The Final Word

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July 24, 2003

 

Shopping List for Non-GMO Foods

The Final Word

 

" Let's go eat some genetically modified food for lunch. " - President

Bush, in private remarks at the White House to visiting European

leaders, as relayed by White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer.

 

As a service to Weston A. Price Foundation members, we are providing

information on foods to watch that contain Genetically Modified (GM)

ingredients. This information was compiled over a three-year period

by Mothers for Natural Law,

 

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The information provided below is not complete. It is intended as a

starting place for shoppers. If you don't see some of your favorite

products on this list, please contact the manufacturers and ask them

if the product contains GM ingredients.

 

There are about 40 varieties of genetically engineered crop approved

for marketing in the U.S. As a result, 60-70% of the foods on your

grocery shelves contain genetically engineered components.

 

If you really want to avoid the influence of genetic engineering,

buy fresh organic produce. If you want to buy processed foods and

avoid genetically engineered ingredients, you will have to read

product labels. If the label mentions any of the ingredients listed

below without explicitly qualifying it as organic, then the product

probably contains genetically engineered ingredients.

 

Primary GMO Suspects:

Ingredients and Products to Check

Vitamin E, tofu dogs, cereals, veggie burgers and sausages, tamari,

soy sauce, chips, ice cream, frozen yogurt, infant formula, sauces,

protein powder, margarine, soy cheeses, crackers, breads, cookies,

chocolates, candies, fried foods, shampoo, bubble bath, cosmetics,

enriched flours and pastas. Soy flour, soy oil, lecithin, soy

protein isolates and concentrates. Products that may contain

genetically engineered soy derivatives:

 

Corn: Corn flour, corn starch, corn oil, corn sweeteners, syrups.

Products that may contain genetically engineered corn derivatives:

vitamin C, tofu dogs, chips, candies, ice cream, infant formula,

salad dressings, tomato sauces, breads, cookies, cereals, baking

powder, alcohol, vanilla, margarine, soy sauce, tamari, soda, fried

foods, powdered sugar, enriched flours and pastas.

 

Canola: Oil. Products that may contain genetically engineered canola

derivatives: chips, salad dressings, cookies, margarine, soaps,

detergents, soy cheeses, fried foods.

 

Cotton: Oil, fabric. Products that may contain genetically

engineered cotton or its derivatives: clothes, linens, chips, peanut

butter, crackers, cookies.

 

Potatoes: Right now the only potato that we are aware of that has

been genetically engineered is the Burbank Russet, however there are

others all ready to be geneticially engineered and you still have to

look out for potato starch and flour. Products that may contain

genetically engineered potatoes or derivatives: unspecified

processed or

restaurant potato products (fries, mashed, baked, mixes, etc.),

chips, Passover products, vegetable pies, soups. Fast-food chains

appear to have responded to consumer concerns and requested

genetically natural potatoes.

 

Dairy Products: Milk, cheese, butter, buttermilk, sour cream,

yogurt, whey. You have to ask several questions when you are looking

at dairy products. Have the cows been treated with rBGH? What kind

of feed have they been given? If they are not being fed organic

grains, chances are quite likely that they will be eating

genetically engineered animal feed. What does this do to their milk

products? No one knows.

 

Animal Products: Because animal feed often contains genetically

engineered organisms, all animal products, or by-products may be

affected.

 

Papaya

Please note that a food may contain some of these items and yet be

free from genetically engineered organisms. There is no way of

knowing without tracking down every brand, every product and every

ingredient. Even reading labels is no guarantee that you will be

able to avoid genetically engineered ingredients, because

manufacturers are not required to list every ingredient, enzyme or

organism used in the manufacturing process. The following products

may also be genetically altered, contain or originate from

 

genetically engineered organisms: candies, cookies, breads, cereals,

corn syrups,

oils, juices, detergents, dough conditioners, yeast,

sugar, animal feed, vitamins and enzymes used in the processing of

cheese.

 

 

 

Natural Products that DO NOT Contain GMOs

(according to the producer)

 

Dairy Products:

 

The following dairies state that all of their products are made with

100% organic ingredients. Their animals are not treated with rBGH or

other hormones and are only fed organically grown feed. There are no

bioengineered dairy cultures or enzymes in their products. If,

however, a product lists " natural flavors " on the label, that

product might contain a genetically engineered ingredient.

 

Harmony Hills Dairy

Horizon Dairy

Morningland Dairy

Organic Valley Dairy

Radiance Dairy

Straus Family Creamery

 

Pulses: All Eden pulses, including Organic Black Soy and Organic

Seasoned; Beans (garbanzo or chickpea, red kidney, pinto, black

turtle, adzuki, mung, great northern or cannellini, lima), Lentils

(red, green, brown), Peas (split, split yellow, black-eyed or cow)

 

Grain: All Eden grains, including Organic Pearled Barley; Amaranth,

Barley, Hulled Barley, Buckwheat Groats (Kasha), Cracked Bulgar

Wheat, Millet, Kamut Wheat Grain, Quinoa, Rice (short grain brown,

wild, white arborico, sweet brown), Spelt Grain, Wheat Berries, Red

Wheat Berries, Oats (steel cut, hulled)

 

Flours: Arrowhead Mills (White Rice, Kamut); All Eden flours,

including Organic Golden Amber Durum Wheat; Amaranth, Barley,

Buckwheat, Farina, Garbanzo Chickpea, Millet, Oat, Rice, Rye, Spelt,

Wheat, Oat Bran, Wheat Bran

 

Nuts and Seeds: Almonds, Brazils, Cashnews, Hazelnuts, Macdamia,

Peanuts, Pecans, Pine Nuts, Pistachio Nuts, Walnuts, Pumpkin Seeds,

Sesame Seeds, Sunflower Seeds

 

Sweeteners: Eden Organic Malted Grain Sweeteners, Kogee Organic Cane

Sugar, Organic Cane Sugar (available from Wholesome Foods and

Florida Crystals), Pure USA Honey, Sucanat North America

 

Syrups: Eden Organic Malted Grain Sweeteners, Wholesome Foods

Organic Blackstrap Molasses, Andersons Pure Maple Syrup, Cary's

Maple Syrup (Premium), Hauke Honey Pure Maple Syrup, Spring Tree

Pure Maple Syrup

 

Olive Oils (Extra Virgin): Alessi Olio, Da Vinci (and Extra Light,

100% Pure), Eden Selected, Filippo Berio (and Extra Light), Gourmet

Aritrian, Grey Poupon, L'estornell, Odd Monk, Olitalia, Peloponnese,

Spectrum Natural, Tassos

 

Other Oils: Eden (Organic Sesame, Toasted Sesame, Hot Pepper Toasted

Sesame, and Safflower Oils), Sigg Grapeseed Oil, Olitalia Grapeseed

Oil, Loriva Sesame Oil, Spectrum Natural (Almond Oil, Apricot Kernel

Oil, Avocado Oil, Coconut Oil, Safflower Oil, Walnut Oil), Organic

Oils

 

Vinegars: Da Vinci Balsamic, Eden Apple Cider, L'estornell River Run

Hot Pepper, Spectrum Organic (Raspberry Wine, Red Wine, White Wine)

 

Salad Dressings and Condiments: Cross And Blackwell Capers, Spectrum

Zesty Italian Dressing, Jaffa Gold Lemon Juice, Melinda Extra Hot

Sauce, Annie's Farmhouse Maple Mustard, Earth Fire Products Chutney,

Eden Organic Mustard (and imported condiments), Sandhill Mustard,

Santa Barbara Olive Company California Ripe Large or Jumbo Pitted

Olives, Muir Glen Organic Tomato Ketchup, Cascadian Farm Organic

Sauerkraut, Eden Organic Sauerkraut, Krinos Imported Grape Leaves

 

Nut and Fruit Butters: Arrowhead Mills (Certified Organic Peanut

Butter, Sesame Tahini), Eastwind Nut Butters (Peanut, Cashew,

Tahini, Almond), Eden Organic Apple Butter, Joyva Sesame Tahini,

Maranata Roasted (Pistachio Butter, Filbert Butter, Sunflower

Butter, Almond Butter), Maranata (Sesame Tahini, Cashew Butter,

Almond Butter) Once Again Hazelnut Butter, Sahadi Sesame Butter,

Santa Cruz Organic (Apple Apricot Sauce, Apple Sauce), Westbrae

Natural (Raw Sesame Tahini, Toasted Tahini)

 

If specific products are not mentioned after the brand name, then

the brand name is non-GMO in that particular category:

 

Breads: French Meadow Bakery, Garden of Eatin' (blue corn and corn

tortillas), Lundberg Rice Cakes, Manna, New Pioneer Co-op (farm

bread, olive farm, raisin pecan, sourdough, wheat), Big Kitchen

 

Canned Beans: American Prairie, Bearitos Refried Fat Free, Eden,

Shari's, Westbrae Natural Garbanzo

 

Salsas: Garden Valley Naturals, Muir Glen, New Bounty Organic,

Parrot

 

Pasta Sauces: Eden (Spaghetti Sauce, Pizza-Pasta Sauce), Garden

Valley Organic, Millina's Finest Organic, Muir Glen Organic

 

Pastas/Noodles: Eden, Millina's Finest, Vita Spelt

 

Tofu/Tempeh/Soy/Miso: American Pride Tofu, Earth Fire Products, Eden

products, White Wave (Organic Wild Rice Tempeh, Five Grain Tempeh,

Soy Tempeh, Sea Veggie Tempeh, Organic Tofu)

 

Frozen Foods: Cascadian Farms (organic broccoli, corn, plain

vegetables, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries), Sno-Pac

(organic vegetables)

 

Teas: Alvita, Celestial Seasonings (Except for the vitamin enriched

ones), Choice organic, Eden Great Eastern Sun, Long Life organic,

Maharishi Ayur-Veda (Vata, Pitta and Kapha Churnas and Teas, and

Raja's Cup), Traditional Medicinals, Yogi Organic

 

Juices: Organic with no vitamins added (Check labels carefully):

After the Fall (Vermont Harvest Moon, Apple Cider, Grape Juice),

Crofters (Guava, Strawberry, Papaya, Raspberry, Apricot, Pink

Lemonade), Eden (Organic Apple, Organic Tomato, Organic Cherry),

Kedem (100% Pure Grape Juice), Knudsen (Cherry, Grape, Mango, Pear,

Strawberry), Mountain Sun (Organic Strawberry, Peach, Blueberry,

Cranberry), Santa Cruz (Ginger, Apricot, Cherry, Raspberry, Apple)

 

Chips/snacks/candies: Bearitos Organic Corn Chips, Eden, Little Bear

Lite Organic Popcorn, Manischewitz Passover Matzos (tea matzos and

whole wheat tea matzos), Reeds Crystallized Ginger, St. Claire

Organic (Winter Mints, Licorice Sweets, Cinnamon Snaps, Cherry

Sweets, Lemon Tarts, Peppermints, Cocoa Sweets, Ginger Snaps), dried

non-GE fruit (either unsweetened or approved non-GE sweetener),

Kettle Organic Potato Chips, Westbrae Organic Potato Chips

 

Miscellaneous: Duchy Originals, Eden Soymilk, Imagine Organic

Original Rice Dream, Kogee Organic Non-Dairy Creamer, Mrs. Denson's

Cookies, Walker's Shortbread

 

Bill Sanda, Public Affairs

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