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In reply to the discussion: Chipotle to Stop Serving Genetically Altered Food [View all]Cha
(296,821 posts)60. Love this kind of talk..
"Getting rid of genetically engineered corn was easiest. Chipotles primary tortilla supplier was already producing non-G.M.O. corn flour in small amounts, and it agreed to increase its production.
But one oil cant simply replace another. Different oils have different smoking temperatures. They impart different flavors and have varying viscosity.
Chipotles chefs preferred sunflower oil but finding enough was tricky. Chipotle found a farmer willing to increase his production of sunflower, but the company needed more oil than he could produce.
So instead of using one oil for the majority of its needs, Chipotle now uses sunflower to fry its chips and tortillas, while a non-G.M.O. rice bran oil will be mixed into rice and used to fry fajita vegetables."
https://www.facebook.com/Save.Hawai.from.Monsanto
But one oil cant simply replace another. Different oils have different smoking temperatures. They impart different flavors and have varying viscosity.
Chipotles chefs preferred sunflower oil but finding enough was tricky. Chipotle found a farmer willing to increase his production of sunflower, but the company needed more oil than he could produce.
So instead of using one oil for the majority of its needs, Chipotle now uses sunflower to fry its chips and tortillas, while a non-G.M.O. rice bran oil will be mixed into rice and used to fry fajita vegetables."
https://www.facebook.com/Save.Hawai.from.Monsanto
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GMO Soy is designed for RoundUp, GMO corn produces its own Bt so it cannot be eaten raw
GreatGazoo
May 2015
#84
A little over 1/10th of One Percent of the UCS membership signed that letter
TekGryphon
Apr 2015
#16
Sure, but let's be honest here. Chipotle throws over a daily dosage of sodium into every meal...
TekGryphon
Apr 2015
#33
please read: "astonishing spectrum of birth defects associated with glyphosate"
wordpix
May 2015
#79
Not every person who wants to avoid GMO's think they 'cause autism' or whatever you seem to think
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Apr 2015
#27
I call bullshit on your statement, alp. There's ignorance afoot but not from Chipotle
Cha
Apr 2015
#54
no canola oil or corn products? Like most things, there are good and bad and many shades of grey
uppityperson
Apr 2015
#21
Humans have been genetically altering food since the beginning of agriculture.
former9thward
Apr 2015
#29
But did you know that humans have not been inserting the genes of one species into the
Zorra
Apr 2015
#46