“The Gulf Cooperative Council imports 89% of its food needs.”
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries import approximately 85% of their food needs.
While the GCC is highly dependent on food imports, the widely cited and accepted figure by major international organizations and industry reports is 85%; the claim of 89% represents an exaggeration of this established benchmark.
Judged as of May 6, 2026— the video's publish date
While Isaan farmers face significant economic hardship, with reports indicating that over 40% of Thai farmer borrowers lack sufficient income to service their debts and a large majority of households struggle to make ends meet, there is no authoritative evidence supporting the specific "85%" figure
Approximately 90% of cheese made in America utilizes fermentation-produced chymosin (FPC), a genetically engineered enzyme.
Fermentation-produced chymosin, also known as chymosin, became the first genetically engineered ingredient approved in the American food supply in 1990.
Fermentation-produced chymosin utilizes genetically modified bacteria or fungi into which a calf gene for chymosin has been inserted, enabling these microorganisms to produce the enzyme during fermentation.