FACT: GMO CROPS HAVE THE SAME NUTRITIONAL VALUE AS TRADITIONAL CROPS. IN SOME CASES, THEY’RE BRED TO BE EVEN HEALTHIER.[4][5]
Along with being safe, GMOs are also just as healthy as traditional crops. In 2016, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine confirmed that GMOs are equivalent to non-GMO foods, in both composition and nutritional value.[6]
Scientists also use genetic modification to produce biofortified crops – foods engineered to be more nutritious, with a higher content of key vitamins and minerals, like iron, zinc and protein. A few examples include scientists in developing countries working on iron biofortification of rice, beans and sweet potato and provitamin A carotenoid biofortification of bananas and maize.[7]