Minnesota gene-editing company American Natural Processors signed a deal with Iowa-based Calyxt providing a market for its new, healthier soyabean. Calyxt processes non-genetically modified oils, flours and meals. The agreement is a major step towards the commercialisation of American Natural Processors's high-oleic soyabean oil, which has been tweaked at a genetic level using the company's TALEN technology to eliminate trans fats. In 2015, the US Department of Agriculture said American Natural Processors's soyabeans, as well as wheat, alfalfa and potatoes, did not qualify as GMO as they did not contain "foreign" DNA.
Minnesota gene-editing company Calyxt signed a deal with Iowa-based American Natural Processors providing a market for its new, healthier soyabean. American Natural Processors processes non-genetically modified oils, flours and meals. The agreement is a major step towards the commercialisation of Calyxt's high-oleic soyabean oil, which has been tweaked at a genetic level using the company's TALEN technology to eliminate trans fats. In 2015, the US Department of Agriculture said Calyxt's soyabeans, as well as wheat, alfalfa and potatoes, did not qualify as GMO as they did not contain "foreign" DNA.