Consumers Becoming More Aware Food Ingredients as Non-GMO Certified Brands Offer Healthier Options - Company Receives Non-GMO Certification for Products

CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, June 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

As more and more nations globally do not consider GMOs (genetically modified organisms) to be safe for consumer goods products, The Non-GMO Project, a non-profit organization, is on a mission of protecting the non-GMO food supply and giving consumers an informed choice.  Today's Consumer Goods, Organic, Natural Products Companies in focus are Sunwin Stevia International, Inc. (OTC: SUWN), The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN), Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM), Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) and Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE)

Sunwin Stevia International, Inc. (OTCQB: SUWN), one of the top global suppliers of high quality stevia extracts including Rebaudioside A 98 and Rebaudioside A99, announced today that Qufu Shengren Pharmaceutical Company, Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sunwin Stevia, has obtained certification of non-genetically modified organisms ("Non-GMOs") (Certificate No: 52462).   The Non-GMO Project's Product Verification Program ("PVP") is a process-based and product-based program designed to assess compliance with the Non-GMO Project Standard. The core requirements are traceability, segregation, and testing of high-risk ingredients at critical control points. The Non-GMO Project's PVP is North America's only independent, standard-based tool for ensuring that a product comes from best practices to avoid GMOs.

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Non-GMO PVP is the fastest growing label in the natural products industry, representing $11 billion in annual sales and more than 27,000 verified products. With consumers today, the Non-GMO Project seal is the most trusted sign that a product comes from best practices for GMO avoidance.  Ms. Dongdong Lin, CEO of Sunwin Stevia stated, "Verified by the Non-GMO project means Sunwin Stevia's products are free of any GMOs and can legally use the Non-GMO label to be sold in any green market.  Management is very pleased that its stevia products have achieved Non-GMO verified status and passed the on-site inspection and document-based evaluation. Management believes that the potential to penetrate a multiple billion green market is substantial, as more and more people realize that natural products are better for our bodies, better for our communities, and better for the planet."

In other Non-GMO developments and Sweeteners News:  The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN) News: For nearly 30 years the Earth's Best Organic® brand has nurtured babies with pure, delicious certified organic foods from a trusted group of farmers.  As the first complete line of certified U.S. Department of Agriculture ("USDA") organic infant foods and formulas, Earth's Best Organic® infant formula is specifically formulated to meet all U.S. Food and Drug Administration requirements for infant nutrition for the first 12 months of life when breastfeeding is not an option for you or your baby.  "The organic formula industry continues to grow and is relied on by parents deeply. We are proud to offer a full line of Certified USDA Organic Formulas made with pure, high quality ingredients for babies and toddlers," said Robyn Mermelstein, Category Group Manager, Infant and Toddler Feeding at Hain Celestial. "Our complete line of formulas has never contained genetically modified organisms ("GMOs") and always has been certified USDA organic."

Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) has invested in China in different fields. This includes sweetener and fiber in Tianjin and feed premix in Nanjing. The company has also been investing in Brazil on protein specialties, Iowa on Fibersol, and non-GMO lecithin plants in India and Germany. These are part of the initiatives to grow.  After achieving more than $400 million through ongoing cost saving measures in 2014, the company is targeting an incremental $500 million in the next five-year period. The effect of cost savings could have been witnessed in the March quarter.  Read the full article at http://investcorrectly.com/20150429/archer-daniels-midland-company-adm-well-placed-capitalize-global-trends/

Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) News:  Consumers' health is front and center for those who churn out the food products that will line supermarket shelves in the next year. At Campbell's, organic and all natural are the buzzwords as the company prepares to launch a variety of soups using USDA-certified organic ingredients and shelf-stable fruit and vegetable juices with no added sugar or artificial ingredients. At the 2015 Consumer Analyst Group of NY conference recently, many of the major food industry representatives echoed the health theme. Executives from Mondelez, for example, spoke about their recent acquisition of healthy lifestyle brand Enjoy Life Foods (which includes products for consumers who have allergies or want gluten-free and non-GMO fare), citing 30% growth of the US allergen-free segment.  Read the full article at http://www.forbes.com/sites/nancygagliardi/2015/02/18/consumers-want-healthy-foods-and-will-pay-more-for-them/

Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global technology and specialty materials company, announced recently that it will increase the price of potassium sorbate and sorbic acid sold globally. Nutrinova® potassium sorbate and Nutrinova® sorbic acid will increase by 10% effective July 1, 2015, or as contracts allow.  Nutrinova® products, including its multiple food sweetener product brands, have been in use for more than a decade.

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