FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION
HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING
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80%
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95%
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40%
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70%
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Detailed explanation-1: -Little-known facts about GMOs: GMOs are now present in 75 to 80 percent of conventional processed food in the U.S., according to the Grocery Manufacturers Association. 58 percent of Americans are unfamiliar with the issue of GMOs in food, according to a 2006 Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology study.
Detailed explanation-2: -people are expected to populate the world by 2050, which means farmers will need to produce 70% more food. of harvested GMO crops are fed as food to animals, making the world’s livestock populations the largest consumers of GMO crops.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the United States there are 11 commercially available genetically modified crops in the United States: soybeans, corn (field and sweet), canola, cotton, alfalfa, sugar beets, summer squash, papaya, apples and potatoes.