date:Jan 06, 2014
food crops for almost 20 years, the General Mills blog said.
The Minneapolis-based company said it has begun using non-GM cornstarch and non-GM sugar in Cheerios, adding that oats, the primary ingredient, is a crop that is not grown from genetically modified seeds.
The company hopes that consumers may embrace its decision to move away from GM ingredients.
In November, a Washington state ballot measure that would have required labeling of foods containing GM crops did not win wide approval.