We are getting more questions about what it would take and how much it would cost to switch to non-GMO ingredients
So what about GMOs? Are more customers asking about non-GMO ingredients, and how will they react if GMO labeling laws are passed?
Will Cargill’s customers ‘just label it’ and be done with it, or will a federal GMO labeling law encourage a wholesale shift away from agricultural biotechnology in the US?
No one really knows, although it will not be practically possible to go non-GMO overnight, said May.
“We are getting more questions about what it would take and how much it would cost to switch to non-GMO ingredients, and we always say anything is possible but they come at a cost, which in the case of something like HFCS would be two to three times more expensive.
“There are also sustainability issues in the short term if you are importing corn starches and syrups from Europe or elsewhere to avoid GMOs."
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