How to Tell if Your Food is Genetically Engineered

The Food Scores database grading Doritos Tapatio Salsa Picante Hot Dsuce

Thanks to a new online database called Food Scores , consumers can now access details about the nutritional value and ingredients on more than 80,000 products commonly found in grocery stores.

The Food Scores database can inform a consumer about anything ranging from how processed the food item is to what products contain brominated vegetable oil.

Through a combination of taking into consideration nutritional value and processing, the Environmental Working Group assigns each item a score from 1 to 10, with 1 being the highest in nutritional value and the least processed.

Because food providers are not required to label products that contain genetically modified ingredients, this database is essential for customers who are concerned with the health and environmental effects of GMOs and wish to avoid consuming them.

The president an founder of the Environmental Working group, Ken Cook, got the idea for Food Scores from another project called Skin Deep that caused some cosmetic makers to change their products, and he hopes that Food Scores will do the same..