If you purchase an organic product, you can rest assured that it does not contain more than 5% (by US regulations), or was not produced with, any of the following:
- Antibiotics
- Artificial Additives
- Artificial Preservatives
- Artificial Sweeteners (Splenda, Aspartame, Nutrasweet)
- Bio-Solid Fertilizers (recycled sewage sludge)
- Chemical Fertilizers
- Chemical Herbicides
- Chemical Pesticides
- Chemical Ripening
- Cloning
- Genetic Modifications
- Hormone Injections
- Irradiation (the practice of exposing food to radiation for the purpose to sterilization)
- Steroids
Organic foods are produced using natural methods. They do use fertilizers and pesticides, but they are naturally produced and not chemically based.
There is no known nutritional value difference between organic and non-organic foods. The main purpose of consuming organic foods is to avoid the potential ill-effects from that can come from non-organic foods.
Even though a product is marked organic, it may still contain or be produced with/in:
- Containers that may leach BPA
- Gluten
- Aerosol
Just because a food is marked organic does not mean it is healthy. It only means it will lack the additives and methods of production listed above.
as i am reading all of these, one at a time...you really spent a lot of time on these !
ReplyDeleteagain, i will comment, what is your source?
people reading this will want to know where else they can get this info and anything else they want to know.
mmmm, yum, recycled sewage sludge~ that's beyond GROSS! makes you wonder and think what you will be eating next.
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