ARTICLE: Is Your Butter Really GMO? Food Scares vs. Reality

Originally posted on Decoded Science.

Genetically modified organisms, commonly known as GMOs, continue to make the rounds in news –and on social media. The latest scare is “GMO Butter.” Does your butter actually contain DNA from those GMO plants in the dairy’s feed?

GMO Butter and DNA

Decoded Science had the opportunity to interview Mary Martin Nordness, MA, RD, LD, CHES, Director of Nutrition Affairs at the Southeast United Dairy Association, Inc.

According to Nordness, “When cows eat GMO feed, the DNA proteins are broken down in the digestive process like any other protein. Any protein broken down from GMO feed is not distinguishable from that of conventional feed once it’s digested, therefore there is no difference in the milk.”

Decoded Science asked whether there is DNA present in the butter, and Nordness responded, “There is cow DNA in milk, therefore it is also in the butter. That DNA is broken up during human digestion just as all other proteins. Cow’s DNA is not altered or impacted in any way by the consumption of GMO Feed. All DNA in feed, whether GMO or conventional, is broken down during digestion, therefore it isn’t distinguishable in milk.”

Read the full article at Decoded Science.