Invisible GM Ingredients
Processed foods often have hidden GM sources (unless they are organic or declared non-GMO).
The following are ingredients that may be made from GMOs.
Aspartame (also called AminoSweet®, NutraSweet®, Equal Spoonful®, Canderel®, BeneVia®, E951) | baking powder | canola oil (rapeseed oil) | caramel color | cellulose |
citric acid | cobalamin (Vitamin B12) | colorose | condensed milk | confectioners sugar |
corn flour | corn masa | corn meal | corn oil | corn sugar |
corn syrup | cornstarch | cottonseed oil | cyclodextrin | cystein |
dextrin | dextrose | diacetyl | diglyceride | erythritol |
Equal | food starch | fructose (any form) | glucose | glutamate |
glutamic acid | glycerides | glycerin | glycerol | glycerol monooleate |
glycine | hemicellulose | high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) | hydrogenated starch | hydrolyzed vegetable protein |
inositol | inverse syrup | inversol | invert sugar | isoflavones |
lactic acid | lecithin | leucine | lysine | malitol |
malt | malt syrup | malt extract | maltodextrin | maltose |
mannitol | methylcellulose | milk powder | milo starch | modified food starch |
modified starch | mono and diglycerides | monosodium glutamate (MSG) | Nutrasweet | oleic acid |
Phenylalanine | phytic acid | protein isolate | shoyu | sorbitol |
soy flour | soy isolates | soy lecithin | soy milk | soy oil |
soy protein | soy protein isolate | soy sauce | starch | stearic acid |
sugar (unless specified as cane sugar) | tamari | tempeh | teriyaki marinades | textured vegetable protein |
threonine | tocopherols (vitamin E) | tofu | trehalose | triglyceride |
vanilla extract or natural vanilla | vegetable fat | vegetable oil | vitamin B12 | vitamin C (ascorbic acid) although usually derived from corn, is probably not GM because it is not likely made in North America. |
vitamin E | whey | white vinegar | whey powder | xanthan gum |
For exhaustive list of invisible GM ingredients, you can download the PDF, GMO 101 by Alain Braux here, or purchase the book here.