There was quite a bit of speculation about this label last week. Many people on the internet questioned if it was real and where it came from. According to the report in the NY Times we can now conclude the following:<\/p>\n
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We know that Kraft does not label, distribute or export the\u00a0US version of Mac & Cheese officially.\u00a0(To echo my quote in The NY Times, I find it extremely bizarre that Kraft had no knowledge of their products being sold and widely available in one of the largest retailers in the world (Tesco) and are trying to pass this off as a black market supply.)<\/p>\n
Kraft has confirmed they do not use\u00a0GMO wheat<\/strong>. (However, no one to my knowledge has tested the product to verify this 100%, which is important considering the contamination of\u00a0GMO wheat<\/strong> in Oregon. Kraft customer service confirmed use of other GMOs in their products.<\/p>\n Given all the public statements that Kraft has made to the media about this label so far \u2013 they have not attempted to refute one important fact \u2013 Their product \u201cMay Cause Adverse Effects On Activity And Attention In Children.\u201d This is truth they can\u2019t deny.\u00a0Tesco who sells the US version of Kraft Mac & Cheese in their \u201cWorld Foods\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0section confirmed the label is placed on by the distributor \u2013 Innovative Bites. The case is still not solved. THERE IS STILL A MAJOR QUESTION UNANSWERED. No one has been able to get in touch with distributor Innovative Bites (including me) to find out why they used the words \u201cmade with genetically modified wheat\u201d on the label.<\/p>\n Lynne Galia, the spokeswoman I met at Kraft headquarters when I delivered thousands of signatures, has still not responded to me directly. She will not answer my emails or my phone calls. She will gladly talk to the NY Times and other news agencies, but not to me or the other\u00a0290,000 people<\/strong>\u00a0I represent who signed a petition asking Kraft to\u00a0remove artificial food dyes.<\/strong>\u00a0I find it bizarre that Kraft wouldn\u2019t genuinely want to answer basic questions about their product \u2013 especially after I posted this concerning information that could have health implications to millions of people and children.How can we continue to trust a company like\u00a0Kraft<\/strong>\u00a0that is more concerned about making greedy business decisions to keep their market share and paying their executives millions of more dollars year after year, while\u00a0neglecting enormous public outcry regarding their flagship product?<\/strong><\/p>\n How can we continue to\u00a0trust a company<\/strong>\u00a0that continues to not take responsibility for their product\u00a0containing petroleum based dyes and GMOs?<\/strong>\u00a0How can we continue to trust an American company that reformulates their products without harmful ingredients to our friends overseas but not to us?<\/p>\n How can we continue to trust a company that ignores 290,000 people and is scared to have a basic civilized conversation? Petition I want to leave you with a clarification note I received from Flo (who is definitely a hero for finding this label!) She would like to share her unedited thoughts about\u00a0Kraft Mac & Cheese here:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been eating Kraft Macaroni and Cheese for a long time now and have grown to enjoy the product, much like many others I\u2019m sure. However with these recent discoveries of the\u00a0yellow dyes\u00a0<\/strong>and their effects as well as the\u00a0GM wheat and GMOs,\u00a0I\u2019ve become very concerned. I have continued to eat Kraft macaroni and cheese in moderation knowing the effects it may have, however I\u2019m certainly considering stopping if the ingredients aren\u2019t changed. I\u2019m worried about the long term effects it may have and really hope that Kraft can find a way to alter the ingredients, making them safer and healthier, without it having an effect on the taste of the product. Mainly, I\u2019m concerned that children around the world may be eating this without knowing the effects it could have. Also, I would like to thank the\u00a0New York Times<\/strong>\u00a0for publishing the photo and not dismissing it as fake.\u201d~ Flo Wrightson Cross<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There was quite a bit of speculation about this label last week. Many people on the internet questioned if it was real and where it came from. According to the report in the NY Times we can now conclude the following:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\n