Kraft Mac & Cheese Does NOT Contain GMO Wheat

elizabethd June 1, 2013 FNRN News Archive Comments Off on Kraft Mac & Cheese Does NOT Contain GMO Wheat 594 Views

UDATE: The distribution company that Kraft says was not authorized to inaccurately label and distribute its products has taken the Kraft products down from their website.

UPDATE: The story we spoke about in this broadcast has since been amended several times. You can see the screenshots before and after our broadcast on our Facebook page. (See the Facebook click-through on the right side of this page.)

We are watchdogs as far as GMOs are concerned, but when stories appear on the internet that are inaccurate it hurts everyone who supports GMO labeling efforts. One such story recently appeared about Kraft Foods saying their Macaroni and Cheese product shipped to the U.K. contains GMO wheat.

Here’s why this story is inaccurate:

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Elizabeth Dougherty has been cooking and writing about food intensively for more than ten years. She is the fourth generation of chefs and gourmet grocers in her family with her mother, Francesca Esposito and grandmother, Carmella being major influences in her early cooking years. As a teenager, her family sent her to Europe where she became focused on French and Italian cuisine. She survived a year and half of culinary tutelage under a maniacal Swiss-German chef and is a graduate of NYIT, Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality, Business and Labor Relations. Food Nation Radio has won two news awards for content. Broadcasting LIVE each week, nationwide, on FoodNationRadio.com and stations around the country.