To: Nigel Travis, Dunkin' Donuts, CEO, Paul Twohig, Dunkin' Donuts, Chief Operating Officer, and John Costello, Dunkin' Donuts, Chief of Global Marketing
Make Dunkin' Donuts GMO-Free!
Americans want to run on a GMO-free Dunkin'!
Why is this important?
Dunkin' Donuts is one of the largest coffee and donut companies in the world. Over the years, they've changed their original donut recipe (which contained a standard list of basic ingredients) to a toxic concoction of GMO ingredients, including corn, soy and canola, in addition to artificial flavors, colors and preservatives.
The 2014 Dunkin' Donuts Press Kits states that "People everywhere appreciate what Dunkin’ Donuts offers: high quality food and beverages served all day in a friendly, fast environment." They go on to describe their "dream team of acclaimed chefs" who create "new and innovative menu choices." When you compare these claims side-by-side with the ingredient list on some of their most popular items, this sounds like nothing more than propaganda.
For example, check out the ingredients list for the popular Boston Kreme Donut and ask yourself if these sounds like high quality ingredients compiled by acclaimed culinary experts: Enriched Unbleached Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron as Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamin Mononitrate, Enzyme, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Palm Oil, Water, Dextrose, Soybean Oil, Whey (a milk derivative), Skim Milk, Yeast, Contains less than 2% of the following: Salt, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda), Defatted Soy Flour, Wheat Starch, Mono and Diglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Cellulose Gum, Soy Lecithin, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Artificial Flavor, Sodium Caseinate (a milk derivative), Enzyme, Colored with (Turmeric and Annatto Extracts, Beta Carotene), Eggs; Bavarian Kreme Filling: Water, Sugar Syrup, Modified Food Starch, Corn Syrup, Palm Oil, Contains 2% or less of the following: Natural and Artificial Flavors, Glucono Delta Lactone, Salt, Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Benzoate (Preservatives), Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Agar; Chocolate Icing: Sugar, Water, Cocoa, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Soybean Oil, Corn Syrup, Contains 2% or less of: Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Corn Starch, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and/or Cottonseed Oil, Salt, Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Propionate (Preservatives), Soy Lecithin (Emulsifier), Artificial Flavor, Agar.
Dunkin' Donuts is America's most popular coffee and donut chain, and with growing awareness of the adverse affects of GMOs and other toxic ingredients on both the health of humans and the environment, it's time to demand that Dunkin' Donuts reflect the voice of the people and offer GMO-free options to their consumers.
The 2014 Dunkin' Donuts Press Kits states that "People everywhere appreciate what Dunkin’ Donuts offers: high quality food and beverages served all day in a friendly, fast environment." They go on to describe their "dream team of acclaimed chefs" who create "new and innovative menu choices." When you compare these claims side-by-side with the ingredient list on some of their most popular items, this sounds like nothing more than propaganda.
For example, check out the ingredients list for the popular Boston Kreme Donut and ask yourself if these sounds like high quality ingredients compiled by acclaimed culinary experts: Enriched Unbleached Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron as Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamin Mononitrate, Enzyme, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Palm Oil, Water, Dextrose, Soybean Oil, Whey (a milk derivative), Skim Milk, Yeast, Contains less than 2% of the following: Salt, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda), Defatted Soy Flour, Wheat Starch, Mono and Diglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Cellulose Gum, Soy Lecithin, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Artificial Flavor, Sodium Caseinate (a milk derivative), Enzyme, Colored with (Turmeric and Annatto Extracts, Beta Carotene), Eggs; Bavarian Kreme Filling: Water, Sugar Syrup, Modified Food Starch, Corn Syrup, Palm Oil, Contains 2% or less of the following: Natural and Artificial Flavors, Glucono Delta Lactone, Salt, Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Benzoate (Preservatives), Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Agar; Chocolate Icing: Sugar, Water, Cocoa, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Soybean Oil, Corn Syrup, Contains 2% or less of: Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Corn Starch, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and/or Cottonseed Oil, Salt, Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Propionate (Preservatives), Soy Lecithin (Emulsifier), Artificial Flavor, Agar.
Dunkin' Donuts is America's most popular coffee and donut chain, and with growing awareness of the adverse affects of GMOs and other toxic ingredients on both the health of humans and the environment, it's time to demand that Dunkin' Donuts reflect the voice of the people and offer GMO-free options to their consumers.