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*Non-GMO Shopping Guide

*How to avoid foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs)

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*CORRECTION*: In the Dairy Products section of the current printed

version it is stated that organic dairies can use GM feeds. This is

incorrect. Organic Dairies CANNOT use any GM grains as feed. The

web-base versions do not have this error.

Introduction & Overview

*How to avoid brands made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs)*

Genetic Engineering (GE) or Genetic Modification (GM) of food involves

the laboratory process of artificially inserting genes into the DNA of

food crops or animals. The result is called a genetically modified

organism or GMO. GMOs can be engineered with genes from bacteria,

viruses, insects, animals, or even humans. Most Americans say they would

not eat GMOs if labeled, but unlike most other industrialized countries,

the U.S. does not require labeling.

This Non-GMO Shopping Guide is designed to help reclaim your right to

know about the foods you are buying, and help you find and avoid GMO

foods and ingredients.

*Tips for avoiding GM crops*

* TIP #1: BUY ORGANIC

Certified organic products are not allowed to contain any GMOs.

Therefore, when you purchase products labeled " 100% organic, "

" organic, " or " made with organic ingredients, " all ingredients in

these products are not allowed to be produced from GMOs. For

example, products labeled as " made with organic ingredients " only

require 70% of the ingredients to be organic, but 100% must be

non-GMO.

* TIP #2: LOOK FOR " NON-GMO " LABELS

Companies may voluntarily label products as " non-GMO. " Some labels

state " non-GMO " while others spell out " Made Without Genetically

Modified Ingredients. " Some products limit their claim to only one

particular " At-Risk " ingredient such as soy lecithin, listing it

as " non-GMO. "

* TIP #3: AVOID AT-RISK INGREDIENTS

Avoid products made with any of the crops that are GM. Most

GM ingredients are products made from the " Big Four: " corn,

soybeans, canola, and cottonseed, used in processed foods.

Some of the most common genetically engineered Big Four

ingredients in processed foods are:

*Corn*

Corn flour, meal, oil, starch, gluten, and syrup

Sweeteners such as fructose, dextrose, and glucose

Modified food starch*

*Soy*

Soy flour, lecithin, protein, isolate, and isoflavone

Vegetable oil* and vegetable protein*

*Canola* Canola oil (also called rapeseed oil)

*Cotton* Cottonseed oil

*Sugar* Anything not listed as 100% cane sugar

*May be derived from other sources

In addition, GM sugar beet sugar recently entered the food

supply. Look for organic and non-GMO sweeteners, candy and

chocolate products made with 100% cane sugar, evaporated

cane juice or organic sugar, to avoid GM beet sugar.

TIP #4: BUY PRODUCTS LISTED IN THIS *SHOPPING GUIDE*

Keep this Guide with you whenever you shop. Store it inside your

reusable shopping bag, put it into your coupon holder or check book, or

leave it in your car.

FRUITS & VEGETABLES

Very few fresh fruits and vegetables for sale in the U.S. are

genetically modified. Novel products such as seedless watermelons are

NOT genetically modified. Small amounts of zucchini, yellow crookneck

squash, and sweet corn may be GM. The only commercialized GM fruit is

papaya from Hawaii---about half of Hawaii's papayas are GM.

MEAT, FISH & EGGS

No genetically modified fish, fowl, or livestock is yet approved for

human consumption. However, plenty of non-organic foods are produced

from animals raised on GM feed such as grains. Look for wild rather than

farmed fish to avoid fish raised on genetically modified feed, and 100%

grass-fed animals.

*Meat and Fish: Non-GMO*

Vital Choice

Organic Prairie

*Eggs: Non-GMO*

Egg Innovations Organic

Eggland's Best Organic

Land O'Lakes Organic

Nest Fresh Organic

Organic Valley

Pete and Jerry's Organic Eggs

Wilcox Farms Organic

*ALTERNATIVE MEAT PRODUCTS

*

Many alternative meat products are processed and include ingredients

that can be genetically engineered, so give the ingredient lists close

attention to avoid the Big Four at-risk ingredients, especially soy.

Non-GMO

365 Brand (Whole Foods)

Amy's

Bountiful Bean

Sunshine Burger

The Simple Soyman

Vitasoy

Wildwood

White Wave

May contain GMO ingredients

Boca, unless labeled organic (Kraft)

Gardenburger

Morningstar Farms, Morningstar Farms

Natural Touch, unless labeled organic

(Kellogg)

BABY FOODS & INFANT FORMULA

Milk or soy protein is the basis of most infant formulas. The secret

ingredients in these products are often soy or milk from cows injected

with rbGH. Many brands also add GMO-derived corn syrup, corn syrup

solids, or soy lecithin.

Non-GMO

Baby's Only

(certified organic products)

Earth's Best

Gerber products

HAPPYBABY

Mom Made Meals

Organic Baby

Plum Organics

May contain GMO ingredients

Beech-Nut

Enfamil

Good Start

Nestlé

Similac/Isomil

DAIRY PRODUCTS & ALTERNATIVE DAIRY PRODUCTS

Some U.S. dairy farms inject the genetically engineered hormone rbGH,

also called rbST, into their cows to boost milk production. Organic

dairy products are rbGH-free and do NOT use GM grains as feed. Products

with a label that indicates cows free of rbGH or rbST may come from cows

fed GM feed. Many alternative dairy products are made from soybeans and

may contain GM materials.

Dairy Products: Non-GMO

/*Certified Organic*/

Alta Dena Organics

Butterworks Farm

Harmony prHills Dairy

Horizon Organic

Morningland Dairy

Natural by Nature

Organic Valley

Radiance Dairy

Safeway Organic Brand

Seven Stars Farm

Straus Family Creamery

Stonyfield Farm

Wisconsin Organics

¹s Organics

/*Produced Without rbGH

National

*/¹s Natural Dairy

Alta Dena

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream

Brown Cow Farm

Crowley Cheese of Vermont

lin County Cheese

Grafton Village Cheese

Great Hill Dairy

Lifetime Dairy

/*West Coast*/

Alpenrose Dairy

Berkeley Farms

Clover Stornetta Farms

ph Farms Cheese

Sunshine Dairy Foods

Tillamook Cheese

Wilcox Family Farms

/*Midwest and Gulf States*/

Chippewa Valley Cheese

Erivan Dairy Yogurt

Promised Land Dairy

Westby ative Creamery

/*East Coast*/

Blythedale Farm Cheese

Crescent Creamery

Derle Farms (milk with

" no rbST " label only)

Erivan Dairy Yogurt

Farmland Dairies

Oakhurst Dairy

Wilcox Dairy (rbST-free

dairy line only)

Alternative Dairy Products: Non-GMO

Belsoy

EdenSoy

Imagine Foods/Soy Dream

's Cultured Soy

Pacific Soy

Silk

Soy Delicious

Sun Soy

Stonyfield Farm O'Soy

Tofutti

VitaSoy/Nasoya

WestSoy

WholeSoy

Yves The Good Slice

Zen Don

*May contain GMO ingredients*

Colombo (General Mills)

Dannon

Kemps (aside from

" Select " brand)

Land O' Lakes

Parmalat

Sorrento

Yoplait (General Mills)

*May contain GMO ingredients*

8th Continent

GRAINS, BEANS & PASTA

Other than corn, no GM grains are sold on the market. Look for

100-percent wheat pasta, couscous, rice, quinoa, oats, barley, sorghum,

and dried beans (except soybeans).

Prepared Meals: Non-GMO

Annie's Natural Pasta

Bob's Red Mill (organic line)

Eden certified organic grains

Kamut

Lundberg Family Farms

Sunridge Farms

Vita-Spelt pasta

*Packaged Meals: Non-GMO*

Amy's

Annie's Homegrown certified

organic macaroni & cheese

Casbah (Hain-Celestial)

Dr. McDougall's Right Foods

Fantastic Foods

Ian's Natural Foods

Lotus Foods

Lundberg Farms Rice Sensations

Organic Planet

Seeds of Change certified

organic boxed meals

* **May Contain GMO ingredients

*

Betty Crocker meals (General Mills)

Knorr (Unilever)

Kraft Macaroni & Cheese

Lipton meal packets (Unilever)

Near East (Quaker)

Pasta Roni and Rice-a-Roni meals (Quaker)

CEREALS AND BREAKFAST BARS

Cereals and breakfast bars are very likely to include GMO ingredients,

because they are often made with corn and soy products.

Non-GMO:

Ambrosial Granola

Barbara's (organic line)

Cascadian Farms

Eden

EnviroKidz

Golden Temple

Grandy Oats

Health Valley (organic line)

Lundberg® Purely Organic

Rice Cereal

Nature's Path

Nonuttin'

Omega Smart Bars

Peace Cereal Organic

Simple Sweets

Sunridge Farms

Ruth¹s

May Contain GMO Ingredients

Betty Crocker meals

(General Mills)

Knorr (Unilever)

Kraft Macaroni & Cheese meals

Lipton meal packets (Unilever)

Near East (Quaker)

Pasta Roni and Rice-A-Roni

meals (Quaker)

General Mills

Kellogg

Post (Kraft)

Quaker

BAKED GOODS

While baking ingredients such as wheat flour, rice, kamut, and oats are

not genetically modified, many packaged breads and bakery items contain

other GMO ingredients such as corn syrup.

Non-GMO

Arrowhead Mills (organic line)

Bakery on Main

Bob's Red Mill (organic line)

Dr. McDougall's Right Foods

Dr Oetker Organics

French Meadow

Natural Ovens Bakery

(organic line)

Nature's Path

Rudi's Organic Bakery

Rumford Baking Powder

May Contain GMO Ingredients

Aunt Jemima (Pinnacle Foods)

Betty Crocker (General Mills)

Calumet Baking Powder (Kraft)

Duncan Hines (Pinnacle Foods)

Hungry Jack (Smucker's)

Pillsbury (Smucker's)

FROZEN FOODS

Many frozen foods are highly processed. Keep an eye out for the Big Four

at-risk ingredients and stay away from frozen foods that contain them,

unless they are marked organic or non-GM.

Non-GMO

A.C. LaRocco

Amy's Kitchen

Cascadian Farms Organic frozen

meals and vegetables

Cedarlane

Helen's Kitchen

Ian's Natural Foods

McCartney frozen meals

Mom Made Meals

Plum Organics Kids

The Simple Soyma

May Contain GMO Ingredients

Boca, unless labeled organic

(Kraft)

Celeste (Pinnacle Foods)

Eggo Waffles (Kellogg)

Gardenburger

Green Giant frozen meals

(General Mills)

Healthy Choice (ConAgra)

Kid's Cuisine (ConAgra)

Lean Cuisine (Nestle)

Marie Callender's (ConAgra)

Morningstar Farms, Morningstar

Farms Natural Touch, unless

labeled organic (Kellogg)

Rosetto Frozen Pasta (Nestle)

Stouffer's (Nestle)

Swanson ('s)

Tombstone (Kraft)

Totino's (Smucker's)

Voila! (Birds Eye/Unilever)

SOUPS, SAUCES & CANNED FOODS

Many soups and sauces are highly processed, so give the ingredient lists

close attention to avoid the Big Four at-risk ingredients.

Soups: Non-GMO

Amy's

Fantastic Foods

Health Valley/Westbrae

Imagine Natural

Natural/Hain

ShariAnn's Organics

Walnut Acres certified organic

Sauces/Salsas: Non-GMO

Amy's (organic line)

Annie's Natural

Eden

Emerald Valley Kitchen

Green Mountain Gringo &

certi?ed-organic salsa

Muir Glen Organic pasta sauce

& salsa

Seeds of Change certi?ed-

organic pasta sauce

Walnut Acres certi?ed-organic

pasta sauce

*Canned Food: Non-GMO*

Amy's

Annie's Natural

Eden

ShariAnn's certified organic beans

Westbrae certified organic beans

Yves Veggie Cuisine (Hain Celestial)

*May Contain GMO Ingredients*

Chef Boyardee, Healthy Choice

(ConAgra)

's products (including

Healthy Request, Chunky,

Simply Home, and Pepperidge

Farm)

Hormel products

Progresso products

(General Mills)

*Sauces/Salsas: **May Contain GMO Ingredients*

Bertolli (Unilever)

Chi-Chi's (Hormel)

Classico (Heinz)

Del Monte

Healthy Choice (ConAgra)

Hunt's (ConAgra)

Old El Paso (General Mills)

Pace ('s)

Prego ('s)

Ragu (Unilever)

May Contain GMO Ingredients

Chef Boyardee

Dinty , Stagg, Hormel

(Hormel)

Franco-American ('s)

CONDIMENTS, OILS, DRESSINGS & SPREADS

Unless labeled explicitly, corn, soybean, cottonseed, and canola oils

probably contain genetically modified products. Choose pure olive,

coconut, sesame, sunflower, safflower, almond, grapeseed, and peanut

oils. Also choose preserves, jams, and jellies with cane sugar, not corn

syrup.

Non-GMO

Annie's

Bountiful Bean

Bragg's liquid amino

Carrington Farms Flax Seed

Crofter's Organic

Drew's salad dressing

Eden

Emerald Cove

Emerald Valley Kitchen

Emperor's Kitchen

Follow Your Heart

Harvest Moon Mushrooms

Ian's Natural Foods

I.M. Health SoyNut Butters

Maranatha Nut Butters

Miso Master

Muir Glen organic

tomato ketchup

Nasoya

Newmans Own Organic

Ruth¹s

Spectrum oils and dressings

SushiSonic Asian Condiments

The Simple Soyman

Vegan by Nature Buttery Spreads

Vigoa Cuisine

Wholemato

May Contain GMO Ingredients

Crisco (Smucker's)

Del Monte

Heinz

Hellman's (Unilever)

Kraft condiments and dressings

Mazola

Pam (ConAgra)

Pan (ConAgra)

Skippy (Unilever)

Smucker's (except their " Simply

100% Fruit " line of preserves)

Wesson (ConAgra)

Wish-Bone (Unilever)

SNACK FOODS

Look for snacks made from wheat, rice, or oats, and ones that use

sunflower or safflower oils. There is no GM popcorn on the market, nor

is there blue or white GM corn.

Snacks: Non-GMO

Barbara's (organic line)

Bearitos/Little Bear Organics

(Hain Celestial)

Eco-Planet

Eden

Garden of Eatin'

Grandy Oats

Hain Pure Snax/Hain Pure Foods

Health Valley

Ian's Natural Foods

Kettle Foods

Kopali Organics

Late July Organic Snacks

's Gone Crackers

Nature's Path Organic

Namaste Foods

Newman's Own Organics

& Newman's Own

(except salad dressing)

Simple Sweets

Sunridge Farms

Energy Bars: Non-GMO

Clif Bar

Genisoy Bars

Lara Bar

Luna Bar

Macrobars

Nature's Path

Nutiva

Odwalla

Optimum Energy Bar

Organic Food Bar

Weil by Nature's Path Organic

*May Contain GMO Ingredients*

FritoLay (Lay's, Ruffles, Doritos,

Cheetos, Tostitos)

Hostess Products

(Interstate Brands)

Keebler (Kellogg's)

Kraft (Nabisco, Nilla Wafers,

Oreos, Ritz, Nutter Butter,

Honey Maid, SnackWells,

Teddy Grahams, Wheat

Thins, Triscuit)

Pepperidge Farm ('s)

Pringles

Quaker Oats Company

*May Contain GMO Ingredients*

Balance Bar

Nature Valley snack bars and

granola bars (General Mills)

Nabisco Bars (Kraft)

PowerBar (Nestle)

Quaker Granola Bars

CANDY, CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS,

& SWEETENERS

Many sweeteners, and products like candy and chocolate that contain

them, can come from GMO sources. Look for organic and non-GMO

sweeteners, candy and chocolate products made with 100% cane sugar,

evaporated cane juice or organic sugar to avoid GM beet sugar, and watch

out for soy lecithin in chocolates and corn syrup in candies.

The sweetener aspartame is derived from GM microorganisms. It is also

referred to as NutraSweet® and Equal® and is found in over 6,000

products, including soft drinks, gum, candy, desserts, yogurt, tabletop

sweeteners, and some pharmaceuticals such as vitamins and sugar-free

cough drops.

Chocolate: Non-GMO

Chocolove

Endangered Species Chocolate

Green & Black's Organic Chocolate

Kopali Organics

Nonuttin'

Newman's Own

Nonuttin'

Candy: Non-GMO

Jelly Belly

Pure Fun Confections

's Crystallized Ginger

candy (certified organic)

St. Organic

Sunridge Farms

*Sweeteners:* Non-GMO

Eden

Sweet Cloud

Nonuttin

Newman¹s Own

*May Contain GMO Ingredients*

Hershey's

Nestlé (Crunch, Kit Kat, Smarties)

Toblerone (Kraft)

Ghiradelli¹s Chocolate

*

May Contain GMO Ingredients*

Hershey's

Lifesaver (Kraft)

Nestlé

SODAS, JUICES & OTHER BEVERAGES

Most juices are made from GMO-free fruit (avoid papaya though, as it

could be GMO), but the prevalence of corn-based sweeteners---e.g.

high-fructose corn syrup---in fruit juices is cause for concern. Many

sodas are primarily comprised of water and corn syrup. Look for

100-percent juice blends.

Non-GMO

After the Fall organic juices

Big Island Organics

Blue Sky

Cascadian Farm

Crofters Organic

Eden

Frey Vinyards

Odwalla

Organic Valley

Quinoa Gold

Mixerz All Natural Cocktail Mixers

R.W. Knudsen organic juices

and spritzers (Smucker's)

Santa Cruz Organic (Smucker's)

Sea20 Organic Energy Drink

Teeccino Herbal Caffe

Walnut Acres Organic Juices

May Contain GMO Ingredients

Coca-Cola (Fruitopia, Minute

Maid, Hi-C, NESTEA)

Hansen Beverage Company

Hawaiian Punch

(Procter and Gamble)

Kraft (Country Time, Kool-Aid,

Crystal Light, Capri Sun, Tang)

Libby's (Nestlé)

Ocean Spray

Pepsi (Tropicana, Frappuccino,

Gatorade, SoBe, Dole)

Sunny Delight (Procter and

Gamble)

Special Note: This guide was compiled based on company statements, not

genetic testing. Any product labeled as Non-GMO indicates that its

manufacturing process is designed to avoid GMOs, but consumers should be

aware that GM contamination is possible due to natural pollen movement,

weather events, seed contamination, or human error. Hence there is no

guarantee such products are 100% free of GMOs.

INVISIBLE GM INGREDIENTS

Processed foods often have hidden GM sources (unless they are organic or

declared non-GMO). The following are ingredients that may be made from GMOs.

Aspartame

baking powder

caramel color

cellulose

citric acid

cobalamin

(Vitamin B12)

corn gluten

corn masa

corn oil

corn syrup

cornmeal

cornstarch

cyclodextrin

cystein

dextrin

dextrose

diacetyl

diglyceride

fructose

fructose

(crystalline)

glucose

glutamate

glutamic acid

gluten

glycerides

glycerin

glycerol

glycerol

monooleate

glycine

hemicellulose

high fructose

corn syrup

(HFCS)

hydrogenated

starch

hydrolyzed vegetable protein

inositol

invert sugar

(colorose or inversol)

tamari

isoflavones

lactic acid

lecithin

leucine

lysine

malitol

maltodextrin

maltose

mannitol

methylcellulose

milo starch

modified starch

monosodium

glutamate MSG

oleic acid

Phenylalanine

phytic acid

sorbitol

soy flour

soy isolates

soy lecithin

soy protein

starch

stearic acid

inverse syrup

tempeh

threonine

tocopherols

(Vitamin E)

tofu

trehalose

triglyceride

vegetable fat

vegetable oil

Vitamin B12

Vitamin E

xanthan gum

Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) although usually derived from corn, is

probably not GM because it is not likely made in

North America.

To learn more about GMOs, consult the books Genetic Roulette: The

Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods by M.

or Your Right to Know: Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes

in Your Food by Kimbrell. Information on GMOs is also available

at www.centerforfoodsafety.org and www.HealthierEating.org

<http://www.healthiereating.org/>.

Copyright 2008 Center for Food Safety and Institute for Responsible

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