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The genetically modified food experiment first hit the United States’ food market in the mid-1990s with the introduction of the FlavrSavr Tomato, which ended up on the chopping block after widespread rejection from food providers.
The GMO industry, led by companies like Monsanto, Bayer, Syngenta, Dow Chemical and others, continued to experiment on the American food supply in laboratories nationwide.
Eventually, they got their way with the advent of ‘Roundup Ready’ genetically modified corn, soy, canola and other crops that make up a large percentage of everything farmers grow on today’s agrarian landscapes.
The backlash against the genetically modified food industry was spearheaded by organizations including the now-defunct March Against Monsanto protest movement along with health food stores like Whole Foods, which rose to prominence as the United States’ top health food store over the past decade-plus.
Is Whole Foods still a trustworthy, dependable “health food market” for those looking to avoid foods made from GMOs and other science experiments and potentially toxic chemicals?
In many cases it is, but Whole Foods is far from the revolutionary company it once was in the health food space, as eloquently exposed by an Instagram influencer.
“Whole Foods…Shadier Than Ever,” Influencer Says
An influencer named Jared, aka ‘The Health Goat,’ took a trip to Whole Foods during which he found something shocking – the inclusion of mainstream cereals made from genetically modified ingredients, preservatives and other unsavory ingredients.
He shared his thoughts in a post “liked” over 1,900 times and commented on more than 2,100 times as of the writing of this article as he took viewers on a tour of Whole Foods.
“While you guys were distracted by Jeff Bezos’ wedding he somehow snuck this product into Whole Foods…This place is going downhill,” the man said on his IG post as he walked the aisles.
“You just read the box here…Contains ‘Bioengineered Food Ingredients,” he added as he showed viewers the boxes to General Mills’ cereals that have snuck into the store.
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Whole Foods was purchased by Bezos’ Amazon in 2017 for $13.7 billion.
The store, once a front line figure on the non-GMO and pro-organic scene, has become an afterthought in terms of its values system according to many in the movement who have criticized the chain for its inclusion of GMO breakfast cereals, canola oil and other GMO seed oils in its food bar, and similar changes.
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Whole Foods ‘Gaslights’ Customers, Influencer Says
The main pointed to a “promise” from Whole Foods showing that the company doesn’t stock food items with over 230 different ingredients that may be harmful to customers’ health.
Whole Foods clearly doesn’t mind stocking big agribusiness products that have been shown to contain genetically modified, lab created ingredients that have been mass sprayed with glyphosate, a strange paradox for a store once regarded as the most health conscious chain store in the United States.
“Bought a product recently at WF,” one reader said.
“Enjoyed it a few times until I detected a warning label saying it might contain lead and other harmful ingredients that can cause cancer and birth defects,” they added.
“What did you expect when Amazon bought it?” another reader asked.
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