{"id":44727,"date":"2013-06-24T15:31:15","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T14:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/victory-chipotle-labels-gmo-ingredients\/44727\/"},"modified":"2013-06-24T15:31:15","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T14:31:15","slug":"victory-chipotle-labels-gmo-ingredients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/victory-chipotle-labels-gmo-ingredients\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory! Chipotle Labels GMO Ingredients"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story_images\">\n      <!-- All divs have been put onto one line because of whitespace issues when rendered inline in browsers --><\/p>\n<div class=\"story-image-sourcing\">\n<div class=\"story-image-source\">\n<p><cite>Photo Credit: TACVBO\/Flickr<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><span class=\"field field-name-field-date field-type-date field-label-hidden\"><span class=\"field-items\"><span class=\"field-item even\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">June 24, 2013<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/em> \u00a0|  <\/p>\n<div class=\"article_insert_container\">\n<div id=\"insert_ilikethis\">\n<div id=\"block-altsubscription-subscribe-node-inline\" class=\"block block-altsubscription first odd count-1\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"insert_ilikethis\">\n<p>Like this article?<\/p>\n<p>Join our email list:<\/p>\n<h3>Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email.<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/.block -->\n\t      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!-- BODY --><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The fast-food Mexican restaurant Chipotle has become the first chain establishment to label all GMO-derived ingredients on their online menu. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/naturalsociety.com\/chipotle-first-us-chain-restaurant-to-label-gmos\/\">NaturalSociety.com\u2019s <\/a>Anthony Gucciardi notes that Chipotle has also announced that they are trying to eliminate all GMO ingredients, though that may be a long-term project. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal is to eliminate GMOs from Chipotle\u2019s ingredients, and we\u2019re working hard to meet this challenge,\u201d the  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chipotle.com\/en-us\/menu\/ingredients_statement\/ingredients_statement.aspx\">restaraunt states on their website<\/a>. \u201cFor example, we recently switched our fryers from soybean oil to sunflower oil. Soybean oil is almost always made from genetically modified soybeans, while there is no commercially available GMO sunflower oil. Where our food contains currently unavoidable GM ingredients, it is only in the form of corn or soy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Chipotle\u2019s online menu states that 12 of their ingredients come from genetically-modified corn or soybean oil. <\/p>\n<p>The move is a response to the growing movement against GMOs in this country. Critics of GMOs say that their use has been linked to health and environmental problems. <\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Chipotle has waded into the GMO debate. The company supported Proposition 37, the California ballot measure that would have required labeling GMOs. The initiative narrowly lost last year. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want our customers to know exactly what they are eating. For us, this is real transparency\u2013because knowing more about where our food comes from is always better than knowing less,\u201d the  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chipotle.com\/en-us\/html\/caprop37.html\">company wrote on their website<\/a>. \u201cIn light of this, and our vision of Food With Integrity, we wholeheartedly support the cause of Prop 37, having endorsed the measure as soon as we heard it was on the ballot.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on: <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/42661724\/0\/alternet~Victory-Chipotle-Labels-GMO-Ingredients\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Victory! Chipotle Labels GMO Ingredients\">AlterNet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: TACVBO\/Flickr June 24, 2013 \u00a0| Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. The fast-food Mexican restaurant Chipotle has become the first chain establishment to label all GMO-derived ingredients on their online menu. 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