This article discusses how the GMO-free movement in many breakfast cereals has caused these cereals to become void of vitamins like A, D, B-12, and B-2. It turns out that additives such as riboflavin that have failed to pass GMO-free tests and it is easier for companies to exclude the additives altogether than find natural vitamin solutions. Although this could be a signal that a GMO-free world may cause issues such as this, I think it is more of a signal that the natural ingredients we put in products should have vitamins and nutrients present. Perhaps the wheat that these companies use to make their cereals is GMO-free, but it’s probably also planted in a monoculture fashion on land that has been reaped of nutrients and minerals.
Perhaps the GMO-free fad has caused some processed foods to lose their vitamins, but shouldn’t that be a larger signal that maybe we should turn to eggs and organic fruit for breakfast rather than something out of a box?
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