date:May 16, 2016
were under any constraints where we cant sell our sugar.
Just in the past two years, though, thats changed. Many food companies have decided to label their products as non-GMO. And because practically all sugar beets in the U.S. are genetically modified, those food products are now using sugar derived from sugar cane grown in Florida, Louisiana or outside the U.S. There isnt any genetically modified sugar cane.
Deborah Arcoleo, director of product transparency at the Hershey Co., told me that