Non-GMO Shopping Guide

How to avoid foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) Content Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview 1 How to avoid brands made with genetically Fruits & Vegetables 3 modified organisms (GMOs)

Meats, Fish & Eggs 3 Genetic Engineering (GE) or Genetic Modification (GM) of food involves the laboratory process of artificially inserting genes into the DNA of food Alternative Meat Products 3 crops or animals. The result is called a genetically modified organism or Products 4 GMO. GMOs can be engineered with genes from bacteria, viruses, in- sects, animals, or even humans. Most Americans say they would not eat Alternative Dairy Products 5 GMOs if labeled, but unlike most other industrialized countries, the U.S. Baby Foods & Infant Formula 5 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 Grains, Beans & Pasta 6 you find and avoid GMO foods and ingredients. It does not cover other potentially harmful ingredients, allergens, colors or additives. Cereals & Breakfast Bars 6

Baked Goods 7 Tips for avoiding GM crops Frozen Foods 7 TIP #1: BUY ORGANIC Soups, Sauces & Canned Foods 8 Certified organic products are not allowed to contain any GMOs. There- fore, when you purchase products labeled “100% organic,” “organic,” or Condiments, Oils, Dressings & Spreads 9 “made with organic ingredients,” all ingredients in these products are not allowed to be produced from GMOs. For example, products labeled as Snack Foods 10 “made with organic ingredients” only require 70% of the ingredients to be Candy, Chocolate Products & Sweeteners 11 organic, but 100% must be non-GMO. Sodas, Juices & Other Beverages 12 TIP #2: LOOK FOR“NON-GMO” LABELS Companies may voluntarily label products as “non-GMO.” Some labels Invisible GM Ingredients 13 state “non-GMO” while others spell out “Made Without Genetically Modi- fied Ingredients.” Products that carry the Non-GMO Project Seal have Visit NonGMOShoppingGuide.com third party verification as being in compliance with Non-GMO Project for updates and additional categories. standards for GMO avoidance. Some products limit their claim to only To learn more about GMOs, consult the books Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks one particular “At-Risk” ingredient such as soy , listing it as “non- of Genetically Engineered Foods by Jeffrey M. Smith or Your Right to Know: Genetic Engineering GMO.” Look for dairy products labeled ‘No rBGH or rBST,” or “artificial and the Secret Changes in Your Food by Andrew Kimbrell. Information on GMOs is also available hormone-free.” at www.CenterForFoodSafety.org and www.HealthierEating.org.

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1 TIP #3: AVOID AT-RISK INGREDIENTS Avoid products made with any of the crops that are GM. Most GM ingredi- Fruits & Vegetables Very few fresh fruits and vegetables for sale in the U.S. are genetically ents are products made from the “Big Four:” corn, , canola, and modified. Novel products such as seedless watermelons are NOT geneti- cottonseed, used in processed foods. Some of the most common geneti- cally modified. Small amounts of zucchini, yellow crookneck squash, and cally engineered Big Four ingredients in processed foods are: sweet corn may be GM. The only commercialized GM fruit is papaya from Corn Hawaii—about half of Hawaii’s papayas are GM. » Corn flour, meal, oil, starch, gluten, and syrup » Sweeteners such as fructose, dextrose, and glucose » Modified food starch* Meat Fish & Eggs No genetically modified fish, fowl, or livestock is yet approved for human Soy consumption. However, plenty of non-organic foods are produced from » Soy flour, lecithin, protein, isolate, and isoflavone animals raised on GM feed such as grains. Look for wild rather than » Vegetable oil* and vegetable protein* farmed fish to avoid fish raised on genetically modified feed, and 100% grass-fed animals. Canola Canola oil (also called rapeseed oil) Meat & Fish: Non-GMO Cotton Cottonseed oil Organic Prarie, Tropical Traditions, Vital Choice

*May be derived from other sources Eggs: Non-GMO Egg Innovations Organic Nest Fresh Organic Eggland’s Best Organic Organic Valley In addition, GM sugar beet sugar recently entered the food supply. Look Horizon Organic Pete and Jerry’s Organic Eggs for organic and non-GMO sweeteners, candy and chocolate products Land O’Lakes Organic Wilcox Farms Organic made with 100% cane sugar, evaporated cane juice or organic sugar, to avoid GM beet sugar. Sugar Anything not listed as 100% cane sugar Alternative Meat Products Many alternative meat products are processed and include TIP #4: BUY PRODUCTS LISTED IN THIS SHOPPING GUIDE ingredients that can be genetically engineered, so give the Keep this Guide with you whenever you shop. Store it inside your reus- ingredient lists close attention to avoid the Big Four at-risk able shopping bag, put into your coupon holder or check book, or leave ingredients, especially soy. it in your car. Non-GMO 365 Brand (Whole Foods)* The Simple Soyman BOLD with an asterisk * denotes brands with products enrolled in the Non-GMO Project’s Amy’s third party GMO Avoidance Verification Program. Bountiful Wildwood Eco Vegan White Wave Small Planet Woodstock Farms* Learn more at: www.NonGMOProject.org/consumers Sunshine Burger

May contain GMO ingredients Boca, unless organic (Kraft) , unless organic soy line (Kellogg)

2 3 Dairy Products Alternative Dairy Products

Some U.S. dairy farms inject the genetically engineered hormone rbGH, Non-GMO Belsoy Sun Soy also called rbST, into their cows to boost milk production. Organic dairy EdenSoy* Stonyfield Farm O’Soy products are rbGH-free and do not use GM grains as feed. Products Imagine Foods/Soy Dream Lisanatti VitaSoy/Nasoya with label that indicates cows free of rbGH or rbST may come from cows Nancy’s Cultured Soy* WestSoy fed GM feed. Many alternative dairy products are made from soybeans Nancy’s Organic Cultured Soy* WholeSoy* and may contain GM materials. Organic Valley Soy* Wildwood Pacific Natural Foods* Yves The Good Slice Zen Don So Delicious Dairy Products: Non-GMO Alta Dena Organics Radiance Dairy Butterworks Farm Safeway Organic Brand May contain GMO ingredients Harmony Hills Dairy Seven Stars Farm* Horizon Organic Straus Family Creamery* Morningland Dairy Stonyfield Farm Nancy’s Organic Dairy* Wisconsin Organics Natural by Nature Woodstock Farms* Organic Valley Baby Foods & Infant Formula

Produced Without rbGH National Milk or is the basis of most infant formulas. The secret Alta Dena Grafton Village Cheese ingredients in these products are often soy or milk from cows injected Belgioioso Cheese Inc. Great Hill Dairy with rbGH. Many brands also add GMO-derived corn syrup, corn syrup Ben & Jerry’s Lifetime Dairy Brown Cow Farm Nancy’s Natural Dairy solids, or soy lecithin. Crowley Cheese of Vermont Roth Kase USA Dannon Walmart store brand Non-GMO Franklin County Cheese Yoplait Baby’s Only Organic PediaSmart Bella Baby Plum Organics Earth’s Best Tastybaby Gerber Wildwood May contain GMO ingredients HapyBaby White Wave Alta Colombo (General Mills) Parmalat Mom Made Meals Woodstock Farms* Kemps , aside from “Select” brand Sorrento Organic Baby* Land O’ Lakes The Country’s Best Yoghurt May contain GMO ingredients Beech-Nut Nestlé Enfamil Similac/Isomil Good Start For regional lists of rbGH-free sources of Dairy Products: NonGMOShoppingGuide.com BOLD with an asterisk * denotes brands with products enrolled in the Non-GMO Project’s third party GMO Avoidance Verification Program. Learn more at: www.NonGMOProject.org/consumers

4 5 Grains, Beans & Pasta Baked Goods

Other than corn, no GM grains are sold on the market. Look for 100-per- While baking ingredients such as wheat flour, rice, kamut, and oats cent wheat pasta, couscous, rice, quinoa, oats, barley, sorghum, and are not genetically modified, many packaged breads and bakery items dried beans (except soybeans). contain other GMO ingredients such as corn syrup.

Non-GMO Non-GMO Annie’s * Lundberg Family Farms* Arrowhead Mills, organic French Meadow Bob’s Red Mill, organic Organic Planet* Bakery on Main Natural Ovens Bakery, organic Eden* Sunridge Farms Berlin Natural Bakery* Nature’s Path* Field Day* Vita-Spelt pasta Bob’s Red Mill, organic Rudi’s Organic Bakery Kamut Dr. McDougall’s Right Foods Rumford Baking Powder Dr Oetker Organics Tumaros*

Packaged Meals May Contain GMO Ingredients Non-GMO Aunt Jemima (Pinnacle Foods) Duncan Hines (Pinnacle Foods) Betty Crocker (General Mills) Hungry Jack (Smucker’s) Amy’s Ian’s Natural Foods Calumet Baking Powder (Kraft) Pillsbury (Smucker’s) Annie’s* Lotus Foods Casbah (Hain-Celestial) Lundberg Farms Rice Sensations* Dr. McDougall’s Right Foods Rising Moon* Fantastic Foods* Seeds of Change organic meals Frozen Foods

May Contain GMO Ingredients Many frozen foods are highly processed. Keep an eye out for the Big Betty Crocker (General Mills) Lipton meal packets (Unilever) Knorr (Unilever) Near East (Quaker) Four at-risk ingredients and stay away from frozen foods that contain Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Pasta Roni & Rice-A-Roni meals(Quaker) them, unless they are marked organic or non-GM.

Non-GMO A.C. LaRocco Linda McCartney Cereals & Breakfast Bars Amy’s Kitchen Mom Made Meals Cascadian Farms Rising Moon* Cereals and breakfast bars are very likely to include GMO ingredients, Cedarlane The Simple Soyman because they are often made with corn and soy products. Helen’s Kitchen Woodstock Farms* Ian’s Natural Foods Non-GMO Ambrosial Granola Lundberg Rice Cereal* May Contain GMO Ingredients Barbara’s, organic Nature’s Path* Boca, unless organic (Kraft) Morningstar Farms, unless Cascadian Farms Nonuttin’ Celeste (Pinnacle Foods) organic (Kellogg) Eden* Omega Smart Bars Eggo Waffles (Kellogg) Rosetto Frozen Pasta (Nestle) EnviroKidz* Peace Cereal Organic Gardenburger Stouffer’s (Nestle) Golden Temple Ruth’s Green Giant (General Mills) Swanson (Campbell’s) Grandy Oats Simple Sweets Healthy Choice (ConAgra) Tombstone (Kraft) Health Valley, organic Sunridge Farms Kid’s Cuisine (ConAgra) Totino’s (Smucker’s) Lean Cuisine (Nestle) Voila! (Birds Eye/Unilever) Marie Callender’s (ConAgra) May Contain GMO Ingredients General Mills Post (Kraft) Kellogg Quaker

6 7 Soups, Sauces & Canned Foods Condiments, Oils, Dressings & Spreads Many soups and sauces are highly processed, so give the ingredient lists Unless labeled explicitly, corn, , cottonseed, and canola oils close attention to avoid the Big Four at-risk ingredients. probably contain genetically modified products. Choose pure olive, coco- nut, sesame, sunflower, safflower, almond, grapeseed, and peanut oils. Soups: Also choose preserves, jams, and jellies with cane sugar, not corn syrup. Non-GMO Amy’s Natural/Hain Fantastic Foods* ShariAnn’s Organics Non-GMO Health Valley/Westbrae Walnut Acres Certified Organic Annie’s Naturals* Maranatha Nut Butters Imagine Natural Bountiful Bean Master* Bragg’s liquid amino Muir Glen, organic ketchup Carrington Farms Flax Seed Nasoya May Contain GMO Ingredients Crofter’s Organic Newmans Own Organic Chef Boyardee, Healthy Choice Home, & Pepperidge Farm) Drew’s salad dressing Ruth’s (ConAgra) Hormel products Eden* Sage Hills Farms Campbell’s products (Healthy Request, Progresso Soups(General Mills) Emerald Cove Spectrum oils and dressings Chunky, Simply Emerald Valley Kitchen SushiSonic Condiments* Emperor’s Kitchen* The Simple Soyman Field Day* Tropical Traditions Sauces/Salsas: Follow Your Heart* Vegan by Nature Buttery Spread Harvest Moon Mushrooms Vigoa Cuisine Non-GMO Ian’s Natural Foods Wholemato Amy’s Green Mountain Gringo* I.M. Health SoyNut Butters Wildwood Annie’s* Muir Glen Organic Kettle Brand* Woodstock Farms* Eden* Rising Moon* Krazy Ketchup Emerald Valley Kitchen Seeds of Change pasta sauce Field Day* Walnut Acres pasta sauce May Contain GMO Ingredients Crisco (Smucker’s) Pam (ConAgra) May Contain GMO Ingredients Del Monte Peter Pan (ConAgra) Bertolli (Unilever) Hunt’s (ConAgra) Heinz Skippy (Unilever) Chi-Chi’s (Hormel) Old El Paso (General Mills) Hellman’s (Unilever) Smucker’s, unless “Simply 100% Fruit” Classico (Heinz) Pace (Campbell’s) Kraft condiments and dressings Wesson (ConAgra) Del Monte Prego (Campbell’s) Mazola Wish-Bone (Unilever) Healthy Choice (ConAgra) Ragu (Unilever)

Canned Foods:

Non-GMO Amy’s Westbrae, organic Annie’s* Yves Veggie Cuisine (Hain Celestial) Eden* Woodstock Farms* ShariAnn’s, organic

May Contain GMO Ingredients Chef Boyardee Dinty Moore, Stagg, Hormel (Hormel) Franco-American (Campbell’s)

8 9 Snack Foods Candy, Chocolate Products Look for snacks made from wheat, rice, or oats, and ones that use sun- & Sweeteners flower or safflower oils. There is no GM popcorn on the market, nor is there blue or white GM corn. Many sweeteners, and products like candy and chocolate that contain them, can come from GMO sources. Look for organic and non-GMO Snacks: sweeteners, candy and chocolate products made with 100% cane sugar, evaporated cane juice or organic sugar to avoid GM beet sugar, and watch Non-GMO Barbara’s, organic Late July Organic Snacks out for soy lecithin in chocolates and corn syrup in candies. The sweeten- Bearitos/Little Bear Organics Mary’s Gone Crackers* er aspartame is derived from GM microorganisms. It is also referred to as (Hain Celestial) Nature’s Path* NutraSweet® and Equal® and is found in over 6,000 products, including Earthly Treats Namaste Foods Eco-Planet Newman’s Own Organics soft , gum, candy, desserts, yogurt, tabletop sweeteners, and some Eden* Newman’s Own, except salad dressings pharmaceuticals such as vitamins and sugar-free cough drops. Field Day* Peeled Snacks Garden of Eatin’ Plum Organics Tots Grandy Oats Revolution Foods Chocolate: Hain Pure Snax/Hain Pure Foods Ruth’s Health Valley Simple Sweets Non-GMO Ian’s Natural Foods Sunridge Farms Chocolove Lindt Chocolate Kettle Brand* Tasty Brand Endangered Species* Newman’s Own Kopali Organics Woodstock Farms* Green & Black’s Organic Nonuttin’ Kopali Organics Woodstock Farms* May Contain GMO Ingredients Crisco (Smucker’s) Pam (ConAgra) Candies: Del Monte Peter Pan (ConAgra) Skippy (Unilever) Heinz Non-GMO Hellman’s (Unilever) Smucker’s, unless “Simply 100% Fruit” Jelly Belly St. Claire Organic Kraft condiments and dressings Wesson (ConAgra) Pure Fun Confections Sunridge Farms Mazola Wish-Bone (Unilever) Reed’s Ginger Candy, organic Woodstock Farms*

May Contain GMO Ingredients : Hershey’s Lifesaver (Kraft) Non-GMO Nestlé Nature’s Path* Divine Foods Nutiva Sweeteners: Genisoy Bars GoodOnYa Bar Optimum Energy Bar Non-GMO Lara Bar Organic Food Bar Eden* Luna Bar Ruth’s Sweet Cloud* Tropical Traditions Macrobars Weil by Nature’s Path Organic Woodstock Farms* MacroLife Naturals

May Contain GMO Ingredients Balance Bar PowerBar (Nestle) Nature Valley (General Mills) Quaker Granola Nabisco Bars (Kraft)

10 11 Soda Juices & Other Beverages Invisible GM Ingredients Most juices are made from GMO-free fruit (avoid papaya though, as it Processed foods often have hidden GM sources (unless they are organic could be GMO), but the prevalence of corn-based sweeteners—e.g. high- or declared non-GMO). The following are ingredients that may be made fructose corn syrup—in fruit juices is cause for concern. Many sodas are from GMOs.. primarily comprised of water and corn syrup. Look for 100-percent juice blends. Aspartame, also called glycine soy isolates Non-GMO NutraSweet®, Equal hemicellulose soy lecithin After the Fall Odwalla Spoonful®, Canderel®, high fructose corn Big Island Organics Organic Valley BeneVia®, E951 syrup (HFCS) soy oil Blue Sky PediaSmart baking soda hydrogenated starch soy protein Cascadian Farm Quinoa Gold canola oil (rapeseed) hydrolyzed vegetable soy protein isolate Crofters Organic R.W. Knudsen, organic (Smucker’s) caramel color protein Santa Cruz Organic (Smucker’s) Eden* cellulose inositol starch Field Day* Sea20 Organic Energy citric acid inverse syrup stearic acid Frey Vineyards Teeccino Herbal Caffe Mixerz All Natural Cocktail Mixers Walnut Acres Organic cobalamin (Vit. B12) invert sugar sugar (unless cane) Nancy’s Organic Lowfat Kefir colorose inversol tamari condensed milk isoflavones confectioners sugar lactic acid marinade May Contain GMO Ingredients corn flour lecithin textured vegetable Coca-Cola (Fruitopia, Minute Maid, Libby’s (Nestlé) Hi-C, NESTEA) Ocean Spray corn gluten leucine protein Hansen Beverage Company Pepsi (Tropicana, Frappuccino, corn masa lysine threonine Hawaiian Punch (Procter and Gamble) Gatorade, SoBe, Dole) corn meal malitol tocopherols (Vit E) Kraft (Country Time, Kool-Aid, Crystal Sunny Delight (Procter and Gamble) corn oil malt tofu Light, Capri Sun, Tang) corn sugar malt syrup trehalose corn syrup malt extract triglyceride cornstarch maltodextrin vegetable fat cyclodextrin maltose vegetable oil Note: This guide was compiled based on company statements, not ge- cystein mannitol Vitamin B12 netic testing. Any product labeled as Non-GMO indicates that its manu- dextrin methylcellulose Vitamin E facturing process is designed to avoid GMOs, but consumers should be dextrose milk powder whey aware that GM contamination is possible due to natural pollen movement, diacetyl milo starch whey powder diglyceride modified food starch xanthan gum weather events, seed contamination, or human error. Hence there is no erythritol modified starch guarantee such products are 100% free of GMOs. Equal mono and diglyceride Ascorbic acid (Vitamin Center for Food Safety’s participation in this guide does not neces- food starch monosodium C) although usually sarily imply endorsement fructose (any form) glutamate (MSG) derived from corn, is glucose Nutrasweet probably not GM glutamate oleic acid because it is not glutamic acid Phenylalanine likely made in North gluten phytic acid America. glycerides protein isolate glycerin shoyu glycerol sorbitol glycerol monooleate soy flour

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