(from Cornucopia) The Grocery Manufacturers Association showed off a list of which companies are paying for the anti-GMO labeling campaign last Friday. Essentially this is a list of which companies don’t want you to know what they’re putting in your food.
The list was made up of a number of the biggest food products manufacturers, including lots of the very prominent brands in natural and organic food.
The following list reveals the quantities of capital provided along with the companies:
- The J. M. Smucker Company $241,091
- Bush Brothers & Company A $16,233
- Pinnacle Foods Group LLC $120,846
- Rich Products Corporation $24,049
- General Mills, Inc. $598,819
- PepsiCo, Inc. $1,620,899
- Bunge North America, inc. $94,993
- Bumble Bee Foods, LLC $36,073
- Moody Dunbar, Inc. $1,804
- Dean Foods Company $120,245
- Kellogg Company $221,852
- Nestle USA, Inc. $1,052,743
- ConAgra Foods $285,281
- Bimbo Bakeries USA $94,693
- Welch Foods, Inc. $28,859
- Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. $14,429
- Bruce Foods Corporation $3,006
- Abbott Nutrition $127,459
- Campbell Soup Company $265,140
- Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. $55,313
- FlowersFoods, Inc. $141,288
- Del Monte Foods Company $86,576
- Sunny Delight Beverages Company $21,043
- Shearer’s Foods, Inc. $25,251
- The Hillshire Brands Company $97,398
- The Hershey Company $248,305
- Hormel Foods Corporation $52,908
- Clement Pappas & Company, Inc. $21,043
- McCormick & Company, Inc. $102,208
- The Clorox Company $12,024
- Mondelez Global LLC $144,895
- Cargill, Inc. $98,601
- Land O’Lakes, Inc. $99,803
- The Coca-Cola Company $1,047,332
These really are the businesses that determined that they have no desire for the public to understand what’s in the stuff they purchase and consume. These companies tried to stay concealed behind a national organization to disguise their role in influencing elections and misleading consumers. Please join in dispersing consumer consciousness about those businesses and let everyone know to avoid purchasing their merchandise so they recognize just how damaging their actions are and hopefully embrace better practices with the customer in mind.