What���s it All Mean?
You���ve decided to eat organic. Now
to figure out what that means...
���Organic��� foods are grown without artificial pesticides, fertilizers
or herbicides. Organic meat, eggs
and dairy products are obtained
from animals that are fed natural
feed and not given hormones or antibiotics.
���Made with organic ingredients���
means the products have at least
70 percent organic ingredients.
���Natural��� or ���All-natural��� foods
are free of synthetic or artificial ingredients or additives. Natural is
not the same as organic. ���Natural���
is not regulated at all. High fructose corn syrup, one of the most
highly processed and controversial
foods, is often used in products
labeled ���natural��� because it is derived from corn.
Anti-biotic-free protein. Chicken,
turkey, pork and lamb are produced
without the routine use of antibiotics as a feed additive; cattle are not
injected with antibiotics.
Cage-free eggs are laid by hens
that are not kept in battery cages.
Cage-Free is not the same as USDA
Certified Organic eggs or ���Free
Range��� eggs, which are inspected.
Free range refers to poultry that
has access to a barnyard, as opposed to chickens who spend their
lives caged. According to U.S.D.A.
regulations, the birds must have
access to the outdoors throughout
their lives, whether they chose to
go out or not.
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