic plants to the human body. However, unconditional harmlessness has not been confirmed. There are two obvious disadvantages GMO. No, this is not cancer, and certainly not the risk of mutations.
Transgenic organisms are highly unpredictable. The simplest example: they germinate quickly and in any conditions. You just bought tomatoes, and they already have sprouts, and it’s not that they’re over-seasoned.
Cause allergies. Let's say you purchased a vegetable with genes from peanuts, to which you are allergic. You can only find out about this by looking at the labeling, but what to do if the manufacturer is found to be unscrupulous?
If you are only attracted to natural food, there are several ways to distinguish it from transgenic.
1. As we have already said, labeling. Typically, manufacturers who produce natural products, designate them with the label “100% natural” or “Non-GMO”. If they contain any modifications, they amount to no more than one percent.
2. Beautiful, smooth, shiny vegetables that are “ideal” in shape and color should arouse your suspicions, and if they are all the same in size, this could not have happened without intervention. Look for traces of worm bugs. As a rule, traces of insects indicate the naturalness of the product.
3. Seedless. It's hard to imagine that nature came up with something so useless from a productivity point of view. Seedless watermelons are a prime example of this. There are also the most harmless characteristics. For example, apples that do not darken.
4. Code can say a lot about a product. For example, bananas with code 4011 or 94011 are naturally grown. At the same time, US products with a five-digit code that begins with 8 are transgenic.
It will be useful to know that three quarters of all soybeans in the world are GMO, as well as a third of corn and one fifth of rapeseed. By the way, the petunia gene was introduced into peanuts. Please note that insects avoid these nuts.
It should also be distinguished selection from genetic engineering: watermelons, eggplants, bananas, carrots, peaches in the form in which we know them were bred artificially, but do not pose any even ghostly threat.
Benefit or harm, with GMO or without, but you always need to know what is in your plate.
How to distinguish a modified product from a natural one? Traits of transgenic vegetables and fruits. Is it possible to distinguish modified fruits and vegetables from natural ones?
Since purchased products do not always contain information about the presence of transgenes in them (and even more so, reliable information), it is necessary to know for yourself at least the basic signs of the presence of GMOs in a particular product.
In countries such as the USA, Canada and Argentina, transgenic corn, beets, potatoes, soybeans, and rice are grown.
In Russia, they can be used in the production of confectionery, sweets, including chocolates, in the production of milk and sausage and meat products, baking bread, and also in baby food.
GMO, Genetically modified organism is a living organism whose genotype has been artificially changed using genetic engineering methods
It is widely known that many products may contain GM additives or be completely genetically modified. This miracle of modern science is used to qualitatively change the properties of a particular product. To do this, scientists introduce a gene from another plant or animal into the gene structure of a plant or animal. But the effect of the introduced gene has not yet been fully studied, so no one knows how beneficial or harmful products containing GM additives are for humans.
It is up to you and you alone to decide whether to eat such foods or not, and if you are committed to eating natural foods without GM additives, you need to learn to recognize such foods.
If you decide to completely abandon genetically modified products, then you just need to remember a few signs of GMOs.
Signs of GMOs in foods on your table
1. GM products do not spoil for a long time, therefore, if vegetables or fruits are ideally shaped, have been in the store for a long time and have not been changed, most likely they are GMO.
2. If the product made in America or Asian countries and contains corn, potato starch, soy flour, then it is probably GMO.
3. If the product is manufactured in European countries and is labeled "Does not contain GMOs" then most likely it is an environmentally friendly product. But in this regard, it is somehow difficult to believe the green circles on products labeled “non-GMO”.
4. If the sausage it's cheap, then most likely soy concentrate has been added to it, which may be a GM additive.
5. If you or your family allergies appeared, perhaps this is the body’s reaction to eating GM products.
GMOs cannot be distinguished from pure products without laboratory testing, so your health and the health of your children depends only on you.
Genetically modified organisms are most often used in food production, which include soybeans, canola, corn and potatoes. And these can be: meat, bakery, fish and confectionery products. Most often, these products contain soy-based plant proteins. In addition, there are a large number of different GMO food additives.
Nutritionists, doctors and psychologists advise getting rid of your phobia of genetically modified foods and worrying more about proper, balanced nutrition. Visit fast food places like McDonald's less often, eat less Snickers and drink Coca-Cola.
It is also useful to remember the names of some companies that, according to the state register, supply GM raw materials to their clients in Russia or are producers themselves:
Central Soya Protein Group, Denmark;
. BIOSTAR TRADE LLC, St. Petersburg;
. CJSC "Universal", Nizhny Novgorod;
. Monsanto Co., USA;
. "Protein Technologies International Moscow", Moscow;
. LLC "Agenda", Moscow;
. JSC "ADM-Food Products", Moscow;
. JSC "GALA", Moscow;
. ZAO Belok, Moscow;
. Dera Food Technology N.V., Moscow;
. Herbalife International of America, USA;
. OY FINNSOYPRO LTD, Finland;
. LLC "Salon Sport-Service", Moscow;
. "Intersoya", Moscow.
Most soy-based products produced outside of Russia and not in the United States can also be transgenic. If the label proudly says “vegetable protein,” it is most likely soy and very likely transgenic.
GMOs can often be hidden behind E indexes. 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.
This is primarily soy lecithin or lecithin E 322: binds water and fats together and is used as a fatty element in milk formulas, cookies, 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 grains.
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 the names of additives are indicated on the labels only in words; you also need to be able to navigate them. Let's look at the most common components.
Soybean Oil: Used in sauces, spreads, cakes and deep-fried foods in fat form to add extra flavor and quality. Vegetable oil or vegetable fats: most often found in cookies, deep-fried foods such as chips. Maltodextrin: A type of starch that acts as a "priming agent" used in baby foods, powdered soups, and powdered desserts.
Glucose or glucose syrup: Sugar, which can be made from corn starch, is used as a sweetener. Found in drinks, desserts and fast food.
Dextrose: Like glucose, it can be produced from cornstarch. Used in cakes, chips and cookies to achieve a brown color. Also used as a sweetener in high-energy sports drinks.
Aspartame, aspasvit, aspamix: The sweetener, which can be produced using a GM bacterium, is restricted for use in a number of countries and is reported to have many complaints, mainly related to blackout syndrome, from consumers in the United States. Aspartame is found in carbonated water, diet sodas, chewing gum, ketchups, etc.
Many people believe 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 produced chemically without the use of genetic engineering. But starch itself may be of genetically engineered origin if it was obtained from GM corn or GM potatoes.
During the inspection, the highest percentage of GM soybeans was found in boiled “Traditional Veal” 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 company “DHV S” (trademark “Rollton”).
Among the manufacturers whose products contain GMOs were also:
LLC "Daria - semi-finished products";
. LLC "Meat processing plant "Klinsky"";
. MPZ "Tagansky";
. MPZ "Campomos";
. CJSC "Vichunai";
. MLM-RA LLC;
. Tolsto-Products LLC;
. Ostankino MPK;
. LLC "Sausage plant "Bogatyr"";
. Rose Marie Ltd. LLC;
. ML "Mikoyanovsky";
. OJSC "Tsaritsyno";
. OJSC Lianozovo Sausage Plant.
Our favorite dumplings also turned out to be genetically modified, and specifically: “Dumplings without haste, pork and beef”, “Daria classic dumplings”, GMOs were found in “Tasty beef steaks”.
GMO - genetically modified products:
List of genetically modified products:
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 countries.
So, first on the list:
Lipton tea
Nescafe coffee
Modified coffee is now actively grown by the Nescafe company. So far, large plantations of this type of 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 (seasonings)
Manufacturing company Nestle
Nescafe (coffee and milk)
Maggi (soups, broths, mayonnaise, seasonings, mashed potatoes)
Nestle (chocolate)
Nesquik (cocoa)
Manufacturing company Kellog's
Corn Flakes
Frosted Flakes (cereals)
Rice Krispies (cereals)
Corn Pops (cereals)
Smacks (cereals)
Froot Loops (colored ring flakes)
Apple Jacks (apple flavored cereal)
All-bran Apple Cinnamon/Blueberry (apple, cinnamon, blueberry flavored bran)
Chocolate Chip (chocolate chips)
Pop Tarts (filled cookies, all flavors)
Nutri-grain (toast with filling, all types)
Crispix (cookies)
Smart Start (cereals)
All-Bran (cereals)
Just Right Fruit & Nut (cereals)
Honey Crunch Corn Flakes
Raisin Bran Crunch (cereals)
Cracklin' Oat Bran (flakes)
Manufacturing company Hershey's
Toblerone (chocolate, all types)
Mini Kisses (candies)
Kit-Kat (chocolate bar)
Kisses (candies)
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)
Manufacturing company Mars
Crunch (chocolate rice cereal)
Milk Chocolate Nestle (chocolate)
Nesquik (chocolate drink)
Cadbury (Cadbury/Hershey's)
Manufacturing company Heinz
Ketchup (regular & no salt)
Chili Sauce
Heinz 57 Steak Sauce
Manufacturer: Hellman's
Real Mayonnaise (mayonnaise)
Light Mayonnaise (mayonnaise)
Low-Fat Mayonnaise (mayonnaise)
Coca-Cola manufacturing company
Minute Maid Orange
Minute Maid Grape
Manufacturing company PepsiCo
Manufacturer Frito-Lay/PepsiCo (GM components may be contained in oil and other ingredients)
Lays Potato Chips (all)
Cheetos (all) (chips)
Manufacturing company Cadbury/Schweppes
Pringles manufacturing company (Procter&Gamble)
Pringles (chips with Original, Low Fat, Pizza-licious, Sour Cream & Onion, Salt & Vinegar, Cheezeums flavors)
Honey can be collected 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 rice, 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 for two years and exporting it.
Environmentalists reported that genetically modified rice was being grown illegally in China back in April. “In the spring of 2005, Greenpeace took rice samples obtained from supply companies, farmers and millers from China for genetic testing in the German Genescan laboratory,” Maya Kolikova, press secretary of Greenpeace Russia, 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 within the country 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 - product supplies from this country account for more than 60% of our total rice imports.
However, in this matter there are not only disadvantages, but also advantages. After all, until now, rice supplied to Russia was formally considered unmodified, and no checks were carried out for the content of GMI in it. Therefore, no one can say how many transgenes we have already eaten and will still eat. 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 for children - milk formula and cereals, noodles, and 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 that can be found on rice packets, is not the original name of any strain. It just means long grain rice. It could also be from China.
Attention! Traits of transgenic vegetables and fruits.
Is it possible to distinguish modified fruits and vegetables from natural ones?
Excessively clean potato tubers that differ little from each other or perfectly shaped tomatoes are a reason to think. After all, a sure sign of natural products is the presence in the total mass of “eaten” by insects and rotten specimens. Insects never eat GM products! 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 Seasonings
4. Pringles chips
Vegetable counters are filled with “Volgograd” tomatoes, like twins similar to Turkish ones. It turns out that in Volgograd, for several years now, 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 GMO. I stopped buying tomatoes of these varieties, and I rarely bought them before.
From the article by E. Yakusheva “What are transgenic products?”:
Currently, 90% of transgenic food exports are corn and soybeans. Popcorn, which is sold on the streets everywhere, is 100% made from GM corn, and there is still no corresponding labeling on it. 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 from 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. These 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, cookies, starch, soy protein, soybean oil, soy sauce, lecithin, cottonseed oil, syrups, tomato sauces, coffee and coffee drinks, popcorn, breakfast cereals, etc.
It is assumed that some imported beer also contains genetically modified molecules taken over by the drink from modified yeast.
According to the National Association of Genetic Safety, about 1/3 of all products on the Russian market contain genetically modified components.
Greenpeace Handbook “How to Avoid Using Products with Genetically Modified Ingredients (GM Products)?”
You can from here, from the Greenpeace website
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 most popular food in our area is sausages, dumplings, dry soups, canned vegetables, chocolates.
Environmentalists (Greenpeace and the All-Ukrainian Environmental League) categorically include in this list the products of the most famous brands - Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestle, Gallina Blanka, Knorr, Lipton, Bonduel. A full list of companies that have confirmed that their products may contain GM ingredients or have not denied their use can be found at 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 Mukharovsky, general director of Ukrmetrteststandart. “At the same time, the composition of nine of them did not indicate the presence of soy protein at all.”
Bonduel is therefore blacklisted!
I understand that the reliability of what is included in the list is not guaranteed, since the sources of information may be dubious. 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, any banana at that (to increase its yield, roughly speaking, it has 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, it is cheap and cheerful. But journalists have not yet learned to scare people with it.
The Mistral company probably deliberately does not mark on the packs the country of origin of the cereals and legumes that are packaged in them. The fact is that she appeared in the sale of American crops, which, most likely, are genetically modified. “Basmati Rice” is also not labeled. Unfortunately, as I only found out today, it is highly likely that he may be transgenic. From the book “Seeds of Destruction. The Secret Behind Genetic Manipulation by William F. Engdahl:
Texas biotech company RiceTech has decided it will receive patent payments on 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 prohibiting the labeling of genetic products, RiceTech was able to sell it legally, labeling it as regular Basmati rice. It turned out that RiceTech, through dubious means, had obtained precious Basmati seeds, which were deposited at the Rockefeller Foundation International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines (RIRIP). (10)
In the name of “security,” MRRI duplicated a priceless collection of rice seeds collected in the Philippines and stored it in a seed bank in Fort Collins, Colorado, making the very dubious promise that the seeds would be stored as a safe seed stock for farmers in the rice regions. MRIR convinced farmers that providing their invaluable finds in MRIR rice seed varieties would serve their own safety.
In Colorado, far from the Philippines, MNIIR transferred valuable seeds (without which RiceTek might not have made its patented genetic modifications) to RiceTek researchers, who immediately patented everything possible. They knew it was highly illegal: Even in Texas, rice researchers know that Basmati rice does not typically grow on the dusty plains around Crawford, Texas. (11)
RiceTek, in collusion with MNIIR, stole seeds for its patent. In addition, according to carefully developed rules established by the Rockefeller Foundation, although seeds from a gene bank cannot be patented, any man-made improved variation based on them can be patented.
The Jasmine variety also has a GM modification.
From the article “Transgenic “Senior Tomato” and Dolly the Sheep...”:
You can delay the ripening of already collected fruits by placing them in special conditions. Using carbon dioxide, the effect of ethylene released by fruits is blocked. These properties are manipulated by traders transporting bananas, citrus fruits, as well as vegetables - and tomatoes in particular. They are harvested green and treated with ethylene along the way, causing artificial ripening. Such fruits and vegetables lose their taste and ripen unevenly. And it’s easy to verify this. For example, the tomatoes that we buy at the market are red on the outside but white on the inside. The delay in ripening is also due to the fact that most of the 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 by Mikhail Efremov: “Caution! Harmful products!
Additives with a high degree of likelihood of containing GI components:
E-153 - Vegetable Carbon (vegetable coal);
E-160d - Annatto, Bixin, Norbixin (annatto, bixin, norbixin);
E-161c - Paprika extract, Capsanthin, Capsorubin (paprika extract, capsanthin, capsorubin);
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 polyglycerol oleates);
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 (thermally oxidized soybean and bean oil 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 produced from the grain.
Lecithin (E 322) is produced from soybeans, which can be genetically modified. Such soybeans are 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 would like to emphasize that food additives for any purpose (technological, to “improve” consumer qualities) can also be included in dietary supplements. Therefore, it is important to know which food additives are prohibited or dangerous.
I saw how dairy production works. I just don’t really want to drink milk after that.
And only raw cow's milk can be consumed. You can make yogurt from store-bought milk, and not just any kind, but preferably from the one that says it is made from natural (whole) cow's milk (its fat content is usually indicated as 3.4-6%). It is not worth drinking such milk in its pure form, because it is pasteurized and if it is consumed regularly, after a while the joints will begin to ache - most likely due to the deposition of inorganic calcium in them, which appears during pasteurization (transfers from an organically bound form to an inorganic one). But you can make yogurt from it - it turns out quite well and does not cause any problems.
But any milk normalized by fat content is real poison. And even curdled milk from such milk is not very good, except from milk with a fat content of no more than 1% - lactobacilli can at least cope with such concentrations of modified milk fat.
GMO - manufacturing company:
Milky Way
Uncle Bans
Coca Cola
Parmalat (cookies)
Similak (baby food)
Potatoes (from Monsant USA)
LIST OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCERS NOTICED USING GMOs:
''Greenpeace'' has published a list of companies that use GMOs in their products. Interestingly, these companies behave differently in different countries, depending on the legislation of a particular country.
In total, more than 120 names (brands) of GMO products 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:
LLC ''Daria - semi-finished products'', LLC ''Klinsky Meat Processing Plant'', MPZ ''Tagansky'', MPZ ''CampoMos'', CJSC ''Vichyunay'', LLC ''MLM-RA'', LLC '' Talostoproducts, LLC Bogatyr Sausage Plant, LLC ROS Mari Ltd.
Manufacturer company Unilever: Lipton (tea), Brooke Bond (tea), ''Conversation'' (teas), 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);
Manufacturing company Kellog's: Corn Flakes (cereals), Frosted Flakes (cereals), Rice Krispies (cereals), Corn Pops (cereals), Smacks (cereals), Froot Loops (colored cereal rings), Apple Jacks (flakes rings with apple flavor), Afl-bran Apple Cinnamon/Blueberry (bran with apple, cinnamon, blueberry flavor), Chocolate Chip (chocolate chips), Pop Tarts (cookies with filling, all flavors), Nulri grain (toast with filling, all types) , Crispix (cookies), All-Bran (cereals), Just Right Fruit & Nut (cereals), Honey Crunch Corn Flakes (cereals), Raisin Bran Crunch (cereals), Cracklin'Oat Bran (cereals);
Hershey's Manufacturing Company: Toblerone (chocolate, all types), Mini Kisses (candies), Kit-Kat (chocolate bar), Kisses (candies), 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), Chili Sauce, Heinz 57 Steak Sauce;
Coca-Cola manufacturing company: Coca Cola, Sprite, Cherry Cola, Minute Maid Orange, Minute Maid Grape;
Manufacturing company PepsiCo: Pepsi, Pepsi Cherry, Mountain Dew;
Manufacturer 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 manufacturing company Procter&Gamble: Pringles (chips with Original, LowFat, Pizzalicious, Sour Cream&Onion, Salt&Vinegar, Cheezeums flavors).
1 Hershey’s Cadbury Fruit&Nut chocolate products
2 Mars M&M
3 Snickers
4 Twix
5 Milky Way
6 Cadbury chocolate, cocoa
7 Ferrero
8 Nestle chocolate ''Nestlé'', ''Russia''
9 Nestle Nesquik chocolate drink
10 Soft drink Sosa-Cola ‘‘Coca-Cola’’ Sosa-Cola
11 ''Sprite'', ''Fanta'', ''Kinley'' tonic, ''Fruittime''
12 Pepci-Co Pepsi 13 ''7-Up'', ''Fiesta'', ''Mountain Dew''
14 Kellogg's breakfast cereals
15 Campbell Soups
16 Uncle Bens Mars Rice
17 Knorr Sauces
18 Lipton Tea
19 Parmalat cookies
20 Seasonings, mayonnaise, Hellman’s sauces
21 Seasonings, mayonnaise, Heinz sauces
22 Nestle baby food
23 Hipp
24 Abbot Labs Similac
25 Yogurts, kefir, cheese, Danon baby food
26 McDonald's (McDonald's) chain of fast food restaurants
27 chocolate, chips, coffee, baby food Kraft (Kraft)
28 ketchups, sauces. Heinz Foods
29 baby food, Delmi products Unilever (Unilever)
Products whose preparation technology uses GMOs:
— JSC “Nizhny Novgorod Oil and Fat Plant” (mayonnaise “Ryaba”, “Vprok”, etc.).
— “Bonduelle” products (Hungary) — beans, corn, green peas.
— CJSC “Baltimore-Neva” (St. Petersburg) — ketchups.
— CJSC “Mikoyanovsky Meat Processing Plant” (Moscow) — pates, minced meat.
— CJSC EUROPE FOODS GB’’ (Nizhny Novgorod region) — soups ‘’Galina Blanca’’.
- Concern ''White Ocean'' (Moscow) - chips ''Russian Potatoes''.
- JSC ''Lianozovsky Dairy Plant'' (Moscow) - yoghurts, ''Miracle milk'', ''Miracle chocolate''.
— JSC “Cherkizovsky MPZ” (Moscow) — frozen minced meat.
- LLC ''Campina'' (Moscow region) - yoghurts, baby food.
- LLC ''MK Gurman'' (Novosibirsk) - pates.
- OOO ''Frito'' (Moscow region) - ''Laze'' chips.
- OOO ''Ermann'' (Moscow region) - yoghurts.
- LLC ''Unilever CIS'' (Tula) - ''Calve'' mayonnaise.
- Factory ''Bolshevik'' (Moscow) - cookies ''Yubileinoe''.
- ''Nestlé'' (Switzerland, Finland) - ''Nestogen'' dry milk mixture, ''Vegetables with beef'' puree.
Pay attention to how carefully products for children are screened out - there are GMOs everywhere, not here or there, and if your child does not eat yogurt, he eats Nesquik or cereal or purees. And one way or another, the GMO gets into his body. This is the situation in supermarkets now: absolutely all products have a “GMO-free” label. We read the ingredients on the label: modified soy, modified starch, and so on.
Would you eat them, or even recognize these foods in their original form? Most likely not. Genetically modified foods are a source of constant debate today. Some want nothing to do with modern GMOs, while for others it's everything. However, many people do not realize that many modern fruits and vegetables could not exist without careful breeding. In fact, the original versions of these popular plants may be completely unrecognizable to the modern public.
10. Carrots
The earliest cultivated carrots are known to have been first grown in the 10th century in Asia Minor and Persia. Before the vegetable was domesticated, wild carrots were distributed throughout the world. Seeds dating back 5,000 years have been discovered in Europe.
The first carrot was small and white. It was also more "branched", resembling the root of a tree. Most likely, ancient civilizations used it as a medicinal plant.
It is believed that the transformation of the carrot into its orange, sweet, bitter-free descendant so popular today took many centuries of cultivation. Today's orange carrots are known as "Carotina" or "Western carrots," while their cousins known as "Asian" or "Oriental" carrots can be purple and even yellow.
9. Eggplant
Photo: amishlandseeds.com
No one will confuse a big, purple, shiny eggplant with anything else. However, there are actually many varieties of eggplant. The vegetable was first cultivated in the territory of modern India and Burma. Today it is widely grown in an area that stretches from northeastern India and Burma to northern Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and southwestern China.
The English name "eggplant" is believed to have originated during the British occupation of India, where these plants were white and egg-shaped. In chronicles dating back to 300 BC. the plant is described variously as a blue fruit, a royal melon, and a plant with thorns.
Over the centuries, the plant has migrated throughout Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America. The eggplant in its various forms is often present in the early art and literature of these regions.
8. Bananas
Photo: Warut Roonguthai
The fleshy yellow fruit, found in many children's lunchboxes, was first cultivated in Papua New Guinea approximately 7,000 to 10,000 years ago. Banana is another edible plant that has several varieties, most of which are native to Asia today. The long yellow fruit, known as the Cavendish, is the result of centuries of careful selection by conscientious farmers. It comes from two species of wild bananas: Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. The former has pulp that is not very tasty to eat raw, while the latter is a short, thick fruit with many hard, pea-sized seeds.
Thousands of years ago, banana cultivators discovered that crossing the two sometimes produced a sweet, yellow, seedless fruit that was also rich in nutrients. Because this new one does not contain seeds, bananas can be grown through human-made asexual propagation (otherwise known as cloning). This form of breeding makes the Cavendish much more susceptible to disease than its hardy ancestors. Because the plants are genetically identical, a banana-killing epidemic could quickly and easily destroy the entire crop. For this reason, cultivators have to be careful with the quantity of bananas they grow, lest the world experience a banana apocalypse.
7. Tomatoes
Photo: Smithsonian Magazine
"Wild Tiny Pimp" may sound like an unfortunate street name, but it's actually the name of a species of tomato. In fact, this is the type of tomato from which all other types came. Plant growers call it Solanum pimpinellifolium, or simply “pimp.” Today, these pea-sized tomatoes grow in northern Peru and southern Ecuador, the berries hanging on dry, thin branches.
South Americans were the first to cultivate them even before Columbus discovered America. These tomatoes then spread throughout Europe and eventually returned to North America. Today, a wide variety of all cultivated tomatoes come from a tiny breeder and, interestingly, there is only five percent genetic difference between them. Crossing modern species with earlier wild ones, including the "pimp", leads to the appearance of plants that are hardier and less susceptible to disease.
6. Watermelon
Photo: hyperallergic.com
There are many theories as to where the watermelon first appeared. Historians only agree that it first grew somewhere in Africa, then spread to the Mediterranean Sea, and then appeared in Europe. Harry Paris, a horticulturist at the Agricultural Research Organization in Israel, concluded that the earliest ancestor of the watermelon was first cultivated in Egypt about 4,000 years ago.
This ancient fruit was tough, bitter, and pale green in color—not at all like the sweet, fleshy fruit of today. Why then did the ancient Egyptians spend time and energy to grow something like this? Paris believes that they did this because watermelons are rich in water. During the dry season, watermelons stored well, and the Egyptians were able to grind them into a soft paste and extract the water they contained. He also believes that it was the Egyptians who began the selective breeding process that ultimately led to the watermelon as we know it today.
5. Corn
Photo: learn.genetics.utah.edu
It is difficult to imagine a world without this most necessary culture. Corn was one of the first food plants to be cultivated during the dawn of agriculture some 10,000 years ago in what is now Mexico. Once upon a time, corn cobs were very small, but thanks to artificial selection, they gradually increased in size.
If we go back even further, we discover that the ancient ancestor of corn is a wild grass called teosinte. It bears very little resemblance to corn, but both plants produce kernels. However, at the genetic level, these two plants are very similar.
Geneticist George Beadle discovered in his experiments that the most noticeable differences between the two plants were due to only five chromosomes. Over time, teosinte underwent small genetic changes that eventually led to the emergence of corn.
4. Peaches
Photo: Live Science
The peach has quite a long history. Fossilized peach pits dating back 2.5 million years have been discovered in China. These peaches were much smaller than today's peaches. They looked more like small cherries and had little pulp.
It took the peach about 3,000 years to reach its modern form. It's no surprise that peaches play an important role in Chinese culture. They symbolize long life and can be found in markets throughout the country.
3. Avocado
Photo: Smithsonian Magazine
The fleshy fruit responsible for the great taste of guacamole was used exclusively as food by prehistoric giant mammals 65.5 million years ago. In fact, these animals were the only form of transport for avocados, since they ate the entire fruit and later left the seeds elsewhere.
The original avocado had a larger pit (if you can imagine that) and much less flesh than today's Hass avocados. Once upon a time, after large mammals became extinct, people began to cultivate this fruit so that over time it would become more fleshy and attractive.
2. Papaya
Although papaya is eaten all over the world today, it originally grew in the tropical climates of Latin America. Modern papaya comes from wild papaya and they are very different. Wild papaya is round and about the size of a plum.
Some types of wild papayas even resemble cocoa pods. The ancient Mayans were the first to cultivate papaya about 4,000 years ago. Growing fruit is a complex process because the grower does not know which seeds will produce the plant until it begins to grow.
Photo: insidescience.org
The English name "pumkin" (pumpkin) comes from the Greek word "pepon", which means "large melon". Over time, this word transformed into what we now know. It is believed that pumpkin and zucchini come from America. The earliest pumpkins were the size of a softball, about the size of a grapefruit, and were bitter and poisonous when raw. Only large prehistoric mammals could eat them, so these creatures were responsible for dispersing the seeds to other territories. When these mammals became extinct, the pumpkin could have disappeared along with them if people had not cultivated it.
People continued to find different ways to use the pumpkin, extracting its pulp and turning it into water containers, for example. Eventually, they began to eat pumpkin and saved the seeds of the tastier vegetables to plant later. This fact makes us appreciate the specific pumpkin latte more.
Not every buyer knows how to choose the right bananas, despite the fact that this is a popular fruit that many people buy quite often, so we will try to figure out which bananas are best to choose when buying in a store, what to look for when buying in order to buy ripe and tasty ones fruit.
Greenish, unripe bananas contain more sodium, which is useful for maintaining water-salt balance in the human body, and ripe bananas contain more potassium and other vitamins, while they have a higher calorie content (than green ones).
How to choose good tasty bananas
- Color. A ripe banana has a uniform yellow color (rich, not pale).
- Presence of stains. Bananas with spots on the peel are not harmful, it is simply an indicator of the ripeness of the banana. When choosing bananas with spots, do not forget that they will not last long at home and are best eaten immediately.
- Smell. A good, ripe banana will have a pleasant, tasty smell; you just want to eat it right away. If you have at least once been to countries where bananas are grown and tasted them and remembered the smell, then you will definitely never forget it; unfortunately, you will hardly find such fruits in our stores.
- Peel integrity. When choosing a banana, carefully inspect the peel for damage, because if it is burst or the stem (tail) is torn off, then it is better not to buy such a banana.
- Size. Among ordinary bananas on store shelves, fruits with a length of 20 cm are considered more expensive and of higher quality (bananas are extra class, and shorter ones are already in the 1st and 2nd classes). But it is worth noting that the taste of a banana does not always depend on its size.
- Form Tastier bananas are more rounded (not ribbed).
- To the touch good bananas are firm and elastic (in terms of the skin), just like green ones. Overripe bananas are softer to the touch, have wrinkled skin and a dried out stem.
- Location. An interesting fact is that the tastier bananas are located closer to the middle of the bunch, so if your goal is to buy only 1-2 bananas, then it is better to opt for the “center” ones.
- Pulp A ripe banana should not be loose (unless it is overripe), but it should be a uniform cream color.
Interesting fact about bananas: most of the bananas imported in the former CIS countries are feed bananas, as they are easier to ship and store, and they are also cheaper. Baby bananas are tastier and more expensive (small in size, more aromatic and tasty, have a thinner peel).
How to choose bananas according to the chemical-free and GMO-free label
