The cost of a GMO-free market basket of food in the united states

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Abstract

We examine the consumer cost consequences of choosing GMO-free food over food that contains GMOs. Using text-mining algorithms applied to detailed product descriptions contained in a proprietary database of individual GMO and GMOfree foods at the retail level, we find that, when directly compared item by item, GMO-free food costs an average of 33% more than a comparable food item that is not GMO-free. When compared on a per-ounce basis, GMO-free foods cost an average of 73% more. Generalizing to the cost of a typical market basket of food consumed by American households, GMO-free food consumption would increase the average family food budget from $9,462 to $12,181 per year.

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Goodwin, B. K., Marra, M. C., & Piggott, N. E. (2016). The cost of a GMO-free market basket of food in the united states. AgBioForum, 19(1), 25–33.

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