@SecKennedy would you please investigate the below claims?!👇🏻

6% Human DNA in food?! Why not 0%? Seems messed up if true.

https://x.com/lovetocook12345/status/2030740958812295548?s=12

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I don't know about 6%, but Senomyx uses human cell lines to develop artificial and natural (contains natural flavor) flavors and flavor enhancers.

Put the name in the search to make sure I was spelling it correct and LEO AI spit this out:

Senomyx is an American biotechnology company founded in 1998 by Lubert Stryer and Paul Nevsky in San Diego, California. It specialized in developing food additives, flavor enhancers, and taste modulators using proprietary taste receptor-based assay systems. The company used HEK293 cells, a human cell line originally derived from embryonic kidney cells of a fetus aborted in the early 1970s, to test flavor compounds in a laboratory setting—not to add cells to food products.

In September 2018, Senomyx was acquired by the Swiss multinational Firmenich, a global leader in flavor and fragrance innovation. The acquisition, valued at $73.5 million, marked the end of Senomyx’s status as a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: SNMX). Since the acquisition, Senomyx operates as a subsidiary of Firmenich, continuing its research and development work under the Firmenich umbrella.

Despite misinformation, no food products contain fetal tissue. Senomyx’s use of HEK293 cells was strictly for research and testing purposes in a robotic screening system to identify flavor-enhancing molecules. The company's products are used in minute quantities (often less than one part per million) and are classified as artificial flavors, which are not required to be listed on ingredient labels.

Senomyx's technology has been used in collaborations with major food and beverage companies such as PepsiCo, Nestlé, Kraft Foods, The Coca-Cola Company, and Campbell Soup, though some partnerships have been paused or discontinued (e.g., PepsiCo’s 2016 trial rollout reversal). The company's innovations include sweetener enhancers like S617, which amplifies sweetness without adding sugar, and bitter blockers that improve the taste of low-calorie or health-focused products.

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