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Mandatory labeling on genetically engineered foods

Appealing Banana Substitutes

Labels alerting customers that products contain ingredients from genetically engineered plants may reduce sales, at least in the short term, according to a new study from a research team including an agricultural economist in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. The study analyzed sales trend data from Vermont after a law went into effect requiring …

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Study Reveals Plant-Based Meats Not As Nutritious As The Real Deal

Fish Without The Fish? How BlueNalu Is Changing Seafood

Recently researchers compared the protein absorption from real chicken meat to genetically engineered plant-based meat. The findings published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry revealed that the protein from the plant-based meat alternative was absorbed less during digestion than protein from real chicken. The real chicken peptides were found to be consistently more …

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