Chipotle’s voluntary GMO labeling.

Chipotle sets the bar high and is the first national chain to label GMOs.

In a statement on the Chipotle website:

The WHO (that’s the World Health Organization, not the British rock band) defines Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs as “organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally.” Our goal is to eliminate GMOs from Chipotle’s ingredients, and we’re working hard to meet this challenge. For example, we recently switched our fryers from soybean oil to sunflower oil. Soybean oil is almost always made from genetically modified soy beans, while there is no commercially available GMO sunflower oil. Where our food contains unavoidable GM ingredients, it is only in the form of corn or soy.

Read more: http://www.nationofchange.org/chipotle-becomes-first-us-restaurant-chain-voluntarily-label-gmos-1371482165

Chipotle Website Menu: http://www.chipotle.com/en-US/menu/ingredients_statement/ingredients_statement.aspx