Did you know that your Heinz ketchup, which the company claims is ‘all natural,’ is really full of toxic, genetically modified ingredients? It’s bursting with GM corn, which contains at least 5 things that really shouldn’t be in a food condiment.
Heinz was also sued for advertising their distilled white vinegar as ‘all natural’ when it contains genetically modified corn. Representation for the complaint filed in California said:
“Heinz’s representations were false, deceptive, misleading and unfair to consumers, who were injured in fact by purchasing products that the defendants had claimed were “all natural.”
Further, Heinz is one of the many junk food companies who have given tons of money to defeat GMO labeling campaigns in both Washington and California. They’ve spent over $500,000 so far to keep you from knowing what is in your food.
Natural Society reported on Heinz’s false advertising a few months back. Since then, members of the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association, of which Heinz is a part of, have suggested that ‘voluntary’ labeling be the norm with GMOs.
Kansas Republican Michael Pompeo has introduced a federal bill – supported by the agriculture industry – to preempt states from passing mandatory GMO labeling laws. The bill was written by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), which represents more than 300 food manufacturers and trade groups, including companies like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, General Mills, Nestle, Unilever, Heinz, and others.
Read: 10 Companies Fighting GMO Labeling
This means that not only are we to trust food companies who lie to us, but we are also supposed to trust the federal agencies who lie to us, and just ‘accept’ whatever they say is in our food. If the bill were to pass, states wouldn’t be able to demand labeling as Vermont recently did. This means we would all be one step away from being told to ‘shut up and eat it,’ no matter the contents of the food.
When you add the possibility of the secret Trans-Pacific Trade (TTP) agreement being passed, you’re looking at absolutely no accountability for companies like Heinz, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, etc.
The real problem is that these companies don’t just make what is known traditionally as junk food. Coca-cola sells water, Pepsi sells coconut water. Heinz sells ‘all-natural’ distilled white vinegar, usually a homeopathic remedy and great natural cleaning substance for those who don’t want toxic chemicals in their homes. This isn’t just about giving up hotdogs and soda, Frito-Lay chips and other unhealthy ‘junk’ foods; it is about being able to trust companies who are given complete discretion to lie to the public about what they are selling us.
Though Heinz is just the latest target in the grassroots upheaval over un-natural food, the real target should be Monsanto, Dow, and the agribusiness giants who supply these lesser companies with GM ingredients.
They also donate to stop labeling GMO legislation.
AND, they use HFCS as well. Buy Hunts ketchup. No HFCS.
This is exactly the cause of so much cancer and disease in our country. Our food is killing us. Too much junk in foods that harm the body. Always read the labels and they don’t tell us the truth. I stopped buying Hienz a long time ago. And be sure you do not buy food that comes from CHINA!!!
I posted on a restaurant’s facebook asking them to switch out Heinz for ketchup with GMOs and natural flavors. They switched to Annie’s organic ketchup!! How easy was that? Why not start a national campaign to switch out GMO ketchup for organic ketchup like Annies who was a big supporter of Prop 37.
Please explain how you can think that vinegar (5% CH3COOH) could have any “GMO-ness”.
vinegar is made from corn. corn is gmo
There’s no DNA in acetic acid, genius.
but there is in HFCS. which is ALSO in ketchup. moron. gmo’s are garbage no matter what they are used for.
And there’s no DNA in HFCS either, genius.
You must have learned science from activist blogs. That’s a shame.
actually, what the shame of the matter is, is you pretending to be a farmer, yet trying to recommend gmo’s.
Simple FACT of the matter is, GMO’s are GARBAGE and we do NOT need them at ALL
I farm. I grow biotech and conventional crops
Unlike you, I know something about science. If you actually took some basic life and physical science courses at your community college, you’d have a better understanding of the world.
Believe me, science was my A+ subject. And I know, that fucking with a plants genes causes problem that you wouldn’t know for years down the line. not to mention the problems it causes in the organisms that use the adulterated gene items as food. I grow my own, and will continue to do so, because science is one thing, but fucking with the food supply is completely DIFFERENT> especially when it has shown NO advantages but instead HARDSHIPS
Tell me about horizontal gene transfer.
tell me about the safety of gmo’s and what kind of effects they have on other living organisms, what proteins they produce etc. Until then STFU. Because again, i STATE, GMO’s are GARBAGE and we DO NOT NEED THEM.
You do realize that horizontal gene transfer is nature’s version of transgenic genetic engineering, right?
But instead I get a bunch of all caps ranting, none of it science-based.
I’m beginning to think you weren’t telling the truth about your science grades.
nature’s version. nuff said. I trust nature over scientists that have barely mapped out genes in the first place.
You trust nature to make random genetic mutations over precision plant breeding? Allrighty, then!
precision plant breeding that’s hilarious. seriously. for mankind to think they he knows more about nature, cause and effect than actual nature, is laughable at best, horrifying at most.
We call it science.
Do you believe in “intelligent design”? From you post, it would seem so.
I believe that mankind fucks with things they shouldn’t and ends up killing more people than nature ever does. just look at big pharma. killing people regularly every day, yet pot, from nature, is outlawed. yeah. that’s intelligence? NOT!
You do realize that advances in medicine, agriculture, engineering and architecture are why people like you can rant on the interwebs, right?
If you sincerely believe that making marijuana available to the population would be beneficial, the write your Congresspeople.
I have written my congressmen and many others as well. and I ALSO know that a lot of the “advances” in medicine have proven fatal, and the health care business is about anything BUT keeping people healthy. there is no profit in a healthy citizen. there is only profit in the sick. which is why cancer “cures” kill more than they help. I don’t go to the doctor, and I am healthy. I also wasn’t vaccinated as a child. Still healthy.
as for agriculture, i don’t use advances. i use what was passed on through generations of family farming. as for architecture, I built my house thank you very much.
Oh, so now were sinking into conspiracy theory territory!
How many gunmen were on the grassy knoll?
Without an architect or an engineer, how do you know your house is safe? Do you just say, “looks good to me!” and go on?
actually yes, that is exactly what we did. and it has withstood tornadoes. Exactly how do you think people built their houses in the old days?
Haha dummy. You got trolled. And why? Because just like the true believers of the establishment, your point of view is based on faith and emotion rather than the facts. Joe Farmer uses a clever bait and switch on you. He is right that Acetic Acid from GMO corn would not be any different than that from heirloom corn, despite the differences in DNA. But that isn’t even the issue. The issue with GMO is that the genetic modification allows for the corn to be resistant to heavy spraying with roundup. Which can get uptaken by the corn and carried in trace amounts into the vinegar product. And even at trace levels on the order of parts per billion, which is below the LLT of Heinz’s purity tests (what do YOU know about GC-MS Joe?) And own beloved science fully affirms glyphosate’s mutagenic properties and contribution to risk of multiple types of cancer, especially breast cancer. A fact proven times over in mouse and rat studies. This is the answer that would have stopped him dead in his tracks 5 posts ago.
So yes, JoeFarmer is a fraud and a liar. But he at least knew enough to steer you away from the relevant facts and digress your arguments to you telling him to “STFU”. Then he agitated and mocked you with the ultimate tried and true psy-op, the “conspiracy theory” charge. When of course none of it is conspiracy, but established facts. But sadly you didn’t educate yourself on before going on the offensive and getting yourself embarrassed. Let this be a lesson to you. There are agendas on both sides. If you let faith and emotion be your guide, then you’re likely going to get duped regardless of which side you choose. You serve no good to the anti-GMO movement this way.
On another note, this problem is easily remedied by the free market. Instead of “Contains GMO” labels, which companies like Heinz have the resources to prevent, every Non-GMO manufacturer need only label their products “NON-GMO” Its a benefit to them to do this anyway, and will lead to the same end. And anyone fraudulently trying to use this label, is then much easier to prosecute because the facts are not on their side. Its really this simple. But it requires everyone to THINK, and not just follow.
I stand my ground. I know what gmo’s are and aren’t. Debating with the stupid is just that. You will never change their minds. I am not one iota ashamed of my responses. I am human. Telling me that I got trolled, and then trolling yourself ALSO makes the entire movement look stupid. But humanity will always win out in the end.
Heinz ketchup contains Natural Flavors. OFTEN that’s MSG and aspartame, both GMO additives. HFCS found in other ketchup is made from GMO corn.
I noticed a while ago that Heinz tasted bad. I just thought it was me because I am a rare user of ketchup. I went out and bought a brand new container of Heinz and a brand new container of organic ketchup. I promptly threw away the Heinz after my taste test. There was an obvious chemical taste to Heinz and had I been a regular user, I might have acclimated to it and not noticed.