Monsanto is based in St Louis and its products include the artificial sweetener NutraSweet, agricultural products, and drugs, including the sleeping pill Ambien.
In July, the Center for Science in the Public Interest sued General Mills for allegedly putting artificial ingredients in Nature Valley products marketed as natural.
The intelligence has induced Big Lots to expand consumables and home decor and abandon artificial flowers, to pull Nascar products from the West Coast and to stock four times as much liquid as powder detergent on the East Coast.