ORGANIC Food Labels Can Be Misleading?!
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/...
Answers: Organic-sounding labels can be confusing, or even meaningless. I found some information on organic products that I didn't know. NO QUESTION I just thought I would share the information I found!
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/...
Yeah, it's crazy how confusing it all is!
I've been reading a great book that helped me understand stuff better. It's called "A Field Guide to Buying Organic" (Or something like that)
It identifies some of the reasons to buy organic, but it also presents some of the problems. It has "aisle by aisle" descriptions of how organics work with things like produce or dairy, and a list of what products you should buy organic and which are okay to buy conventional.
Very informative!
thx for the info.
I knew about this, but thanks for getting the word out. Don't forget to dig deeper and find out how the organic label keeps weakening because of corporate pressure as well:
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007...
USDA may relax organic laws
http://www.lifetechnology.org/blog/2007/...
Annhauser-Busch beer company's attempts to weaken organic standards so it can make profit
http://www.organicconsumers.org/sos.cfm
Gathering of news as to what organic dairies ARE actually ethical, and some other tidbits.
I know that these aren't the grandest sources but many of the news articles for these (Chicago Tribune, etc) are locked as member's only and I have accounts there, so you wouldn't be able to see info if I linked you... so this is the gist of them from open sites.
That is why it is important to not only read the label every time you buy a product but to know what the label means. It stinks but if we don't watchdog our foods no one else will.
Visit whole food groceries for best chance of finding REAL organic foods/products.
Oh, that's nothing at all.
Have you ever read the regulations regarding food labelling?
The whole labelling law/rules are completely designed to benefit the food manufacturers.
There are so many hidden ingredients, ingredients within other ingredients... think about it... when was the last time you saw a label that said "flour". Now think... "flour"... what kind of flour? Where is it from? How was it grown? What is in the flour? Wheat flour? Or other? What species of grain? Is it a GM grain? Percentage of contaminants? I used to have a bakery and every single item found in the baker's catalogue of ingredients it completely unnatural. The flour is nothing more than starch or no nutritional value what-so-ever and the other ingredients are far far worse... nothing natural is used at all. It's all fake -- it's all about how the end product looks, nothing else.
"Flour, water, sugar, salt, spices" Sound good. Sounds very very very vague, don't you think?
Of course it is, they don't want you to know anything about what you are eating, and the laws allow them to be as vague as possible. Nearly anything can be used in food... as long as it doesn't immediately kill or sicken anyone. Longterm effects are fine. I see many organic products being made or grown by some historically very evil companies. I see Dole organic fruit!! for f*ck's sake! They are one of the most notorious companies when it comes to chemical farming and abusing their workers etc. Do I trust these companies that are now, suddenly after a century or more of human and environmental abuse, starting to sell "certified organic Dole fruit" Hell no! --- I will never buy it. Not from them, Heinz, or any of those other sh*t companies. We, as consumers must look way beyond the label. The label is what they want you to see... it's their propaganda... The ingredients label has been manipulated to the full extent of the law, that I can guarantee.
Final note: grocery stores can buy their own labels that say "organic" and they stick them on all sorts of "non-organic" things. If it doesn't say Certified and the company name etc. on the sticker, it's likely not organic. If you have doubts, ask to see the box they came in, as items such as bulk veggies etc. may not have stickers.