GMOs are kind of a sticky wicket. In a super-oversimplified nutshell, some people say they\u2019re bad (unless you\u2019re a huge corporation getting rich off them). Others are quick to counter, \u201cOMG how else are we going to feed the world?! Shut the eff up already and grow the robot-food!\u201d I\u2019ll make no pretense of neutrality. Robot food for everyone! (KIDDING. Shudder.)<\/p>\n
So those of us in the skeptical-of-GMOs camp may be happy to hear Chipotle is voluntarily identifying GMOs in its menu items (although only on its website, not in stores) \u2014 making it the first restaurant chain in the country to do so. Writes the company:<\/p>\n
Our goal is to eliminate GMOs from Chipotle\u2019s ingredients, and we\u2019re working hard to meet this challenge. For example, we recently switched our fryers from soybean oil to sunflower oil. Soybean oil is almost always made from genetically modified soybeans, while there is no commercially available GMO sunflower oil. Where our food contains currently unavoidable GM ingredients, it is only in the form of corn or soy.<\/p>\n
Chipotle is seeking to reduce the GMOs in its menu items but has no delusions of completely eradicating them anytime soon.<\/p>\n