NOTE: this list is compiled based on each company's contribution, to the $45 million spent to oppose initiatives to label GMO products, beginning with the company that made the most contribution.
Monsanto $8,112,866.55
[The company “…invests over $2.6 million per day to develop and bring new products to market.”)
- BioDirect Technology: An Agricultural Biological Platform
- Agricultural Seeds (patented): Alfalfa, Canola, Corn, Cotton, Sorghum, Soybeans, Sugarbeets, Wheat
Vegetable seeds offered through De Ruiter (UK:http://www.deruiterseeds.com/global/uk/products/Pages/default.aspx) and Seminis (http://www.seminis.com/global/us/products/Pages/Home-Gardeners.aspx)
- Weed Control Products eg. Roundup
Agricultural Herbicides
- Bullet
- Degree XTRA
- Harness
- INTRRO
- Lariat
- Maverick
- Micro-Tech
- Roundup PowerMAX
- Roundup Ready PLUS
- Roundup WeatherMAX
- RT 3
- TripleFLEX
- Warrant Herbicide
Industrial, Turf & Ornamental Herbicides
- AquaMaster
- Certainty Turf Herbicide
- Outrider
- Roundup Pro Concentrate
- Roundup PROMAX
- Roundup QuikPRO
Western Specialty Products for California and Arizona
- Roundup PowerMAX
- Roundup WeatherMAX
- Traits, Technologies and Partnering (Acceleron® Seed Treatment Products, Corn States, Genuity® Traits, Integrated Farming Systems)
E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co. (plant breeder/biotech) $5,400,000.00
- Alfalfa
- Canola
- Corn/Maize
- Cotton
- Forage Inoculants
- Mustard
- Pearl Millet
- Rice
- Sorghum
- Soybeans
- Sunflowers
- Wheat
Pepsico, Inc. $2,485,400.00
- Pepsi-Cola Brands
- Frito-Lay Brands
- Tropicana Brands
- Quaker Brands
- Gatorade Brands
Grocery Manufacturers Association $2,002,000.00
● More than 300 members
Kraft Foods Global, Inc. $2,000,500.00
http://www.kraftfoodscompany.com/Brands/index.aspx (Note: Kraft Foods recently change a lot of things... some of these brands are now owned by Mondelez International Inc.)
Some of their Brands/Products:
- Back to Nature
- Barnum’s Animal Crackers
- belVita Breakfast Biscuits
- Boca Burger
- Breakstone's
- Bubbaloo
- Cadbury Creme Egg
- California Pizza Kitchen
- Capri Sun
- Carte Noire
- Cheese Nips
- Cheeze Whiz
- Chips Ahoy!
- Club Social
- Cool Whip
- CornNuts
- Côte d'Or
- Country Time
- Cracker Barrel
- Crystal Light
- Cadbury Dairy Milk
- Deluxe
- Dentyne
- Flake
- General Foods International
- Gevalia
- Grand Mere
- Grape-Nuts (breakfast cereal)
- Green & Blacks
- Handi-Snacks
- Halls
- Harvest Crisps
- Hollywood Gum
- Honey Maid
- Jacobs
- Jell-O
- Jet-Puffed Marshmallows
- Kenco
- Knox (gelatin)
- Kool-Aid
- Kraft
- Lacta
- Lu
- Oscar Mayer Lunchables
- Marabou
- Maxwell House
- Milka
- Miracle Whip
- Nabisco
- Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs
- The Natural Confectionery Company
- Newtons
- Nilla
- Nutter Butter
- Onko
- Oreo
- Oscar Mayer
- Philadelphia
- Planters
- Polly-O
- Premium
- Prince
- Ritz
- Royal
- Seven Seas (salad dressings)
- Simmenthal
- Shake 'n Bake
- SnackWells
- Starbucks (grocery store items)
- Stimorol
- Stove Top
- Sure-Jell premium fruit pectin
- Recipes
- Taco Bell (grocery store items)
- Tang
- Tassimo
- Teddy Grahams
- Terry's (chocolates)
- Toblerone
- Tombstone (frozen pizza)
- Trakinas
- Trident
- Triscuit
- Velveeta
- Wheat Thins
Bayer Cropscience $2,000,000.00
- Insecticides
- Fungicides
- Herbicides
- Seed Treatment
- Plant Growth Regulators
- Branded Lawn and Garden Products
- Green Industry
- Professional Pest Management
- Vector and Locust Control
- Agricultural Seed
- Vegetable Seed
Syngenta Corporation (agribusiness/biotech corporation) $2,000,000.00
- Crop Protection
- Seed Care
- Seeds
- Lawn & Garden
Dow Agrosciences LLC $2,000,000.00
North America: http://www.dowagro.com/products/northamerica/index.htm
- Seed affiliates: Mycogen Seeds, Renze Seeds , Dairyland Seed , Pfister Seeds , Brodbeck Seeds , Triumph Seed , Prairie Brand Seed and Hyland Seeds sell seed with the latest trait technologies including our SmartStax® stacked trait technology and HERCULEX® Insect Protection
Vegetation Management
- Accord XRT II
- Capstone
- Continuum System
- DMA 4 IVM
- Forestry Garlon XRT
- Garlon 3A
- Garlon 4 Ultra
- Milestone
- Opensight
- Pathfinder II
- Pathway
- Rodeo
- Spike 80DF
- Tordon 101 Mixture
- Tordon K
- Transline
- Vista XRT
Insecticides
- Blackhawk
- Cobalt
- Delegate WG
- Entrust
- Intrepid 2F
- Lorsban 15G
- Lorsban Advanced
- Radiant SC
Intermediates
Agriculture: http://www.dowagro.com/usag/prod/
- Corn Central: Corn Herbicides, Nitrogen Stabilizers, Insecticides, Fungicides
- Turf & Ornamental:
- Herbicides (Confront®, Dimension®, Gallery®, Goal®, Kerb®SC T&O, LockUp®, Lontrel®, Sapphire®, Showcase®, Snapshot®, Team® Pro, Turflon® Ester Ultra)
- Fungicides (Dithane®, Eagle® 20EW, Fore® Rainshield®)
- Insecticides / Soil Fumigants / Nematicide (Conserve® SC, Curfew®, Dursban® 50W)
BASF Plant Science (Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik - chemical and biotechnology corporation) $2,000,000.00
Coca-Cola North America $1,690,500.00
- more than 3,500 beverages
Nestle USA, Inc. (too many brands to list) $1,461,600.00
- Baby foods
- Bottled water
- Cereals
- Chocolate & confectionery
- Coffee
- Culinary, chilled & frozen food
- Dairy
- Drinks
- Food service
- Healthcare nutrition
- Ice cream
- Petcare
- Sports nutrition
- Weight management
General Mills, Inc. $1,230,300.00
- Betty Crocker
- Bisquick
- Gold Medal
- Jus-Rol
- Knack & Back
- La Salteña
- Pillsbury
- Pillsbury Atta
- Big G cereals”
- Cascadian Farm (“organic”)
- Cheerios
- Chex
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch
- Fiber One
- Kix
- Lucky Charms
- Monsters
- Total
- Trix
- Wheaties
- Häagen-Dazs
- Diablitos Underwood
- Good Earth
- Green Giant
- Hamburger Helper
- Macaroni Grill
- Old El Paso
- V.Pearl
- Yoki
- Food Should Taste Good (“organic”)
- Lärabar (“organic”)
- Muir Glen (“organic”)
- Frescarini
- Latina
- La Salteña
- Wanchai Ferry
- Totino's / Jeno's
- Bugles
- Fruit Snacks
- Gardetto's
- Nature Valley
- Progresso
- Liberté
- Mountain High
- Yoplait
- Yoplait France
ConAgra Foods $1,176,700.00
- Banquet
- Chef Boyardee
- David Seeds
- Egg Beaters
- Healthy Choice
- Hebrew National
- Hunt's
- Kid Cuisine
- Marie Callender's
- Orville Redenbacher's
- Pam
- Reddi-Wip
- Slim Jim
- Snack Pack
- Wesson
- Act Ii
- Libby's
- Alexia
- Manwich
- Andy Capp's
- Parkay
- Banquet Brown 'N Serve
- Penrose
- Blue Bonnet
- Peter Pan
- Crunch 'N Munch
- Poppycock
- Dennison's
- Ranch Style
- Fiddle Faddle
- Ro*Tel
- Fleischmann's
- Rosarita
- Gulden's
- Swiss Miss
- Jiffy Pop
- Van Camp's
- La Choy
- Wolf Brand Chili
- Conagra Mills
- Lamb Weston
- Spicetec Flavors And Seasonings
- Ultragrain
- Angela Mia
- J. Hungerford Smith
- J.M. Swank
- The Max
- Vogel Popcorn
Kellogg Company $790,700.00
- All-Bran®
- Apple Jacks®
- Cinnabon™
- Corn Pops®
- Cracklin’ Oat Bran®
- Crispix®
- Crunchmania
- Crunchy Nut™
- Eggo®
- FiberPlus™
- Froot Loops™
- Frosted Flakes®
- Frosted Mini-Wheats®
- Fruit Flavored Snacks
- Honey Smacks®
- Kashi (subsidiary)
- Kellogg’s Corn Flakes®
- Kellogg’s Raisin Bran®
- Krave
- Low Fat Granola
- Mueslix®
- Nutri-Grain®
- Pop-Tarts®
- Pringles® (5-31-2012)
- Product 19®
- Rice Krispies®
- Smart Start®
- Smorz
- Special K™
Smithfield Foods, Inc. $683,900.00
Pork Brands:
- Armour®
- Carando®
- Cook's®
- Curly's Foods®
- Eckrich®
- Farmland®
- Gwaltney®
- Healthy Ones®
- John Morrell®
- Kretschmar Deli®
- Margherita®
- Smithfield®
Specialty Brands:
- Basse's Choice
- Genuine Smithfield Ham
- Paula Deen Collection
- Smithfield Marketplace
- The Peanut Shop of Williamsburg
Del Monte Foods Company $674,100.00 (canned food)
- Canned Fruit
- Tomato
- Vegetables
- Bowls
- Fruit Chillers® Frozen Treats
- Fruit Cup® Snacks
- Fruit Naturals® Snacks
- Jarred Fruits
- Sauces & Condiments
Campbell Soup Company $598,000.00
Bolthouse Farms (http://www.bevnet.com/news/2012/campbell-completes-acquisition-of-b...)
- Campbell’s Soups
- Pace® sauces
- Pepperidge Farm®
- Prego® Italian sauces
- Swanson® broths and chicken
- V8®
The J.M. Smucker Company $555,000.00
- Adams Peanut Butter
- Café Bustelo
- Crisco®
- Crosse & Blackwell
- Dickinson's
- Dunkin' Donuts
- Dutch Girl
- Eagle Brand
- Folgers
- Hungry Jack
- Jif
- Kava
- Knott's Berry Farm
- Laura Scudder's
- Magnolia
- Mary Ellen
- Medaglia de Oro
- Millstone
- Natural Brew
- None Such
- Pillsbury
- Pilon
- PET
- R.W. Knudsen Family
- Recharge
- Red River
- Santa Cruz Organic
- Smucker's
- Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter
- Smucker's Ice Cream Toppings
- Uncrustables
- White Lily
Hershey Company $518,900.00
- Dagoba
- 5th Avenue Candy Bar
- Almond Joy Bars
- 3hour Puck Breathsavers
- Bubble Yum
- Cadbury Caramel Egg
- Good & Plenty Licorice Candy
- Hershey's Bars, Kisses, Chunks, Nuggets, Miniatures, Milkshakes, Shell Topping, Triple Chocolate Dessert Toppings Sprinkles, Sugar Free Chocolates, Sugar Free Chocolate Syrup, Simple Pleasures Milk Chocolate With Chocolate Crème, Symphony Milk Chocolate Bar etc.
- Ice Breakers Frost, Cubes, Gum, Mints and Sours
- Jolly Rancher Hard Candy
- Kit Kat Milk Chocolate Wafer Bars
- Mauna Loa Mountains Mauna Loa Boxed Chocolates, Island Nut & Fruit Mix Mauna Loa Mix, Dark Chocolate Covered Macadamia Nuts, Chocolate Covered Macadamia Nuts, Honey Roasted Macadamia Nuts, Macadamia Nuts
- Milk Duds Candy
- Mounds Bars, Sweetened Coconut Flakes
- Mr. Goodbar Candy Bar
- Payday Peanut Caramel Bar
- Pelon Pelo Rico
- Scharffen Berger
- Reese’s Pieces, Peanut Butter Cups, Crispy Crunchy Bar, Fast Break Candy Bar, Nutrageous Candy Bar, Creamy Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Topping
- Reesesticks Wafer Bars
- Rolo Caramels In Milk Chocolate
- Skor Toffee Bar
- Take 5 Candy Bar
- Twizzlers Cherry and Strawberry Bites, Nibs, Cherry Pull ‘N’ Peel
- Whatchamacallit Candy Bar
- Whoppers Milk Chocolate Malted Milk Balls
- York Peppermint Pattie
- Zagnut Candy Bar
- Zero Candy Bar
H.J. Heinz Company $500,000.00
- Bakedbeans
- Bagelbites
- ABC
- Cheffrancisco
- Classico
- Delimex
- Honig
- Ketchup
- Leaperrins
- Oreida
- Plasmon
- Pudliszki
- Saladcream
- Smartones
- TGIF
- Watties
- Weightwatchers
Mars Food North America $498,350.00
Petcare:
- Pedigree®
- Royal Canin®
- Whiskas®
- Kitekat®
- Banfield®
- Cesar®
- Nutro®
- Sheba®
- Chappi®
- Catsan®
- Frolic®
- Perfect Fit®
- Greenies®
- Chocolate: 36 brands in total, and four — MARS®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS® and M&M'S® — are more than 50 years old
- Wrigley: (see Wrigley above)
Food:
- Uncle Ben’s®
- Dolmio®
- Masterfoods®
- Seeds Of Change®
- Ebly®
- Royco®
- Kan Tong®
- Suzi Wan®
- Raris®
Drinks:
- Klix®
- Flavia®
- Alterra™
- The Bright Tea Co.™
- Dove®/Galaxy® hot chocolate drinks
Symbioscience
Mars Botanical™ through CocoaVia™, a daily cocoa extract supplement designed to help maintain healthy circulation; Mars Veterinary™ through Wisdom Panel®, our patented DNA testing kit for canines; and, Mars Plantcare through Seramis®, an indoor plant clay granulate that provides a natural substrate in which to grow healthy plants.
Hormel Foods Corporation $467,900.00
- Hormel
- Jennie-O Turkey Store
- Chi-Chi’s
- Lloyd's BBQ
- Spam
- Dinty Moore
- Valley Fresh
- Stagg Chili
- Farmer John
- Di Lusso Deli
- Worldfood
- Saag's
- Herb-Ox
- Not-so-Sloppy Joe
- Hormel Health Labs
Unilever $467,100.00
For all products see link above.
Food:
- Lipton
- Heartbrand
- Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream
- Becel, Flora
- Knorr
- Bertolli
- Blue Band, Rama
- Hellmann’s, Amora
Bimbo Bakeries USA $422,900.00
- Arnold
- Ball Park (Buns)
- Bimbo
- Boboli
- Brownberry
- Earthgrains
- Entenmann's
- Francisco
- Freihofer's
- Marinela
- Mrs Baird's
- Oroweat
- Sara Lee
- Stroehmann
- Thomas'
- Tia Rosa
Bumble Bee Foods , LLC $420,600.00
- Tuna
- Salmon
- Ready-To-Eat Meals
- Chicken
- Sardines & Mackerel
- Shrimp
- Clams
- Crab
- Oysters
- King Oscar®
- Brunswick®
- Beach Cliff®
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. $409,100.00
- Juices and Drinks
- Craisins® Dried Cranberries
- Dried Fruit
- Sauces
- Fresh Fruit
- Fruit Flavored Snacks
Council For Biotechnology Information (non-profit organization with member companies) $375,000.00
- BASF
- Bayer CropScience
- Dow AgroSciences LLC
- DuPont
- Monsanto Company
- Syngenta
Sara Lee Corporation (a subsidiary of Bimbo Breads) $343,600.00
- Ball Park
- Bistro Collection
- Bon Gateaux
- Bony
- Bravo
- Bryan
- Butter-Nut Cappuccino
- Caboclo
- Café Continental
- Café do Ponto
- Café Pilão
- Cafitesse
- Chat Noir
- Chef Pierre
- CroustiPâte
- Deli d'Italia
- Deli Perfect
- Douwe Egberts
- Galileo
- Gallo Salame
- Harris
- Hillshire Farm
- Hornimans
- Jacqmotte
- Java Coast
- Jimmy Dean
- Kahn's
- Kanis & Gunnink
- Kayo
- Laurentis
- Madame Brioche Martinez
- Maison du Café
- Marcilla
- Maryland Club
- Merrild
- Moccona
- Mr. Turkey
- Natreen
- Natrena
- Paradise
- Piazza d'Oro
- Pickwick
- Prima
- R.B. Rice
- Rudy's Farm
- Sara Lee - Deli
- Sara Lee - Desserts
- Seleto
- Senseo
- Soley
- State Fair
- Steamers
- Sunbeam
- Suntipt
- Van Nelle
Abbott Nutrition $334,500.00
- Similac
- Ensure
- Glucerna
- EAS
- EleCare
- Jevity
- Metabolic
- Nepro
- Optimental
- Osmolite
- Oxepa
- Pedialyte
- PediaSure
- PediaSure Peptide
- Perative
- Pivot
- Polycose
- ProMod
- Promote
- Pulmocare
- Suplena
- Survanta
- TwoCal
- Vital
- ZonePerfect
Pinnacle Foods Group LLC $266,100.00
- Armour®
- Aunt Jemima® Frozen Breakfast
- Birds Eye® Vegetables
- Birds Eye® Voila!
- C&W®
- Celeste®
- Comstock-Wilderness®
- Duncan Hines®
- Hungry-Man®
- Husman's®
- Lender's®
- Log Cabin®
- Mrs. Butterworth's®
- Mrs. Paul's®
- Nalley®
- Open Pit®
- Snyder® of Berlin
- Tim's® Cascade Snacks
- Van de Kamp's®
- Vlasic®
Dean Foods Company $253,950.00
- Horizon Organic® milk products
- Dean's® Dairy
- International Delight® creamer
- LAND O LAKES® dairy and juice products
- Silk® organic and natural plant-based products
- Swiss Premium Tea
- TruMoo® chocolate milk
- Alta Dena Dairy dairy products
- Barber's Dairy dairy products
- Berkeley Farms® dairy products
- Broughton Foods dairy products
- Brown's Dairy® dairy products
- Creamland dairy products
- Country Fresh® dairy products
- Friendship Dairies
- Gandy's
- Garelick Farms® dairy and juice products
- Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms®
- Louis Trauth Dairy
- Mayfield® Dairy Farms
- McArthur® Dairy
- Meadow Brook®
- Meadow Gold Dairy
- Oak Farms Dairy
- PET Dairy products
- Price's Creameries
- Purity Dairies
- Reiter Dairy
- Robinson Dairy
- Shenandoah's Pride Dairy
- T.G. Lee® Dairy, juice and eggs
- Tuscan Dairy Farms
Bunge North America, Inc. $248,600.00
- Bunge Grain
- Bunge Oilseed Processing
- Bunge Oils
- Bunge Milling
- Bunge Biofuels
- Bunge Fertilizer
- Bunge Latin America
McCormick & Company, Inc. $248,200.00
manufacture, marketing and distribution of spices, herbs, seasonings, specialty foods and flavors
- Cheez-All® Flavors
- Flavors for the Dairy Industry
- FlavorCell®
- FlavorSpice®
- Fruit and Sweet
- Savory Select® Flavors
- Vanilla Extracts and Flavors
Rich Products Corporation (frozen foods) $243,537.15
- SeaPak
- Farm Rich
- French Meadow Bakery
- Byron’s hickory-smoked BBQ
- Casa Di Bertacchi meatballs
Cargill, Inc. $243,135.70
- Animal Nutrition & Feed
- Agricultural Commodity Trading & Processing
- Energy, Transportation & Metals
- Farmer Services
- Financial & Risk Management
- Food & Beverage Ingredients
- Foodservice
- Industrial / BioIndustrial
- Personal Care
- Pharmaceutical
- Produce and market biodiesel and ethanol
- Salt
Cargill Brands:
- Peter’s™ Chocolate — for confectioners, chocolatiers and ice cream manufacturers
- Gerkens® Cacao — high-quality cocoa products
- MaizeWise™ corn products
- CoroWise™ brand Naturally Sourced Cholesterol Reducer™
- Regenasure™ glucosamine
- Clear Valley® canola oil
- GrainWise™ wheat aleurone
- Progressive Baker™ flours
- Sunny Fresh™ brand value-added egg products for the foodservice industry
- Diamond Crystal® salt (US)
- Truvia™ natural sweetener (US)
- Peter's® Chocolate (US)
- Wilbur® Chocolate (US)
- Honeysuckle White® turkey (US)
- Shady Brook Farms® turkey (US)
- Sterling Silver® premium meats (US)
- Rumba® meats (US)
- Tender Choice® pork (Puerto Rico and US)
- Good Nature™ pork (US)
- Purina® feed (non U.S. only)
- Sportsman’s Choice™ deer, elk and game bird feed
- Nutrena® animal feed
- ACCO Feeds® poultry and rabbit feeds (U.S.)
- Right Now® minerals
- Loyall™ pet food
Flowers Foods, Inc. $182,100.00
- Nature's Own
- Cobblestone Mill
- Whitewheat
- Sunbeam
- Bunny
- ButterKrust
- European Bakers
- Blue Bird
- Tasty Kake
- Frestillas
- Mi Casa
- Captain John Derst's
- Mrs. Freshley's
Mondelez International $181,000.00
http://www.mondelezinternational.com/Brands/index.aspx (Note: some brands, like Nabisco and Oreo, are owned by Mondelez International Inc. and others, like Capri Sun, are owned by Kraft Food Group)
Kraft Foods Inc. [CHANGED ITS NAME TO MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC. AS OF OCT. 1, 2012 http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mondelez-international-comp...]
Dole Packaged Foods Company $171,261.61
Frozen Fruit (some are also Chef-Ready Cuts):
- Apples
- Bananas
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Cherries
- Cranberries
- Mango
- Mixed Berries
- Papaya
- Peaches
- Pineapple
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
Smoothie Starters: Strawberry Banana, Mango Peach, Mixed Berry
Juices:
- Canned Juices
- Chilled Juices
- Frozen Juices
Packaged Fruit:
- Fruit Parfaits
- Fruit Bowls in Gel
- Fruit Bowls
Canned Products:
- E-Z Open Cans
- Mandarin Oranges
- Pouch Pack
Fresh Fruit:
- Bananas
- Pineapple
- Apples
- Avocado
- Grapes
- Strawberries
Fresh Vegetables:
- Artichokes
- Asparagus
- Broccoli
- Brussels Sprouts
- Baby Spinach
- California Blend
- Carrots Bunch
- Cauliflower
- Celery & Celery Hearts
- Chopped Lettuce
- Chopped Romaine & Romaine Hearts
- Cilantro
- Coleslaw
- Green Leaf Crown
- Green Onions
- Iceberg Romaine Blend (No Color)
- Lettuce
- Mix Leaf
- Radishes 24's
- Romaine Leaf & Hearts
- Shredded Carrots
- Shredded Green Cabbage
- Shredded Lettuce
- Shredded Red Cabbage
- Snow Peas Trimmed
- Spring Mix
- Washed and Cleaned Flat Leaf
- Whole Peeled Mini Carrots – Bakersfield
- Salad Kits
- Dole in
Welch Foods, Inc. $167,000.00
- 100% juice
- Sparkling
- Essentials
- Refrigerated Cocktails
- Light
- Concentrated
- Natural spreads
- Jams, Jellies &Spreads
- Foods & Snacks
- Chillers
NOTE:
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