…..ummm, Chocolate. I LOVE chocolate! As a child my favorite was the Snicker’s
Bar. Snickers had a taste of it’s own.
Then at the end of grade school came “Chunky”.
Chunky had a taste of it’s own too.
Melt in your mouth. Creamy. Smooth.
And BIG! Remember how big they
were? What happened?
Well, progress happened. Greed happened. Let’s make this product for less, change the formula, no one will notice, good for the “bottom line”. Let’s replace real food ingredients with alternative chemicals. And Monsanto happened with their unnecessary pesticides and Genetically Modified Frankin Foods. There are too many studies out now showing that GMO food and ingredients contribute to the cause of cancer, as well as other diseases. The World Health Organization has proclaimed glyphosate, the main ingredient in Round Up, most likely to cause cancer. The pesticide Roundup is sprayed on crops and absorbed into the food you eat, unless you purchase “organic”.
If Round Up and Genetically Modified Foods are so harmful, why are they still on the market for people to purchase? GOOD question! WHY, indeed? It all comes down to Buyer Beware. Do not assume that if it is sold in stores, it must be safe to eat and use.
But times, they are a changing. People are becoming educated, informed and if our elected officials will not look out for OUR best interest…we will take our power back at the check out counter. Consumer Power!!! People are not going to purchase this crap anymore, causing stocks to drop and forcing companies to change their tune, get honest and remove the toxic ingredients that are contributing to the ills of this nation.
And this is just what happened to Hershey’s Chocolate. Last year while the people of California were trying to get Proposition 37 passed, which would require GMO foods to be labeled, The Hershey’s Company contributed $519,000 to defeat Proposition 37 and Monsanto, the world’s largest biotech seed company, spent $8.1 MILLION to defeat this proposition, preventing the consumer from their RIGHT to know what is in their food. If Genetically Modified Food is so safe for people to eat, why do Monsanto and the food companies that offer it spend millions of dollars to prevent “GMO” from appearing on the label? Are they hiding something? Are they guilty of something? Are they ashamed of something? Or are they afraid people will not purchase their product?
Getting back to the Hershey’s Kiss. It is made with mostly all GMO ingredients. But Hershey’s manufactures a GMO FREE chocolate to be sold in Europe. Why? Why does Hershey’s put genetically modified ingredients in the candy sold in the United States, but they make special GMO Free candy to be sold in Europe? Because the people in Europe do not consider genetically modified foods to be safe. In the European Union there are restrictions and out right bans on the sale and production of genetically modified food.
Two years ago, concerned and educated consumers voiced their displeasure to Hershey’s by giving them an ultimatum. You either offer Americans the same GMO Free candy that you sell in Europe or we will no longer purchase your product. Hershey’s received tens of thousands of Facebook posts, emails and telephone calls from consumers urging them to remove the GMO ingredients in their candy due to concerns over health issues and environmental degradation.
At the end of 2014, feeling the pressure of public opinion, Hershey’s promised to phase out toxic high fructose corn syrup, only. Keeping one step ahead of this deception, consumers urged Hershey’s not to use any form of GMO sugar such as GMO sugar beets. Consumers demanded that Hershey’s go non GMO on all it’s ingredients and get a third party verification for non GMO ingredients such as The Non-GMO Project Verified Seal. This includes sourcing milk from cows that are not feed GMO grass or grain. Hershey’s was urged to forego any synthetic biological ingredient, starting with vanilla. In other words, Hershey’s was urged to go back to using the natural ingredients of days gone by.
Hershey’s must have done it’s homework and found that consumers were jumping ship and purchasing organic and non GMO Verified candy, because on February 23, 2015, Hershey’s Chocolate released a statement that it “will feature a lineup of simple ingredients, and transition some of it’s most popular chocolate brands, including Hershey’s Chocolate Kiss and Hershey’s milk chocolate bars to be GMO free by the end of this year.
Another David and Goliath story….I just love them. And it is not just Hershey’s that is following the money. Kraft Foods just announced that due to competition with Annie’s Organic Macaroni and Cheese, Kraft will be removing the dyes and preservatives from it’s product. Needless to say, Kraft decided to make this change after noticing a shift of preference towards Organic Foods.
And General Mills is also feeling the heat. After reviewing their drop in sales for the 6th straight quarter, it decided to offer Americans GMO free Cheerios, but only for it’s Original Cheerios. General Mills has been selling GMO free cereal in Europe for years, for the same reason why Hershey’s has. Europeans prefer non GMO food.
It seems that Monsanto’s multi million dollar campaign to stop the labeling of Genetically Modified foods is loosing ground. The American consumer is winning the labeling wars by getting food manufacturers to remove the toxic ingredients engineered in laboratories and replacing them with “real” food that naturally occurs in nature. I am happy to report that more and more educated Americans are choosing to Live Healthy Chemical Free……..
Well, progress happened. Greed happened. Let’s make this product for less, change the formula, no one will notice, good for the “bottom line”. Let’s replace real food ingredients with alternative chemicals. And Monsanto happened with their unnecessary pesticides and Genetically Modified Frankin Foods. There are too many studies out now showing that GMO food and ingredients contribute to the cause of cancer, as well as other diseases. The World Health Organization has proclaimed glyphosate, the main ingredient in Round Up, most likely to cause cancer. The pesticide Roundup is sprayed on crops and absorbed into the food you eat, unless you purchase “organic”.
If Round Up and Genetically Modified Foods are so harmful, why are they still on the market for people to purchase? GOOD question! WHY, indeed? It all comes down to Buyer Beware. Do not assume that if it is sold in stores, it must be safe to eat and use.
But times, they are a changing. People are becoming educated, informed and if our elected officials will not look out for OUR best interest…we will take our power back at the check out counter. Consumer Power!!! People are not going to purchase this crap anymore, causing stocks to drop and forcing companies to change their tune, get honest and remove the toxic ingredients that are contributing to the ills of this nation.
And this is just what happened to Hershey’s Chocolate. Last year while the people of California were trying to get Proposition 37 passed, which would require GMO foods to be labeled, The Hershey’s Company contributed $519,000 to defeat Proposition 37 and Monsanto, the world’s largest biotech seed company, spent $8.1 MILLION to defeat this proposition, preventing the consumer from their RIGHT to know what is in their food. If Genetically Modified Food is so safe for people to eat, why do Monsanto and the food companies that offer it spend millions of dollars to prevent “GMO” from appearing on the label? Are they hiding something? Are they guilty of something? Are they ashamed of something? Or are they afraid people will not purchase their product?
Getting back to the Hershey’s Kiss. It is made with mostly all GMO ingredients. But Hershey’s manufactures a GMO FREE chocolate to be sold in Europe. Why? Why does Hershey’s put genetically modified ingredients in the candy sold in the United States, but they make special GMO Free candy to be sold in Europe? Because the people in Europe do not consider genetically modified foods to be safe. In the European Union there are restrictions and out right bans on the sale and production of genetically modified food.
Two years ago, concerned and educated consumers voiced their displeasure to Hershey’s by giving them an ultimatum. You either offer Americans the same GMO Free candy that you sell in Europe or we will no longer purchase your product. Hershey’s received tens of thousands of Facebook posts, emails and telephone calls from consumers urging them to remove the GMO ingredients in their candy due to concerns over health issues and environmental degradation.
At the end of 2014, feeling the pressure of public opinion, Hershey’s promised to phase out toxic high fructose corn syrup, only. Keeping one step ahead of this deception, consumers urged Hershey’s not to use any form of GMO sugar such as GMO sugar beets. Consumers demanded that Hershey’s go non GMO on all it’s ingredients and get a third party verification for non GMO ingredients such as The Non-GMO Project Verified Seal. This includes sourcing milk from cows that are not feed GMO grass or grain. Hershey’s was urged to forego any synthetic biological ingredient, starting with vanilla. In other words, Hershey’s was urged to go back to using the natural ingredients of days gone by.
Hershey’s must have done it’s homework and found that consumers were jumping ship and purchasing organic and non GMO Verified candy, because on February 23, 2015, Hershey’s Chocolate released a statement that it “will feature a lineup of simple ingredients, and transition some of it’s most popular chocolate brands, including Hershey’s Chocolate Kiss and Hershey’s milk chocolate bars to be GMO free by the end of this year.
Another David and Goliath story….I just love them. And it is not just Hershey’s that is following the money. Kraft Foods just announced that due to competition with Annie’s Organic Macaroni and Cheese, Kraft will be removing the dyes and preservatives from it’s product. Needless to say, Kraft decided to make this change after noticing a shift of preference towards Organic Foods.
And General Mills is also feeling the heat. After reviewing their drop in sales for the 6th straight quarter, it decided to offer Americans GMO free Cheerios, but only for it’s Original Cheerios. General Mills has been selling GMO free cereal in Europe for years, for the same reason why Hershey’s has. Europeans prefer non GMO food.
It seems that Monsanto’s multi million dollar campaign to stop the labeling of Genetically Modified foods is loosing ground. The American consumer is winning the labeling wars by getting food manufacturers to remove the toxic ingredients engineered in laboratories and replacing them with “real” food that naturally occurs in nature. I am happy to report that more and more educated Americans are choosing to Live Healthy Chemical Free……..
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