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Jersey hosting the super bowl and mid-town, manhattan and mayor rudy giuliani. at one of the hotels there in east rutherford, susan, we know at least one of the letters contained cornstarch according to the testing here. what about the others? >> we know about the lesson and former mayor rudy giuliani as well. that is described as a nontoxic substance. therefore we know in at least two cases, one was cornstarch and one tested to be something that is not considered toxic. we also have additional information for you. i just got off the phone with the new york police department in regard to the l...

There were other ingredients that were, specifically corn starch and the type of sugar they use. it was activist groups that says we don't want gmos in the first food that most little kids eat. activists groups think it's tied to allergies. you can barely get food that hasn't been genetically modified. the science behind it is very clear. they don't see a long-term impact of gmos? >> terms of the hurdles for companies switching over. >> cost and sourcing. you look at something like 70% of processed foods have gmo ingredients. 70% of processed food. i mean, gmo ingredients are used to feed our ...

As evolved. but for now, cheerios has been testing this for a few weeks. and it's been making them without the gos. it's going to be the original cheerios. they've been able to switch the corn starch and syrup that they use and sweetener that they use. so the classic, classic cheerios will now be gmo free. the other ones will continue to have gmo because of all the corn. and other companies are doing it too. a nod to this consumer push that they don't want so many gmo -- they want other choices out there. >> unsettling to know it was there in the first place. now now hopeful that it's gone out...

And it opens the door to many food experiences. >> we're making something that we can serve at the restaurants but it's easy for the home cook. we're going to do two sauces with some waffles. they're sugar free and actually really easy to make. so the first one is going to be a caramel apple sauce, and all we'll need for that is apple cider vinegar, some cornstarch and water. what we do is just take some apple cider vinegar and we crank that up. you're going to take a little bit of cornstarch and some of the apple cider vinegar and you make a little slurry in there. after ten minutes of cookin...

You might be surprised to learn how much the government subsidizes some of the ingredients that make junk foods so irresistible. according to a in study by u.s. public research interest groups, since 1995, more than $19 million taxes subs diced corn syrup, high fructose cornstarch and soy oils. that would buy each taxpayer 20 twinkies a year, but taxpayers spend just under $700 million subsidizing apples, the only fresh fruit that gets significant federal support. at a cost of 26 cents per taxpayer per year that would buy less than half of one red delicious apple. it shouldn't be this way says...