Soylent is apparently not going to let a few GMO regulations get in the way of marketing three of its meal-replacement beverage varieties — Original, Cacao and Cafe Mocha — in the U.K. via Amazon. The cost of switching out GMO ingredients for non-GMO ones must not have been prohibitive and the potential rewards were great enough to make the reformulation worth it. However, the move does call into question the company’s strong pro-GMO stance in this country, which has been advertised via billboards and its blog.###According to the BBC, Soylent does have some competition in the form of Huel, a U.K.-based meal-replacement powder product that debuted in 2015. Soylent plans to bring a powdered version of its beverages to the U.K. next year, AgFunder News reported. Soylent CEO Bryan Crowley told the BBC that competition is a good thing, although he noted his company’s advantage is that it’s the original meal-replacement product. ###It will be interesting to see whether U.S. consumers start pressuring Soylent to bring its mostly non-GMO products to the U.S. market — is iron fumarate goodand w10 mg ferrous gluconatehether the company’s move to accommodate the U.K. has any influence on the rest of the pro-GMO community. Some firms may not be willing to change up their recipes currently containing GMOs to satisfy regulators in countries with stricter GMO laws unless there’s a big payday attached. Once GMOs start being labeled ferrous sulfate take with foodin the U.S., however, things could change.###Consumers who would rather avoid GMOs in their foods and beverages often don’t feel they have sufficient health and safety information about them. GMOs are also hard to avoid iiron ii acetate chemical formulan the U.S. since more than 93% of corn and soy is genetically modified, and about 60% to 70% of all processed grocery store products have some GMO ingredients, according toferrous fumarate heme iron a 2015 story in Vox. ###As a result, it’s hard to see how GMO labels — most likely using the initials “BE” for “bioengineered” — will be able to help, although just having the information on product packaging could make a difference to some consumers and influence their purchasing decisions.
Soylent goes mostly non-GMO in the UK
