Independent Lab Confirms Kashi Go Lean Cereal Loaded with Toxic Glyphosate
An independent lab has found that Kashi’s ‘healthy’ GoLean Original breakfast cereal (owned by Kellogg’s) is loaded with the herbicide chemical glyphosate. What’s more, it actually contains 6x the amount of glyphosate previously found in Kellogg’s’ Froot Loops cereal.
The Kashi brand has been in trouble before. The company has faced multiple class action lawsuits when consumers accused Kellogg’s of misleading them with “natural” labels despite their cereals containing things like pyridoxine hydrochloride, calcium pantothenate, and hexane-processed soy oil.
Now, GMOFreeUSA.org is reporting that a box of Kashi Go Lean Original Cereal, which was not verified by the GMO Free Project, was sent to a lab to be tested for probably-carcinogenic glyphosate – the main ingredient in Monsanto’s best-selling Round Up.
The results were quite shocking:
“A glyphosate residue test was conducted by an accredited lab using the Specific LC/MS/MS testing method with a minimum detectable level of 0.02 ppm. The test documented the presence of glyphosate in the box of Kashi GoLean Original which was not verified by the Non-GMO Project, at a level of 0.68 ppm, or 0.68 mg/kg. This level is nearly 6 times higher than the levels detected in the independent testing we commissioned on Froot Loops.
The test also documented the presence of AMPA (aminomethylphosphonic acid), a metabolite of glyphosate, at an even higher level of 0.81ppm or 0.81mg/kg. This is the first time the lab has documented the presence of AMPA in the products we’ve had tested. The test results give significant reason for concern. There is a growing body of scientific evidence (4) that links glyphosate to health and environmental harm.”
PLEASE NOTE: The box of Kashi GoLean Original we tested was NOT verified by the Non-GMO Project. While this product has been subsequently verified by the Non-GMO Project, there are still boxes which have not been verified on store shelves. In addition, we release the results of these tests because there are still other unverified products in the Kashi line that likely contain similar ingredients.
While some might think of Kashi as a healthful choice, it looks like it’s time to ban yet another product made by Big Food. Kellogg’s track record isn’t looking so good.
The following is their public stance on GMOs, reprinted from a PDF the company has published:
“Kellogg Company GMO Position Statement
We understand consumers have questions and strong preferences about the foods they eat. Many influential regulatory agencies and organizations worldwide that study the safety of the food supply have confirmed that genetically modified (GM) ingredients are safe.
This approach adds desirable traits from nature, without introducing anything unnatural or using chemicals, so that food is more plentiful. GM ingredients have been around for the past 20 years, are represented in the vast majority of the foods on grocery shelves in the U.S. and many other countries, and help keep food costs down.
They also help feed the hungry and malnourished in developing nations. In some markets around the world, we do not use GM ingredients based on input from our consumers and local availability. For U.S. consumers who prefer an alternative, our Kashi brand offers a variety of Non-GMO Project Verified options.
Kellogg also supports proposed U.S. legislation to establish a federal standard for companies that want to voluntarily label their foods for the absence or presence of GMO food ingredients. We continue to actively monitor the science, regulations and our consumers’ preferences on this topic.”
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Featured image sourced and modified from GMOFreeUSA.org
“INDEPENDENT LAB CONFIRMS KASHI GO LEAN CEREAL LOADED WITH TOXIC GLYPHOSATE”
Well, that headline is sure to get the attention of her gullible readers!
“Independent,” “Confirms,” and TOXIC!” This sounds like a full emergency alert!
Apparently, Christina Sarich assumes that her readers will not take the time to actually examine what this report means.
FWIW, Glyphosate has an ld50 of about 5,000 mg/kg of body weight. That means a 200 lb. man would need to consume about 450 grams of pure glyphosate to ingest a lethal dose.
For the sake of time, let’s assume that the study is correct, and glyphosate was found at 0.68 ppm. How much of this cereal would a 200 lb human have to eat to get a lethal dose from this “toxic” material?
1,470,588 pounds!
OK, the article also mentions that AMPA (aminomethylphosphonic acid), which is a resulting byproduct from the breakdown of glyphosate, at an “even higher level” of 0.81ppm or 0.81mg/kg.
What does that mean? I can find no source that shows AMPA to be more toxic than glyphosate. If we add the toxicity of those two together, it would take 671,141 lb of the cereal to give you a cumulative lethal dose.
Even if glyphosate was a substance that bioaccumulates (it doesn’t) this means that a person would have to eat about 50 pounds of Kashi EVERY day for 80 years to get a lethal dose of glyphosate, or 23 lb per day if you combine the toxicity of both substances.
As usual, the “Goddess of GMO,” Christina Sarich, is making a big deal out of nothing. The dose makes the poison, and the amount of glyphosate and AMPA in this cereal is of no real consequence to humans.
Glyphosate, as a probably carcinogen, does not have to equate to a ‘lethal’ dose to be harmful.
Nice BS though, thanks for spending the time writing that up
Nor does a substance need to be “lethal” to be debilitating (especially when “it” is commonly prepared and applied in formulations and synergistic mixtures with unlabeled ingredients that are specificially concocted to be more “improved” and “effective” than mere singular and isolated ingredients).
“The dose makes the poison…”
And to rest the “defence” on a contextually fragmented statement originally by Paracelsus from an esoteric and alchemical work while “glyphosate” is neither medicine (hence the specificity of the usage of the word”dose” and/or “dosage)”nor is that quote (used like a scriptural verse by “skeptics”) Paracelsus stating that anything and everything can and is a “poison” by and from the mere aspect of dosage. Not to mention, using alchemical and esoteric writings contextually anachronistic and inconsistent with their proper placement as a defence for ingesting pesticides where there had not existed the plethora of “things” with the specified,artificial,and isolated usages and purposes in forms as “modern” pesticides (manufactured and created with the sole purpose and function to harm and kill) when that was written. Also, the “dosage” whose detrimental effects comes not by mere quantity,but by and through time of repeated and continuous exposure was conveniently left out.
Let us not forget cumulative consumption, no reg’s for that.
Thank you John for pointing the BS out. How about the fact that Glyphosate is a hormone disruptor? No company is going to spend the necessary money to test for the effects of a hormone disruptor over a long period of time. How about we just leave the cr@p out of the food supply chains altogether so we can avoid testing.
I stopped buying Kashi years ago. I called the company and asked them if their food was GMO free and they said they could not answer my question. That spoke volumes to me and I have not spent a dime on their products since.
Creating awareness among the consumers about ill effects of these foods is the only alternative to stop these MNCs who pose threat to life and health
Once I found out that Kashi and quite a few other brands, that were supposedly “organic” were in bed with Monsanto, I stopped buying them. Kashi, Silk, Annie’s, and others. I find out which organic brands are not truthful, by going to cornucopia dot com, and other websites that will tell you which organic brands to trust.