You need a label on a food product to tell you whether it contains genetically engineered products.

“YOU JUST LOOK AT THE LABEL OF INGREDIENTS,” NORM ELLSTRAND SAYS. “If it’s not labelled organic and one or more of the ingredients include U.S.-grown corn, soybeans, canola, cottonseed oil, papaya, beet sugar, or alfalfa, there’s a 90 percent or better chance that it’s genetically engineered.