What’s the difference between food labeled organic and food labeled natural? The term natural is very loosely defined by the FDA and can encompass a wide swath of products, whereas Certified-Organic is a strictly defined and enforced standard. In addition to those listed on the chart, there are other important advantages of organic. For example, [...]
Organic or natural?
February 9th, 2012 · Click here to add a comment · FYI, healthy foods
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Whole Foods to Sell Significantly More Organics
August 14th, 2009 · Click to read comment · FYI
From Organic Bytes newsletter: The emperor of natural foods, Whole Foods Market (WFM), has no clothes. Throughout the 2009 summer months, OCA has been alerting organic consumers to the troubling fact that the overwhelming majority of grocery items (approximately 2/3) sold by WFM, even their private label “365″ brand, are not certified organic, but rather [...]
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