Chipotle = GMO

[DainBramaged]

And some of you folks thought Oreos were bad? Wow.


http://www.chipotle.com/en-us/menu/ingredients_statement/ingredients_statement.aspx


The WHO (that's the World Health Organization, not the seminal British rock band) defines Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) as “organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally.” Our goal is to eliminate GMOs from Chipotle's ingredients, and we're working hard to meet this challenge. For 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.


12 of the 24 ingredients listed on the site are affixed with a red "G" -- indicating the presence of GMOs.


YUK

[Auggie]

1. Home cooking ... it's not that difficult.

[DainBramaged]

3. Microwave, best friend to millions......

[Auggie]

7. Microwave, best friend to ConAgra, Nestle, Pinnacle Foods ...

[DainBramaged]

8. Meh

not worth my time.

[hedgehog]

2. At least you know what you're getting!

[DainBramaged]

4. Yep just like that nice red piece of bloody beef

cover it with onions for effect and it is still bloody beef, you betcha, at least you know what your getting.......

[Warpy]

5. It looks like they are trying to FIX IT

which is 100% better than other chains are doing.

Slamming them like this is counterproductive.

[DainBramaged]

6. Counterproductive to what?

HALF of their ingredients are GMO laced, and with the holier than thru diet bullshit around here you telling me Oreos are worse than this shit?


Meh, another defender of the bullshit.

[Buzz Clik]

9. The world gets weirder every day.

Rather than focus on not eating shit masquerading as food, we choose to insist that they deep fry our shit in non-GMO oil.

Now we're getting somewhere!

Even though we know with 100% certainty that deep fried shit is horrible for your health and there is NO evidence of human health effects from eating GMO foods, that is the direction we have chosen.

GENIUS!

[DainBramaged]

11. But wait you haven't endorsed home cooking or baking you then are the enemy

you must not own a microwave, you must not ever partake of prepared food, you must not partake in ,


fuck, we aren't worthy,


unless we claim we love us some Olive Garden, then you'll see the fur fly.


Chipolte isn't fixing shit, the deep fryer alone was the kicker. Sunflower oil, right, peanut oil fries at hotter temperatures but I guess they are afraid of people with peanut allergies not buying their crap.

[JI7]

10. is GMO supposed to be bad ?

[Buzz Clik]

12. Welcome to DU, noob.

[DainBramaged]

13. Here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_organism


Think Monsanto

[Travis_0004]

14. I'm not convinced its unhealthy

In fact, I might just have to get some chipotle tomorrow.