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General Mills sued for false use of 'natural' claim on Nature Valley Granola Bars, found to contain glyphosate

8/31/2016 - General Mills is being sued for misleading use of the term "natural" on packages of Nature Valley granola bars, which have been shown to contain residues of the toxic herbicide glyphosate (Roundup). The lawsuit, filed by Moms Across America, Beyond Pesticides and the Organic Consumers Association,...

General Mills to start labeling GM foods nationwide... after being forced to do so

4/8/2016 - After years of public opposition, General Mills has finally caved and will start labeling all its products which contain GMOs. The decision wasn't made out of the goodness of General Mills' heart, however. The company has a history of actively opposing GMO labeling. In the past, General Mills donated...

Frankenfood industry now in total panic over Vermont's tough GMO labeling law; General Mills announces surrender

3/29/2016 - In order to comply with Vermont's GMO food labeling law set to go into effect in July 2016, General Mills has announced that they'll begin to label products of theirs which contain genetically modified ingredients. The company's decision also comes in the wake of the recent Senate vote that struck down...

General Mills surrenders to GMO labeling, reluctantly decides to label foods but still believes in fundamentally deceiving its own customers

3/21/2016 - General Mills, a highly unethical food corporation that bitterly fought against labeling GMOs in California and Oregon, has now surrendered to Vermont's labeling laws and announced it will start labeling GMOs across the country. "General Mills has announced it will start labeling products with genetically...

General Mills conducts massive recall of "gluten free" cereal made with wheat

10/8/2015 - General Mills' decision to produce certified gluten-free Cheerios delighted the nearly 30% of consumers who avoid gluten until a recall of 1.8 million boxes of Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios was announced earlier this week. According to the company, their Lodi, California facility lost rail service...

General Mills recalls gluten-free Cheerios because it might contain wheat, but won't recall wheat cereals that contain glyphosate

10/5/2015 6:23:19 PM - General Mills Inc. has come forth publicly, apologizing for a crucial weeks-long mistake that went down at one of their plants in Lodi, California. Over the course of several days in July, workers at the plant loaded wheat flour into the gluten-free loading system. Workers were supposed to fill the...

General Mills caves to Food Babe's BHT petition in less than 24 hours

2/11/2015 - Big Food is surrendering to consumer demands faster than ever before. Food corporations are removing chemical after chemical from their food products, as the clean food movement pushes forward with diligence. Leaders of the clean food movement, like Vani Hari, "the Food Babe," are now exposing food...

General Mills settlement forces company to stop using 'all natural' claims on dozens of granola bar products

12/8/2014 - General Mills is no longer able to use the "100% Natural" label on dozens of their products, thanks to a settlement reached between the food giant and four consumers who filed lawsuits over the label's misuse in 2012. In their complaints, consumers alleged that General Mills "deceptively described...

Food brand update: Annie's sells out to General Mills while Barbara's gets its cereals Non-GMO Project Verified

9/15/2014 - General Mills, one of the most deceptive food companies in the world and a processed food giant that funds efforts to block GMO labeling transparency, is reportedly purchasing Annie's for $820 million. [1] Annie's, based in Berkeley, California, is a well-known organic food brand that has long been...

GMO victory? General Mills says Cheerios are non-GMO, but they're made from oats in the first place

1/3/2014 - General Mills has now publicly announced that original Cheerios cereal is non-GMO. This announcement, in which General Mills also falsely claims that genetically modified ingredients are "safe" -- as if this had been proven or something -- is available here. But Cheerios cereal is made from oats,...

General Mills pulls Cheerios 'app' following groundswell of GMO opposition

2/18/2013 - A social media marketing experiment recently launched by food giant General Mills went down in flames less than one day after it was created following a groundswell of opposition to the company's hidden use of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). According to Activist Post, a Facebook "app" created...

CSPI to file lawsuit against General Mills for selling 'fruit' snacks that don't even contain the fruit

10/19/2011 - Consumers are increasingly holding junk food manufacturers responsible for the false claims they make about their products, especially when such products are labeled as "natural" or as containing fruit when they really do not. Attorneys from the nutrition advocacy group Center for Science in the Public...

General Mills imitation blueberries story keeps spreading; Total cereal exposed as deceptive

2/5/2011 - It's the story that just keeps going viral. We broke it here on NaturalNews with the release of The Blueberry Deception, a mini documentary that exposed the truth about many name-brand food products that fake their blueberries. You can watch it here: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=7EC06D27B1A945BE85E7DA8483025962 It's...

U.S. food companies caught faking blueberries with artificial colors and liquid sugars, reveals Health Ranger investigation

1/19/2011 - A Food Investigations mini-documentary released today exposes the "blueberry deception" in name-brand cereals, bagels, breads and bars. As revealed in the investigative video (www.FoodInvestigations.com), big-name food companies that offer blueberry cereals, muffins, pastries and bars have been caught...

Total Blueberry Pomegranate cereal from General Mills contains no blueberries and no pomegranates

1/19/2011 - A cereal offered by General Mills called "Total Blueberry Pomegranate" cereal has been characterized as a "total fraud" by investigative journalist Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, as part of a non-profit Food Investigations documentary being shown at www.FoodInvestigations.com Volunteering his research...

General Mills cuts sugar content in children's cereals but still uses GMOs

12/13/2010 - Breakfast cereal giant General Mills recently announced plans to slightly cut the sugar content in its children's cereals in accordance with overall pressures on major food producers to fight childhood obesity and its related diseases by making healthier products. However the company continues to use...

General Mills takes leadership step in switching to whole grain breakfast cereals

5/16/2005 - Take a look at a box of whole grain Total breakfast cereal from General Mills. This is the company that has decided to switch all of their cereal products to whole-grain products. In terms of public health and nutrition, this is a very big deal. First off, I'm impressed. I give a thumbs-up to General...

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