1. Rice
The Golden rice is one of the oldest GM crops in the world and the last one on our list of 10 examples of genetically modified foods with full explanations. It was created in order to address the vitamin A deficiency, which killed some 670,000 children every year. The new type of rice was able to produce beta-carotene, which human body can convert to vitamin A, thus addressing the nutritional needs of over half the population on the planet that depend on rice as their main source of food. In 2005, a new type of Golden Rice was created, which provides up to 23 times more beta-carotene than the original version. We should note that this product is still in development. Other types of genetically modified rice focus on herbicide and pest resistance and there’s an effort in Japan to create a type of rice that will be hypoallergenic.
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