--- title: Campbell Soup Labels Will Identify GMO Ingredients description: Campbell Soup is set to become the first major food company to disclose genetically modified ingredients on its labels. canonical: https://time.com/4172725/campbell-soup-labels-gmo/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-08T15:16:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:54:15.383Z article:section: Health og:title: Campbell Soup Labels Will Identify GMO Ingredients og:description: The company's brands include Pepperidge Farm, Prego, Plum Organics and V8 og:url: https://time.com/4172725/campbell-soup-labels-gmo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Campbell Soup Labels Will Identify GMO Ingredients twitter:description: The company's brands include Pepperidge Farm, Prego, Plum Organics and V8 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Campbell Soup Labels Will Identify GMO Ingredients  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 8, 2016 3:16 PM UTC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jan 8, 2016 3:16 PM UTC [Campbell Soup](http://www.campbellsoupcompany.com/) is set to become the first major food company to [disclose genetically modified ingredients ](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/business/a-new-fact-on-the-food-label.html)on its labels. Campbell, which makes brands including Pepperidge Farm, Prego, Plum Organics and V8, will both begin disclosing genetically engineered ingredients on its own labels, as well as push for a federally mandated labeling system for foods that contain such ingredients, the New York _Times_ reports. “We’re optimistic that a federal solution can be reached in a reasonable amount of time, but if that’s not the case, we’re preparing to label all our products across the portfolio,” Denise Morrison, chief executive of Campbell, told the _Times_. The new labeling will take up to 18 months. **Read More**: [_7 Things You Need to Know About GMO Salmon_ ](http://time.com/4120648/fda-approved-aquabounty-gmo-salmon/) Morrison said about three-quarters of Campbell products contain ingredients derived from corn, canola, soybeans and sugar beets, which are the four largest genetically modified crops. \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/business/a-new-fact-on-the-food-label.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4172725/campbell-soup-labels-gmo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4172725/campbell-soup-labels-gmo/"},"headline":"Campbell Soup Labels Will Identify GMO Ingredients","datePublished":"2016-01-08T15:16:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:54:15.383Z","description":"The company's brands include Pepperidge Farm, Prego, Plum Organics and V8","url":"https://time.com/4172725/campbell-soup-labels-gmo/","keywords":["Food"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4172725/campbell-soup-labels-gmo/","name":"Campbell Soup Labels Will Identify GMO Ingredients"}}]}] ```