{"id":121876,"date":"2022-06-21T19:51:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T19:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/2022\/06\/21\/new-hope-responds-to-criticism-of-gmo-2-0-companies-at-natural-products-expo-west\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T19:51:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T19:51:43","slug":"new-hope-responds-to-criticism-of-gmo-2-0-companies-at-natural-products-expo-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/new-hope-responds-to-criticism-of-gmo-2-0-companies-at-natural-products-expo-west\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hope Responds to Criticism of GMO 2.0 Companies at Natural Products Expo West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Tradeshow organizer defends presence of companies with unnatural GMO-derived products, saying <\/em><em>they want natural products community to choose for themselves the products that make sense for their customers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.newhope.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newhope.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Hope Network<\/a> was recently criticized for allowing synthetic biology or \u201cGMO 2.0\u201d companies to promote their products at <a aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.expowest.com\/en\/home.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expowest.com\/en\/home.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Natural Products Expo West<\/a>, held this past March in Anaheim, California.<\/p>\n<p><a aria-label=\"https:\/\/braverobot.co\/\" href=\"https:\/\/braverobot.co\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brave Robot<\/a> promoted its ice cream made from <a aria-label=\"https:\/\/perfectday.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/perfectday.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Perfect Day<\/a>\u2019s synbio proteins. <a aria-label=\"https:\/\/madewithmotif.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/madewithmotif.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Motif FoodWorks<\/a> offered samples of its GMO-derived \u201cHemami\u201d meat alternative. Other synbio company exhibitors were <a aria-label=\"https:\/\/pipettebaby.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/pipettebaby.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pipette<\/a> sunscreens and personal care products, <a aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/Article\/2022\/02\/24\/betterland-foods-unveils-cow-free-milk-with-Perfect-Day-so-how-close-is-it-to-the-real-thing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodnavigator-usa.com\/Article\/2022\/02\/24\/betterland-foods-unveils-cow-free-milk-with-Perfect-Day-so-how-close-is-it-to-the-real-thing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Betterland Foods<\/a>\u2019 milk product also made with Perfect Day\u2019s synbio animal-free whey protein, and <a aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.remilk.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.remilk.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Remilk<\/a> dairy products, among others. There were an estimated 10 GMO 2.0 companies exhibiting at Expo West.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Sheridan, president and CEO of the <a aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.naturalfoodretailers.net\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalfoodretailers.net\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Independent Natural Food Retailers Associatio<\/a>n (INFRA), says the consensus among his group\u2019s member retailers\u2014a key target market of Expo West\u2014was that synbio companies don\u2019t belong at a natural food show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to curb the expansion of GMOs in our food system but food start-ups are getting into Expo using smart marketing campaigns that aren\u2019t transparent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Encourage robust debate\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New Hope\u2019s director of market integrity Shelley Sapsin says retailer concerns \u201cmatter very much to us\u201d and that \u201casking hard questions about GMO-derived ingredients is appropriate.\u201d But she also says that New Hope provides a forum to discuss topics like \u201cprecision fermentation\u201d and\u201d\u2018GMO 2.0.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tradeshow organizer defends presence of companies with unnatural GMO-derived products, saying they want natural products community to choose for themselves the products that make sense for their customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":121877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087,1031],"tags":[],"organicbytes":[],"countries":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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