I have notices that many other providers of convenient, healthy, frozen foods use a bio-degradable PAPER tray under their entrees. WHY do you STILL use plastic ? Fortunately in our community, the plastic trays can be recycled, and I make a point to do so, however, this may not be a reasonable option in other locations. WHY NOT MAKE THE SHIFT TO (Preferrably recycled) PAPER trays ???

ALERT! I bought Toasted Berry Crumble Cereal. I liked it…but when reading the igredients I found out that it’s sweetened with Brown Rice Cereal! According to researchers @ Darmouth College Arsenic has been found in brown rice syrup! Arsenic is toxic!I had to throw out the whole bag. I want my money back!

Thank you Kashi! I left you as a customer, and now I am back due to your efforts to provide non-GMO foods. Let’s hope others who truly care about their customers do the same!

I love Kashi cereals because they’re the only brand that doesn’t contain milk! But why then do the Kashi bars all or mostly all contain milk? It’s an allergan.

How does one email kashi…impossible isn’t this rather odd. I needed help recently with moen faucets and their accessibility was immediate. Kashi makes it impossible to contact them. They market poison as righteously healthy for you. How can this continue.?

It is highly encouraging to hear that Kashi is committed to the non-GMO verification project. I am a little disappointed, though, that your goal is only “more than 50%”. I have enjoyed many of the products you already label as non-GMO and organic and, if your advertising is genuine, then yours is the very sort of company I would lean toward in my purchases. The actions of your parent company, however, cast a big black shadow on the question of whether your advertising objective is genuine at all given that Kellogg’s just invested nearly $800k to stop GMO labelling in California. As much as it pained me to do so, as soon as that came to light, I switched to Nature’s Path and other competitors that chose to put their money where their mouth is. I will continue to do so until I find out Kellogg’s, across all of its brands, has committed to the labeling effort. I don’t expect the entire company to go non-GMO. As you mention above, at the moment only 1% of US cropland is considered organic qualified. However, I do insist on knowing which products are GMO certified and which are not so I know where to put MY money and what to feed my family. Until then, Kashi, Morning Star nor Kellogg’s will be getting any business from us and I plan to campaign as loudly as possible to ensure my extended friends and family are equally informed and can make their own, educated decisions.

What’s sad and amazing to me is how many people want to whine and cry and blame someone for their actions. Reading these comments is pathetic and ridiculous. Where on Kashi’s products do they claim to be Organic and a Non GMO food? They don’t! So you people bought their products knowing this and then because they release a statement that they are working towards becoming non GMO (which doesn’t happen overnight for you people that are upset the wait time), anyways they release a statement and everyone wants to get on here and gripe and moan. They never deceived you and made false statements. I knew Kashi was not labeled as non GMO yet I CHOSE to purchase their products occasionally anyways due to the amount of protein and fiber it had. I CHOSE this as did you guys. They didn’t force you to buy their products. Good grief…take some responsibility for your actions. People are so lazy and just want to be negative. GROW UP!

It is amazing to me that you are claiming to be “pro” GMO but your parent company Kelloggs just spent $791,000 to stop GMO labelling in California. Sorry Kashi we are switching to Nature’s path.

I have to say I am really shocked as well and confused why would you not be 100% GMO. “Committed to making a positive impact on the food system” as your motto, so I would hope it would be 100%. I have to say I love Kashi but after realizing your not 100% I think ill stop until I realize you are.

My favorite cereals were Black Current (“U”), Mountain Medley Granola and Chocolate Almond Granola. All three have apparently been discontinued. Why does this happen to me so often? Were these cereals dropped because they included GMO products?

I was shocked to see that you are not 100% GMO free. I always thought of your company as being concerned for health. I’ve read that you donated money against GMO labeling. So disappointed.

Oh, I see that you are part of the Non-GMO project. That’s great! The retailers who started the Non-GMO Project were motivated by a simple idea: they believed that consumers in North America should have access to clearly-labeled non-GMO food and products, now and in the future. (directly from their web site)

What about your parent company? I understand that Kellogg spent close to $800k to defeat California prop 37. That’s weird. Kashi’s profits are going toward defeating what you state you support. Unless you only support GMO labeling as a marketing gimmick. OH! NOW THAT MAKES SENSE NOW!

Your advertisement campaign featuring Bethany Pfohl walking through the rain forest looking for cocoa beans is a farce. Kashi sells lies and GMO foods. I really don’t see how anyone who works at Kashi would want to be associated with this kind of false advertising.

I will never buy anything from Kashi or Kellogg again.

I have been buying Kashi’s tasty cereals, especially the organic ones, for some time. I only just found out that they are owned by Kellog’s who donated almost $800,000 to defeat California Prop 37. I will never buy another Kashi cereal again. GMO is the worst kind of bad science and the biggest threat to the health of the planet I can imagine. I cannot support this kind of hypocrisy and I won’t buy. There are plenty of other alternatives. Check it out:http://www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/ob362.htm

It is pretty sad to see how our government is in bed with the chemical and seed companies along with the food industry. What has been mentioned here in these postings is right on. I used to eat Kashi and loved their products until I found out they supported Prop 37 and was not really organic. How can you trust anyone, you can’t. I want to know how Kashi, Kellogs and the other companies feel about poisoning the American people, not just the food but the soil on the farmlands. I am guessing the farmers are ignorant about how the GMO products. I feel they don’t even care about the pesticides going into the soil and food they produce. These pesticides stay in the soil more than ten years. We will eventually be like the Providence in China where they have to pollinate the fruit trees with a feather because of the pesticide contamination. Oh wait a minute, I forgot, this is all about money, greed and corruption from our government to the chemical and seed companies to the food producers. What a disappointment with you Kashi. You’re commercials are fraudulent. You don’t look for the best product that can be produced, you look for the best GMO products that can poison America with Monsanto’s help. Ok, I am done now. Oh by the way, the word is getting out about boycotting the companies that supported Prop 37.

I am so disappointed that it’s going to take so long to implement the non-GMO project. I cannot buy any food with GMOs so no more Heart to Heart cereal. It’s my son’s favorite but his health is more important than anything.

I assumed a company like Kashi would be anti GMO 100%.

Marketing genius while tearing the eyes out of innocent people seeking good health for theit loved ones. There is a Hell for people like that, no less than those in government who perpetuate and assist the hiding of GMOs while creating a Marxist nation from a once-great nation. We are being transformed into slaves of those who are connected and who are willing to walk upon the innocent while elevating themselves.

When your products do go organic w/o GMO usage, I will purchase them. You did say 2015…right? I will be looking forward to your promise and, until then, good luck with your sales.

I do. I’ll never buy any of your crappy foods again, because you’re liars about GMO ingredients and because you’re filthy crooks, as Det Red Wings fan and many posters below make clear. You won’t be getting any more of my money, and you can go screw yourseleves!

I will never buy another Kashi product again. You …. are sleazy and unscrupulous. I just bought 2 boxes of your Oatmeal Dark Chocolate cookies and what a surprise. There is 3 inches of empty space in the box. The cookies are also noticeably smaller. I have bought these before so I knew what I should have gotten. I will not only never buy your product but will let everyone I know about how you cheated me and will leave negative reviews wherever I can. I have seen some dirty tricks in the food industry but this is one of the worst.

I just tried a bowl of Golean crunch and it’s a horrible product. It’s so hard and irregularly shaped that it scratched my gums. My lower molar is aching and feels loose. Perhaps my age (68) has something to do with it, but I see no warning labels about any problems of this sort. I may be sending a dentist bill to you!

I’m upset. I just found a piece of hair embedded in my Kashi granola bar :(

Shame on you, you claim to be healthy but yet you hid this BIG fact from all your customers. For me it alittle to late, I will never eat, Kashi or Kelloggs cereals again, and will do my best to let everyone know.

I must admit I’m a tad disappointed myself. I thought Kashi would never even have started using GMOs in the first place! Then today I decided to check and… all the Kashi products I have been consuming had GMOs… Great. Switching to an organic cereal until GoLean is GMO free.

I fed my family Kashi GMO cereal for the last 10 years. I believed the lie that your ceral was all natual. Now I find You poisoned me and my children all that time with your toxic GMO ingredients. I’m very upset and I will never buy anything from your brand again, I don’t care if you are removing the toxic waste, you deceived us and you are only doing this now because people know about GMOs now. Feed your pocic prodects and feed it to your kids.

The Last Genetically Modified Round-Up
— By Greg Molenaar
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Reference: Genetically Modified Monsanto Corn Causes Cancer *
(News article – September 2012)
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The Last Round-Up
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I placed a Genetically Modified order
for “Tumor Tortilla Chips” on the border,

I contemplate the cancer in that sack…
and just as quickly put it back!

What grocer,
corporation buyer
would sell us foods that don’t expire,

But rather we, the shoppers, die…
— What profit is there in that lie?

How many GMO’s are in those chips,
and who the Sam’s Hell are the Dips __
that put them in my corn?
Ingredients that read like porn-
—-
ography…
across the World’s
geography,
and fail to mention what we now know is,,,
Tumor-causing, G M O’ses!

What monsters at Monsanto-rude
add cancer to our daily food?

Not just poisons in our portions,
they changed living food to orphans!

It’s even worse than what it seems,
‘Cause now they’re adding suicide genes!
You want some? — Oh,
(I dead not think so).

Mon! — insane — to… Madness!
Sacrilegious sadness!

What abnormal brains —
to play with God’s genetic grains:
Canola, Corn and Soy,
as if life were just a toy.

They contaminate God’s food crop species,
then claim the land where they dropped their feces!

From Kansas wheat to your spaghetti,
Monsanto corn is Round-Up Ready!

If you eat Monsanto-poisoned food,
then Eugenic’s pulled a fast one,
and your headin’ for the last one…
(Round-Up — that is).

Throw-Up! Get thee behind me, government!
This should be our sentiment:

Throw Monsanto money changers,
& Congress-bribing back room arrangers
out of our temple!
It is that simple (sic).

Give us this day our daily bread,
and all the carcinogens we’re fed.
Forgive us our trash-packers
as we forgive those who pack trash
against us.
Amend.

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http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/09/22/superbugs-destruct-food-supply.aspx?e_cid=20120922_DNL_art_1
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Our fathers who practice their arts in Walmart, shallow be thy name.
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I see all of this misguided emotion directed toward Kashi over Prop 37 in California. I did some reading and found that even the Los Angeles Times recommended against Prop 37 because it was sloppily written and could affect the retailer in litigation far more than the food manufacturer. Enforcement was left primarily to citizens who could sue if they thought there was noncompliance without evidence. There was even a question if any pressed or milled grain could use the word natural in their labeling. I also see all of this misinformation about Kashi’s parent company. It’s not Monsanto – it’s Kellogg Company. For those of us interested in non-GMO products, we can continue to use the nongmoproject.org site to find brands that support our efforts. To ensure effective change, let’s rewrite the language and get a more responsible measure on the ballet again. If this is done, I’m sure it will see a broader base of support among a traditionally supportive media. In the meantime, Kashi has given us some non-GMO selections we can choose to buy or exercise our rights as consumers to buy something else.

Dear Kashi
I also am (was) a long time buyer of the Kashi brand because I believed that your company was all about health and organic standards. I do not believe that Monsanto and GMO products are all about organic foods. I was very saddened to learn that your parent company contributed heavily to the defeat Prop 37. I am happy to see your desire to work toward Non-GMO product verification. Maybe I will be able return to purchasing and recommending your brand by 2015

Dear KASHI, Your cereals have been a huge part of my breakfast routine since I discovered them since I have been changing my eating to a healthier lifestyle. I was delighted to see that my favofites are among your 9 already verified GMO Free.
I commend your company for working diligently to have all your products verified GMO Free and look forward to more companies following suit. Keep up the great work!

Dear Kashi,

I am a strong supporter of GMO Labeling in the USA. I applaud you for listening to consumers and for signing up with the Non-GMO Project. You are clearly doing everything in your power to make your products healthy and nutritious. Naturally, many people are upset that Kellogg’s (your parent company) spent money to defeat Prop37. Their action was out of your control. You deserve the support of consumers because you are now supporting them. Thank you for all the steps you are taking to offer Non-GMO and Organic products. Every step makes a big difference. I wish you well …

Dear Kashi, I am a consumer of your products but I am disappointed in your company for pandering to anti-science nonsense concerning GMO. GMO is one of the most scientifically tested products in the history of the world and has been shown to be nutritionally no different from certified organic crops. All you are doing is feeding into a misinformed constituency of consumers that have been fooled by scare tactics not based in science. Having objections to a corporations ethics is not an indication that their products are poisonous. Please help inform consumers that if they wish to purchase products that are non-gmo labeled that is what you are helping to provide for them. If you want to create products for people who do not wish to consume GMO that is fine but, You need to make clear that this decision is not based on SCIENCE but only consumer demand.

I really feel like people are seriously over reacting. Kellogg’s is the PARENT company of Kashi. Do you really think Kashi has ANY say in how Kellogg’s decides to spend their money? Seriously.

According to Organic Consumers Assoc., Kelloggs (parent corp of Kashi) donated $791,000 to defeat GMO labeling Prop 37. If Kashi is really for Non GMO — they should donate substantially and very publicly to GMO label efforts in other states! Until that happens, will no longer recommend your products to my thousands of students at Wellness Education Center here in Montana. Also, since Kashi granola bars are one of your best sellers, it seems good business sense to go straight to Non-GMO and then fully certified organic ASAP, not waiting till 2015!

Somebody please help me with all this information that I am reading. I recently just bought the Kashi Pizza. Are you all saying that these products are not good for us?

Dear mr.Souza….I am outraged! As a loyal customer I was appalled to learn Kashi was a major contributor to defeat prop. 37 in California. As educated, health conscious consumers we DESERVE the right to know ALL ingredients in the products we buy. I will no longer purchase any of kashi products and will definitely share this info to all my friends and fb contacts. As a company who prided themselves as natural….you have lost ALL credibility!

LIES
If you are so committed to Non-GMO foods then why did you try so hard to kill Prop 37 in CA which would have identified foods containing GMOs.
You people suck. Not buying anything from you anymore.

Sorry Mr DeSouza, this just doesn’t cut it.

We know you threw piles of cash into deceiving the Californian people to vote against their right to know.

We know you and your biotech bullies used fear and intimidation as tactics.

We know you care more about your bottom line than our health or the environment.

So I want you to know this: I will never, never buy any of your products again.
And this: I will tell everyone I know exactly what your company has been up to.

BEWARE of the Kashi deception!
I am another one of many here saying goodbye to you Kashi!
Again you are misleading consumers to think you care about the GMO issue when in fact you stand against Proposition 37 which would require labeling of GMOs.
Shame on you! But we shouldn’t be surprised seeing you are really just the Kellogg’s company trying to turn a buck under the organic umbrella!

I can’t believe I just read by 2015 half of the food will be No GMO!!!! 2015 after consumers have contaminated their bodies. What a joke!
Good bye Kashi….my eyes are blind to your name and products and company, as well as all of the others that have supported the NO GMO corruption! Even if you had a No GMO on your label tomorrow I wouldn’t purchase anything from you. NO TRUST whatsoever now!!! You eat your products!!

So long Kashi. I will no longer buy your products until they have a No-GMO label on them and I’m not sure we will be able to trust you then. You act like you care about our health but indeed……it is acting.

We are a long-time Kashi eating family, but no longer. We are very disappointed in your decision to actively defeat prop 37.

Kashi, Congratulations! You’ve lost another long time customer because of your stance on and funding against Prop 37 in labeling GMO foods. If I lived in CA I would have voted for the labeling of all products and it’s because of jerks like you and your parent companies that the prop didn’t pass. What kind of hypocrisy is this, David DeSousa talking about making a commitment to non GMO ingredients while the parent company Kellogg is donating tons of money toward not labeling products that contain GMO ingredients??? Let’s get real here David! I now watch your TV commercials in disgust, with the woman in the jungle hand picking cacao as if you’re products were actually nutritious, and want to puke up all the years of Kashi products I ever consumed. Stop bullshitting us, you must think we are a bunch of idiots. Making your products seem that they are all natural and healthy all these years is an insult to your customers. Fine if you want to put unhealthy ingredients in your products, but don’t lie about it, don’t make it seem you care about health when evidence shows you don’t. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER KASHI PRODUCT EVER. 7 GMO grains on a mission to sicken the population! You’re disgusting!

Kashi, I will never buy another one of your products. I will be joining the boycott of your products unless you both publicly endorse GMO labeling and remove the “Natural” label from your products that contain GMOs. You are deceitful. As Mike Adams the Health Ranger said, "It’s time to defeat evil in the food industry and stop the vicious betrayal of consumers by so-called “natural” brands!"

Disappointed … typo in my comment below meant to say was disappointed to learn your company gave money to NOT support, go against Prop 37.

I live in B.C. and had purchased Kashi products…I was not following Prop. 37 really close but knew enough about it. I was utterly shocked to learn a company that gives the impression on this website that your company wants to reduce the amount of GMO ingredients in your foods and your food labels and packaging for your products gives consumers the impression that you are very concerned about the health of your customers who purchase your products. You talk about reducing amount of GMO ingredients used to make your foods on your website yet I have been advised by someone this evening that your company gave funds to support California’s Prop 37. I was so upset when I was told this and will never trust what I read on your company’s website or labels ever again. You have just lost a customer.

I live in Idaho, and support California’s Prop 37. Had I lived in California I would have voted for it. Now that I know your company does not support Prop 37, and will not be for some time, I will no longer buy your products. I have eaten Kashi cereals for years, and what I have now, is going into the trash. I am so mad that I have been putting GMOs into my body. GMOs are terrible, and you have officially lost a long time customer.

2015 is way too long. Kashi should have been non-GMO from the start. I will be trashing everything I have that is Kashi in my cubboards. You say natural, but there is nothing about GMO’s that is natural. I will no longer be buying Kashi, now or ever. So embarrassed I supported a company that went against Prop 37.

I’ll never buy another Kashi product again since the company has confirmed they DO use GMO corn in their products. This whole ploy above is a joke. It was a good company until Kellogg became involved and their corporate greed ruined it. The brand is effectively being destroyed by its management. The joke is on David DeSouza.

Organic Alternative to GoLean: Nature’s Path Organic Optimum Blueberry Cinnamon

Most corn and soy ingredients come from genetically engineered crops, which have never even been proven safe. In fact, scientists have linked GMOs to serious health problems. In Cornucopia Institute tests, researchers detected GMO material in 100 percent of the soy in Kashi GoLean. “It is clear from the percentages that this was not accidental contamination, but deliberate use of GMOs,” says Vallaeys.

Kashi is owned by food industry giant Kellogg Company, which also markets Bear Naked, a non-organic granola. The Cornucopia Institute also points out that the cereal-making giant has no policy against the use of toxic pesticides, hexane, a harmful solvent used in non-organic soybean processing, and GMO ingredients.

Organic Alternative: Nature’s Path Organic Optimum Blueberry Cinnamon

Count me as another former customer. You suck. And I’m telling all my friends, enemies and strangers in every cereal aisle I go to.