In the united states foods grown using gmo techniques include corn soybean canola sugar beet alfalfa cotton potatoes papaya summer squash and a few varieties of apples.
What foods contain gmo in the usa.
Although gmos are in a lot of the foods we eat most of the gmo crops grown.
Which foods might contain gmos.
A few fresh fruits and vegetables are available in gmo varieties including potatoes summer squash apples and papayas.
Conventional meat eggs and dairy products are often raised on feed that contains gmos.
Keep reading after the infographic to learn more about each gm crop.
1 to see a list of high risk crops visit the what is gmo page.
These sugar beets are modified to resist roundup like corn.
Three more have been approved but are not yet available in the market.
The best way to avoid these is to switch to eating organically raised beef and chicken smith advises like.
At the state level a 2012 california initiative.
Potato ranger russet russet burbank and atlantic potatoes among others.
Genetically modified sugar beets were introduced to the us market in 2009.
Is used to grow genetically engineered crops.
With so much talk of gmos and gm foods you may be surprised to know there are currently only eight genetically modified crops available in the united states and canada.
Other popular and approved food crops include sugar beets alfalfa canola papaya and.
Only a few types of gmo crops are grown in the united states but some of these gmos make up a large percentage of the crop grown e g soybeans corn sugar beets canola and cotton.
Corn field sweet.