Next time, I will publish another list from Dr. Mercola's web site, that addresses Dangerous Foods to Avoid that are GMO'd.
I take these lists with me when I shop, so that I can identify the product in-depth. Sometimes, labels don't tell the whole story, so I read them and then check my list to be doubly safe. I enjoy eating more when I know I have done my research!
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NON-GMO
SHOPPING GUIDE
How to avoid foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
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Contents
Introduction & Overview 1
Fruits & Vegetables 3
Meats, Fish & Eggs 3
Alternative Meat Products 3
Dairy Products 4
Alternative Dairy Products 5
Baby Foods & Infant Formula 5
Grains, Beans & Pasta 6
Cereals & Breakfast Bars 6
Baked Goods 7
Frozen Foods 7
Soups, Sauces & Canned Foods 8
Condiments, Oils, Dressings & Spreads 9
Snack Foods 10
Candy, Chocolate Products & Sweeteners 11
Sodas, Juices & Other Beverages 12
Invisible GM Ingredients 13
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To learn more about GMOs, consult the books Genetic Roulette: The
Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods by Jeffrey M.
Smith or Your Right to Know: Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes
in Your Food by Andrew Kimbrell. Information on GMOs is also available at
www.CenterForFoodSafety.org and www.HealthierEating.org.
Copyright February 2010 Center for Food Safety and Institute for Responsible
Technology. No part of this booklet may be reproduced in any form without written
permission from both parties. For large print quantities or electronic distribution
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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. It does not
cover other potentially harmful ingredients, allergens,
colors or additives.
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.” Products that
carry the Non-GMO Project Seal have third party verification
as being in compliance with Non-GMO Project standards for
GMO avoidance. Some products limit their claim to only one
particular “At-Risk” ingredient such as soy lecithin, listing it
as “non-GMO.” Look for dairy products labeled ‘No rBGH or
rBST,” or “artificial hormone-free.”
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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
n Modified food starch*
Soy
Soy flour, lecithin, protein, isolate, and isoflavone
Vegetable oil* and vegetable protein*
Canola oil (also called rapeseed oil)
Cottonseed oil
*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.
Sugar Anything not listed as 100% cane sugar
TIP #4: BUY PRODUCTS LISTED IN THIS
SHOPPING GUIDE
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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.
Eggs: Non-GMO
Egg Innovations Organic
Eggland’s Best Organic
Horizon Organic
Land O’Lakes Organic
Nest Fresh Organic
Organic Valley
Pete and Jerry’s Organic Eggs
Wilcox Farms Organic
Non-GMO
365 Brand (Whole Foods)
Amy’s
Bountiful Bean
EcoVegan
Small Planet Tofu
Sunshine Burger
The Simple Soyman
Vitasoy
Wildwood
White Wave
Woodstock Farms*
May contain GMO ingredients
Boca, unless organic (Kraft)
Gardenburger
Morningstar Farms, unlessorganic soy line (Kellogg)
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.
Meat & Fish: Non-GMO
Organic Prarie, Tropical Traditions, Vital Choice
MEAT, FIS H & 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.
BOLD with an asterisk * denotes brands with products enrolled in the Non-
GMO Project’s third party GMO Avoidance Verification Program.
FRUITS & VE GET ABLES
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Colombo (General Mills)
Kemps , aside from “Select” brand
Land O’ Lakes
Parmalat
Sorrento
The Country’s Best Yoghurt
May contain GMO ingredients
Dairy Products: Non-GMO
DAIR Y PRODUCTS &
ALTERN ATIVE DAIR Y 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.
Certified Organic
Alta Dena Organics
Butterworks Farm
Harmony Hills Dairy
Horizon Organic
Morningland Dairy
Nancy’s Organic Dairy*
Natural by Nature
Organic Valley
Radiance Dairy
Safeway Organic Brand
Seven Stars Farm*
Straus Family Creamery*
Stonyfield Farm
Wisconsin Organics
Woodstock Farms*
Produced Without rbGH National
Alta Dena
BelGioioso Cheese Inc.
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
Brown Cow Farm
Crowley Cheese of Vermont
Dannon
Franklin County Cheese
Grafton Village Cheese
Great Hill Dairy
Lifetime Dairy
Nancy’s Natural Dairy
Roth Kase USA
Walmart store brand
Yoplait
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Alternative Dairy Products Non-GMO
Belsoy
EdenSoy*
Imagine Foods/Soy Dream
Lisanatti
Nancy’s Cultured Soy*
Nancy’s Organic Cultured
Soy*
Organic Valley Soy*
Pacific Natural Foods*
Silk
So Delicious
Sun Soy
Stonyfield Farm O’Soy
Tofutti
VitaSoy/Nasoya
WestSoy
WholeSoy*
Wildwood
Yves The Good Slice
Zen Don
May contain GMO
ingredients
8th Continent
Non-GMO
Baby’s Only Organic
Bella Baby
Earth’s Best
Gerber
HappyBaby
Mom Made Meals
Organic Baby*
PediaSmart
Plum Organics
Tastybaby
May contain GMO ingredients:
Beech-Nut
Enfamil
Good Start
Nestlé
Similac/Isomil
BABY FOODS & IN FANT FOR MULA:
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.
BOLD with an asterisk * denotes brands with products enrolled in the Non-
GMO Project’s third party GMO Avoidance Verification Program.
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Non-GMO:
Annie’s*
Ambrosial Granola
Barbara’s, organic
Cascadian Farms
Eden*
EnviroKidz*
Golden Temple
Grandy Oats
Health Valley, organic
Lundberg Rice Cereal*
Nature’s Path*
Nonuttin’
Omega Smart Bars
Peace Cereal Organic
Ruth’s
Simple Sweets
Sunridge Farms
May Contain GMO Ingredients:
General Mills
Kellogg
Post (Kraft)
Quaker
Cereals & Breakfast bars:
Cereals and breakfast bars are very likely to include GMO ingredients,
because they are often made with corn and soy products.
Packaged Meals, Non-GMO
Amy’s
Casbah (Hain-Celestial)
Dr. McDougall’s Right Foods
Fantastic Foods*
Ian’s Natural Foods
Lotus Foods
Lundberg Farms Rice Sensations*
Rising Moon*
Seeds of Change organic meals
May Contain GMO ingredients:
Betty Crocker (General Mills)
Knorr (Unilever)
Kraft Macaroni & Cheese
Lipton meal packets (Unilever)
Near East (Quaker)
Pasta Roni & Rice-A-Roni meals
(Quaker)
GRAINS , BEANS & PAST A
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).
Non-GMO
Annie’s *
Bob’s Red Mill, organic
Eden*
Field Day*
Kamut
Lundberg Family Farms*
Organic Planet*
Sunridge Farms
Vita-Spelt pasta
Non-GMO
A.C. LaRocco
Amy’s Kitchen
Cascadian Farms
Cedarlane
Helen’s Kitchen
Ian’s Natural Foods
Linda McCartney
Mom Made Meals
Rising Moon*
The Simple Soyman
Woodstock Farms*
May Contain GMO ingredients:
Boca, unless organic (Kraft)
Celeste (Pinnacle Foods)
Eggo Waffles (Kellogg)
Gardenburger
Green Giant (General Mills)
Healthy Choice (ConAgra)
Kid’s Cuisine (ConAgra)
Lean Cuisine (Nestle)
Marie Callender’s (ConAgra)
Morningstar Farms, unless
organic (Kellogg)
Rosetto Frozen Pasta (Nestle)
Stouffer’s (Nestle)
Swanson (Campbell’s)
Tombstone (Kraft)
Totino’s (Smucker’s)
Voila! (Birds Eye/Unilever)
FRO ZEN 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
Arrowhead Mills, organic
Bakery on Main
Berlin Natural Bakery*
Bob’s Red Mill, organic
Dr. McDougall’s Right Foods
Dr. Oetker Organics
French Meadow
Natural Ovens Bakery, organic
Nature’s Path*
Rudi’s Organic Bakery
Rapunzel
Rumford Baking Powder
Tumaros*
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)
BAKED GOODS
While baking ingredients such as wheat flour, rice, kamut, and
oats are not genetically modified, many packaged breads an
bakery items contain other GMO ingredients such as corn syrup.
Canned Food Non-GMO:
Amy’s
Annie’s*
Eden*
ShariAnn’s, organic
Westbrae, organic
Yves Veggie Cuisine (Hain
Celestial)
Woodstock Farms*
May Contain GMO ingredients
Chef Boyardee
Dinty Moore, Stagg, Hormel (Hormel)
Franco-American (Campbell’s)
Soups: Non-GMO:
Amy’s
Fantastic Foods*
Health Valley/Westbrae
Imagine Natural
Natural/Hain
Rapunzel
ShariAnn’s Organics
Walnut Acres, organic
May Contain GMO ingredients:
Chef Boyardee, Healthy Choice
(ConAgra)
Campbell’s products (Healthy
Request, Chunky, Simply
Home, & Pepperidge Farm)
Hormel products
Progresso Soups(General Mills)
Sauces/Salsas:
Non-GMO
Amy’s
Eden*
Emerald Valley Kitchen
Field Day*
Green Mountain Gringo*
Muir Glen Organic
Rising Moon*
Seeds of Change pasta sauce
Walnut Acres pasta sauce
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 (Campbell’s)
Prego (Campbell’s)
Ragu (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.
Non-GMO
Annie’s Naturals*
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*
Field Day*
Follow Your Heart*
Harvest Moon Mushrooms
Ian’s Natural Foods
I.M. Health SoyNut Butters
Kettle Brand*
Krazy Ketchup
Maranatha Nut Butters
Miso Master*
Muir Glen Organic ketchup
Nasoya
Newmans Own Organic
Rapunzel
Ruth’s
Sage Hills Farms
Spectrum oils and dressings
SushiSonic Condiments*
The Simple Soyman
Tropical Traditions
Vegan by Nature Buttery Spread
Vigoa Cuisine
Wholemato
Wildwood
Woodstock Farms*
May Contain GMO ingredients:
Crisco (Smucker’s)
Del Monte
Heinz
Hellman’s (Unilever)
Kraft condiments and
dressings
Mazola
Pam (ConAgra)
Peter Pan (ConAgra)
Skippy (Unilever)
Smucker’s, unless “Simply
100% Fruit”
Wesson (ConAgra)
Wish-Bone (Unilever)
CONDI MENTS , OILS , DRESSIN GS
& SPRE ADS
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.
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Snacks: Non-GMO
Annie’s*
Barbara’s, organic
Bearitos/Little Bear Organics
(Hain Celestial)
Earthly Treats
Eco-Planet
Eden*
Field Day*
Garden of Eatin’
Grandy Oats
Hain Pure Snax/Hain Pure Foods
Health Valley
Ian’s Natural Foods
Kettle Brand*
Kopali Organics
Late July Organic Snacks
Mary’s Gone Crackers*
Nature’s Path*
Namaste Foods
Newman’s Own Organics
Newman’s Own, except salad
dressings
Peeled Snacks
Plum Organics Tots
Rapunzel
Revolution Foods
Ruth’s
Simple Sweets
Sunridge Farms
Tasty Brand
Woodstock Farms*
May Contain GMO ingredients:
FritoLay (Lay’s, Ruffles,
Doritos,Cheetos, Tostitos)
Hostess
Keebler (Kellogg’s)
Kraft (Nabisco, Nilla Wafers,
Oreos, Ritz, Nutter Butter,
Honey Maid, SnackWells,
Teddy Grahams, Wheat Thins,
Triscuit)
Pepperidge Farm (Campbell’s)
Pringles
Quaker Oats
Energy Bars: Non-GMO
Clif Bar
Divine Foods
Genisoy Bars
GoodOnYa Bar
Lara Bar
Luna Bar
Macrobars
MacroLife Naturals
Nature’s Path*
Nutiva
Odwalla
Optimum Energy Bar
Organic Food Bar
Ruth’s
Weil by Nature’s Path Organic
May Contain GMO Ingredients:
Balance Bar
Nature Valley (General Mills)
Nabisco Bars (Kraft)
PowerBar (Nestle)
Quaker Granola
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.
Chocolate: Non-GMO
Chocolove
Endangered Species*
Green & Black’s Organic
Kopali Organics
Lindt Chocolate
Newman’s Own
Nonuttin’
Rapunzel
Woodstock Farms*
May Contain GMO Ingredients:
Ghirardelli Chocolate
Hershey’s
Nestlé (Crunch, Kit Kat,
Smarties)
Toblerone (Kraft)
Candy: Non-GMO
Pure Fun Confections
Reed’s Ginger Candy, organic
St. Claire Organic
Sunridge Farms
Woodstock Farms*
May Contain GMO
Ingredients
Hershey’s
Jelly Belly
Lifesaver (Kraft)
Nestlé 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.
Sweetners: Non-GMO
Eden*
Sweet Cloud* Tropical Traditions
Woodstock Farms*
Non-GMO
After the Fall, organic (Smuckers)
Big Island Organics
Blue Sky
Cascadian Farm
Crofters Organic
Eden*
Field Day*
Frey Vineyards
Mixerz All Natural Cocktail Mixers
Nancy’s Organic Lowfat Kefir
Odwalla
Organic Valley
PediaSmart
Quinoa Gold
R.W. Knudsen, organic
(Smucker’s)
Santa Cruz Organic (Smucker’s)
Sea20 Organic Energy Drink
Teeccino Herbal Caffe
Walnut Acres Organic Juices
Woodstock Farms*
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)
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.
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.
Center for Food Safety’s participation in this guide does not
necessarily imply endorsement of any of the products or labels
listed in this guide.
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, also called
NutraSweet®, Canderel®,
Equal Spoonful®,E951,
BeneVia®, AminoSweet®
baking powder
canola oil (rapeseed)
caramel color
cellulose
citric acid
cobalamin (Vit. B12)
colorose
condensed milk
confectioners sugar
corn flour
corn gluten
corn masa
corn meal
corn oil
corn sugar
corn syrup
cornstarch
cyclodextrin
cystein
dextrin
dextrose
diacetyl
diglyceride
erythritol
Equal
food starch
fructose (any form)
glucose
glutamate
glutamic acid
gluten
glycerides
glycerin
glycerol
glycerol monooleate
glycine
hemicellulose
high fructose corn
syrup (HFCS)
hydrogenated starch
hydrolyzed vegetable
protein
inositol
inverse syrup
invert sugar
inversol
isoflavones
lactic acid
lecithin
leucine
lysine
malitol
malt
malt syrup
malt extract
maltodextrin
maltose
mannitol
methylcellulose
milk powder
milo starch
modified food starch
modified starch
mono and diglyceride
monosodium
glutamate (MSG)
Nutrasweet
oleic acid
Phenylalanine
phytic acid
protein isolate
shoyu
sorbitol
soy flour
soy isolates
soy lecithin
soy milk
soy oil
soy protein
soy protein isolate
soy sauce
starch
stearic acid
sugar (unless cane)
tamari
tempeh
teriyaki marinade
textured vegetable
protein
threonine
tocopherols (Vit E)
tofu
trehalose
triglyceride
vegetable fat
vegetable oil
Vitamin B12
Vitamin E
whey
whey powder
xanthan gum
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin
C) although usually
derived from corn, is
probably not GM
because it is not
likely made in North
America.
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