TRUE FOOD SHOPPER’S GUIDE

How to Avoid Foods Made with Genetically Modified

Organisms [GMOs]

GMOFree?

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To learn more about GMOs, consult the book Your Right toKnow: Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes in Your Foodby Andrew Kimbrell. Information on GMOs is also available atwww.centerforfoodsafety.org

SPECIAL NOTE: This guide was compiled based on companystatements, not genetic testing. Any product labeled as Non-GMO indicates that its manufacturing process is designed toavoid GMOs, but consumers should be aware that GM contam-ination is possible due to natural pollen movement, weatherevents, seed contamination, or human error. Hence there isno guarantee such products are 100% free of GMOs.

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CONTENTS

Introduction & Overview 2

Fruits & Vegetables 4

Fish 4

Eggs 4

Meats & Alternative Meat Products 5

Dairy Products 6

Alternative Dairy Products 7

Baby Foods & Infant Formula 8

Baked Goods 8

Cereals & Breakfast Bars 9

Energy Bars 9

Grains, Beans & Pasta 10

Canned Foods 10

Soups & Sauces 11

Frozen Foods 12

Condiments, Oils, Dressings & Spreads 13

Snack Foods 14

Sweeteners 15

Candy, Chocolate Products 16

Sodas, Juices & Other Beverages 17

INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW

How to avoid brands made with geneticallymodified organisms (GMOs)Genetic Engineering (GE) or Genetic Modification (GM) offood involves the laboratory process of artificially insertinggenes into the DNA of food crops or animals. The result iscalled a genetically modified organism or GMO. GMOs can beengineered with genes from bacteria, viruses, insects, animals,or even humans. Most Americans say they would not eat GMOsif labeled, but unlike most other industrialized countries, theU.S. does not require labeling.

This Non-GMO Shopping Guide is designed to help reclaimyour right to know about the foods you are buying, and helpyou find and avoid GMO foods and ingredients.

Tips for avoiding GM crops

❧ TIP #1: BUY ORGANIC

Certified organic products are not allowed to contain anyGMOs. Therefore, when you purchase products labeled “100%organic,” “organic,” or “made with organic ingredients,” allingredients in these products are not allowed to be producedfrom GMOs. For example, products labeled as “made withorganic ingredients” only require 70% of the ingredients tobe 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 “MadeWithout Genetically Modified Ingredients.” Some productslimit their claim to only one particular “At-Risk” ingredientsuch as soy lecithin, listing it as “non-GMO.”

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❧ TIP #3: AVOID AT-RISK INGREDIENTS

Avoid products made with any of the crops that are GM. MostGM 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 Fouringredients in processed foods are:

Corn■ Corn flour, meal, oil, starch, gluten, and syrup■ Sweeteners such as fructose, dextrose, and glucose■ Modified food starch*

Soy■ Soy flour, lecithin, protein, isolate, and isoflavone■ Vegetable oil* and vegetable protein*

Canola Canola oil (also called rapeseed oil)

Cotton Cottonseed oil

*May be derived from other sources

Additionally, GM sugar beet sugar recently entered the foodsupply. Look for organic and non-GMO sweeteners, candy andchocolate products made with 100% cane sugar, evaporatedcane juice, agave, or organic sugar, to avoid GM beet sugar.

❧ TIP #4: BUY PRODUCTS LISTED IN THIS SHOPPING GUIDE

Keep this Guide with you whenever you shop. Store it insideyour reusable shopping bag, put it into your coupon holder orcheck book, or leave it in your car.

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FRUITS & VEGETABLES Very few fresh fruits and vegetables for sale in the U.S. aregenetically modified. Novel products such as seedless water-melons are NOT genetically modified. Small amounts ofzucchini, yellow crookneck squash, and sweet corn may beGM. The only commercialized GM fruit is papaya from Hawaii—about half of Hawaii’s papayas are GM.

EGGS

FISHFDA is currently considering approval of the first GE animalintended for human consumption, a genetically engineeredAtlantic salmon. This approval is pending despite overwhelm-ing consumer opposition and unacceptable risks to humanhealth, the marine environment, wild salmon populationsand fishing economies. There are several other GE fish in thepipeline as well. To make matters worse, FDA argues thatthese GE fish don’t even need to be labeled!

Check out our new campaign website at www.ge-fish.org tolearn more and find out what you can do to help stop GE fish.

Eggs: Non-GMO Egg Innovations OrganicEggland’s Best OrganicLand O’Lakes Organic

Nest Fresh OrganicOrganic ValleyPete and Jerry’s Organic EggsWilcox Farms Organic

MEAT & FOWLNo genetically modified fowl or livestock is yet approved forhuman consumption. However, plenty of non-organic foods areproduced from animals raised on GM feed such as grains. Lookfor 100% grass-fed animals.

ALTERNATIVE MEAT PRODUCTSMany alternative meat products are processed and includeingredients that can be genetically engineered, so give theingredient lists close attention to avoid the Big Four at-riskingredients, especially soy.

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Non-GMO365 Brand (Whole Foods)Amy’sBountiful BeanSmall Planet TofuSunshine BurgerThe Simple SoymanVitasoyWildwoodWhite WaveWoodstock Farms

May contain GMOingredientsBoca, unless labeled organic(Kraft)GardenburgerMorningstar Farms, NaturalTouch, Worthington, LomaLinda unless labeledorganic (Kellogg)

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Certified Organic Alta Dena OrganicsButterworks FarmHarmony Hills DairyHorizon OrganicKirkland OrganicLactaid Organic (Organic only)Morningland DairyNancy’s Organic DairyNatural by NatureNoris OrganicOregon Ice Cream Company

(Alden’s, Julie’s)Organic Valley DairyPacific VillageRadiance DairyRogue CreamerySafeway Organic BrandSeven Stars FarmStraus Family CreameryStremick's Heritage organicStonyfield FarmTrader Joe's (organic line)WallabyWhole Foods organic lineWisconsin OrganicsWoodstock Farms

Produced Without rBGH NationalAlbertson’sAlta DenaBen & Jerry’s Ice CreamBrown Cow FarmCrowley Cheese of VermontDannonDarigoldDouble Rainbow ice creamFranklin County CheeseGrafton Village CheeseGreat Hill DairyLactaid milk (milk only)Lifetime DairyLochmeadMarket Pantry (Target)Nancy’s Natural DairySafeway (Dairy Glen and Lucerne)Trader Joe’s store brandWalmart Great Value store brandWhole Foods and 365 brandsYoplait

West CoastAlpenrose DairyBeecher’s butter

Dairy Products: Non-GMO

DAIRY PRODUCTS & ALTERNATIVE DAIRY PRODUCTSSome U.S. dairy farms inject the genetically engineered hor-mone rBGH, also called rBST, into their cows to boost milkproduction—so be sure to purchase products with a label thatindicates cows free of rBGH or rBST. Many alternative dairy prod-ucts are made from soybeans and may contain GM materials.

Alternative Dairy Products

Colombo (General Mills)DannonKemps (aside from

“Select” brand)Kraft

Land O’ LakesLucerneParmalatSorrentoYoplait (General Mills)

May contain GMO ingredients

Non-GMOBelsoyEdenSoyImagine Foods/Soy DreamNancy’s Cultured SoyOrganic Valley SoyPacific SoySilkSoy DeliciousSun SoyStonyfield Farm O’Soy

TofuttiTrader Joe’s brandVitaSoy/NasoyaWestSoyWholeSoyYves The Good SliceZen Don

May contain GMOingredients8th Continent

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Berkeley FarmsBravo Farms cheeseClover Stornetta FarmsCowgirl creameryEberhardFred Meyer /

Mountain DairyJoseph Farms CheeseMalloriesMarket of ChoiceOregon Gourmet cheeseRogue CreameryRose Valley butterSunshine Dairy FoodsTillamook CheeseTrader Joe's store brandUmpquaWestern FamilyWilcox Family Farms

Willamette Valley cheeseYami

Midwest and Gulf StatesChippewa Valley CheeseErivan Dairy YogurtPromised Land DairyWestby Cooperative Creamery

East CoastBlythedale Farm CheeseCrescent CreameryDerle Farms (milk with “no rBST”

label only)Erivan Dairy YogurtFarmland DairiesOakhurst DairyTrader Joe's store brandWilcox Dairy (rBST-free dairy

line only)

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Non-GMOBaby’s Only

(certified organic products)Earth’s BestGerber productsHAPPYBABYMom Made MealsOrganic BabyPlum OrganicsTastybaby

May contain GMOingredients Enfamil (Mead Johnson)Good Start (Gerber/Nestle)Nestle brands (Gerber/Nestle)Similac/Isomil – except Similac

Organic (Abbott Labs/Abbott Nutrition)

BABY FOODS & INFANT FORMULAMilk or soy protein is the basis of most infant formulas. Thesecret ingredients in these products are often soy or milk fromcows injected with rBGH. Many brands also add GMO-derivedcorn syrup, corn syrup solids, or soy lecithin.

Non-GMOAlvarado Street BakeryArrowhead Mills (organic line)Bakery on MainBerlin Natural BakeryBob’s Red Mill (organic line)Dr. McDougall’s Right FoodsDr Oetker OrganicsEdenFrench MeadowNatural Ovens Bakery

(organic line)Nature’s PathRudi's Organic Bakery

Rumford Baking PowderSafeway O brand (organic)Trader Joe's brand

May Contain GMOIngredients Aunt Jemima

(Quaker Oats/Pepsico)Betty Crocker (General Mills)Bisquick (General Mills)Calumet Baking Powder (Kraft)Duncan Hines (Pinnacle Foods)Hungry Jack (Smucker’s)Pillsbury (Smucker’s)

BAKED GOODSWhile baking ingredients such as wheat flour, rice, kamut, andoats are not genetically modified, many packaged breads andbakery items contain other GMO ingredients such as corn syrup.

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Non-GMO: Ambrosial GranolaBarbara’s (organic line)Cascadian FarmsEden EnviroKidzGolden Temple Grandy OatsHealth Valley (organic line)Lundberg® Purely Organic

Rice CerealNature’s PathNonuttin'Omega Smart Bars

Peace Cereal OrganicRuth'sSafeway O brand (organic)Simple SweetsSunridge FarmsTrader Joe's brandWhole Foods 365

May Contain GMOIngredients General MillsKelloggPost (Kraft)Quaker

CEREALS & BREAKFAST BARSCereals and breakfast bars are very likely to include GMO ingre-dients, because they are often made with corn and soy products.

ENERGY BARSNon-GMO Clif BarDivine Foods Genisoy BarsGoodOnYa BarLara BarLuna BarMacrobarsMacroLife NaturalsMojo (Clif Bar)Nature’s Path Nutiva OdwallaOrganic Food Bar

Optimum Energy BarOrganic Food BarRuth'sWeil by Nature’s Path OrganicZ Bars (Clif Bar)

May Contain GMOIngredients Balance BarNature Valley snack bars and

granola bars (General Mills)Nabisco Bars (Kraft)PowerBar (Nestle)Quaker Granola Bars

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Non-GMOAmy'sAnnie'sBob's Red Mill, organic lineCasbah (Hain-Celestial)Dr. McDougall's Right FoodsEden certified organic grainsFantastic FoodsField DayIan's Natural FoodsKamutLotus FoodsLundberg Family FarmsOrganic PlanetRising Moon

Seeds of Change (organic meals)SensationsSunridge FarmsTrader Joe's store brandVita-Spelt pastaWhole Foods 365

May Contain GMOIngredientsBetty Crocker meals (General Mills)Knorr (Unilever)Kraft Macaroni & Cheese mealsNear East (Quaker Oats

Company / Pepsico)Pasta Roni and Rice-A-Roni meals(Quaker Oats Company/Pepsico)

GRAINS, BEANS & PASTAOther than corn, no GM grains are sold on the market. Look for100-percent wheat pasta, couscous, rice, quinoa, oats, barley,sorghum, and dried beans (except soybeans).

Non-GMOAmy’sAnnie’s EdenShariAnn’s certified organic beansTrader Joe's store brandsWestbrae certified organic beansWhole Foods 365

Woodstock FarmsYves Veggie Cuisine (Hain Celestial)

May Contain GMOIngredients Chef BoyardeeDinty Moore, Stagg, HormelFranco-American (Campbell’s)

CANNED FOODSLook for less processed canned foods and foods packed onlyin water or olive oil (not corn, soybean, canola or cotton-seed), and avoid canned foods containing corn syrup, sugarnot labeled as “cane sugar” and soy ingredients which couldbe derived from GM crops.

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Non-GMO Amy’sAnnie’sEdenEmerald Valley KitchenFantastic FoodsField DayGreen Mountain GringoHainHealth Valley/WestbraeImagine NaturalMuir Glen OrganicRising MoonShariAnn’s OrganicsSeeds of ChangeTrader Joe’s store brands

(Trader Joe’s, Trader Jose’s, Trader Giotto’s)

Walnut AcresWhole Foods 365

May Contain GMOIngredients Bertolli (Unilever)Campbell products (including

Healthy Request, Chunky, Simply Home, and Pepperidge Farm)

Chef Boyardee (Con Agra)Chi-Chi’s (Hormel)Classico (Heinz)Del MonteHealthy Choice (ConAgra)Hormel productsHunt’s (ConAgra)Old El Paso (General Mills)Pace (Campbell ‘s)Prego ( Campbell’s )Progresso products

(General Mills)Ragu (Unilever)

SOUPS & SAUCESMany soups and sauces are highly processed, so give theingredient lists close attention to avoid the Big Four at-riskingredients. Canned foods can be simply vegetables or fruitspacked in water, but many canned foods also contain cornsyrup or sugar which could be derived from GM crops. Look forless processed canned foods and foods packed only in wateror olive oil (not corn, soybean, canola or cottonseed), andavoid canned foods containing corn syrup, sugar not labeledas “cane sugar” and soy ingredients.

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Frozen FoodNon-GMOA.C. LaRoccoAmy’s KitchenCascadian Farms Organic frozen

meals and vegetablesCedarlaneHelen’s KitchenIan’s Natural FoodsLinda McCartney frozen meals Mom Made MealsMorningstar Farms

(Organic line ONLY)Rising MoonThe Simple SoymanTrader Joe's store brands Woodstock Farms

May Contain GMOIngredients Banquet (ConAgra)Bertolli (Unilever)Boca, unless labeled organic

(Kraft)Celeste (Pinnacle Foods)Eggo Waffles (Kellogg)GardenburgerGreen Giant frozen meals

(General Mills)Healthy Choice (ConAgra)Kid’s Cuisine (ConAgra)Lean Cuisine (Nestle)Marie Callender’s (ConAgra)Morningstar Farms, Morningstar

Farms Natural Touch, unless labeled organic (Kellogg)

Rosetto Frozen Pasta (Nestle)Stouffer’s (Nestle)Swanson (Campbell’s)Tombstone (Kraft)Totino’s (Smucker’s)Voila! (Birds Eye/Unilever)

FROZEN FOODSMany frozen foods are highly processed. Keep an eye out for theBig Four at-risk ingredients and stay away from frozen foodsthat contain them, unless they are marked organic or non-GM.

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Non-GMOAnnie’sBountiful BeanBragg’s liquid aminoCarrington Farms Flax SeedCrofter's OrganicDrew’s salad dressingEdenEmerald CoveEmperor’s KitchenEmerald Valley KitchenField DayFollow Your HeartHarvest Moon MushroomsI.M. Health SoyNut ButtersIan’s Natural FoodsKrazy KetchupMaranatha Nut ButtersMiso MasterMuir Glen organic

tomato ketchupNasoyaNewmans Own OrganicRuth’sThe Simple Soyman

Spectrum oils and dressingsSushiSonic Asian CondimentsTrader Joe's store brandsTropical TraditionsVegan by Nature Buttery SpreadsVigoa CuisineWhole Foods 365WholematoWoodstock Farms

May Contain GMOIngredients Crisco (Smucker’s)Del MonteHeinzHellman’s (Unilever)Kraft condiments and dressingsMazolaPam (ConAgra)Peter Pan (ConAgra)Skippy (Unilever)Smucker’s (except their “Simply

100% Fruit” line of preserves)Wesson (ConAgra)Wish-Bone (Unilever)

CONDIMENTS, OILS, DRESSINGS & SPREADSUnless labeled explicitly, corn, soybean, cottonseed, andcanola 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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Non-GMOBarbara’s (organic line)Bearitos/Little Bear Organics

(Hain Celestial)Earthly TreatsEco-PlanetEdenField DayFritoLay Lay's Naturals

potato chips (“Naturals” potato chips ONLY)

Garden of Eatin’Grandy OatsHain Pure Snax/Hain Pure FoodsHealth ValleyIan's Natural FoodsKettle FoodsKopali OrganicsLate July Organic SnacksMary's Gone CrackersNamaste FoodsNature’s Path OrganicNewman’s Own Organics

& Newman’s Own (except salad dressing)

Peeled Snacks

Plum Organics TotsRevolution FoodsTasty BrandRuth'sSimple SweetsSunridge FarmsSafeway O organic brandTrader Joe's store brandWoodstock Farms, organic

May Contain GMOIngredients FritoLay (Lay’s, Ruffles, Doritos,

Cheetos, Tostitos)Hostess Products

(Interstate Brands)Keebler (Kellogg’s)Kraft (Nabisco, Nilla Wafers,

Oreos, Ritz, Nutter Butter, Honey Maid, SnackWells, Teddy Grahams, Wheat Thins, Triscuit)

Pepperidge Farm (Campbell’s)PringlesQuaker Oats Company

SNACK FOODSLook for snacks made from wheat, rice, or oats, and ones thatuse sunflower or safflower oils. There is no GM popcorn on themarket, nor is there blue or white GM corn.

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SweetnersNon-GMOSweeteners, Non-GMO:C&H Pure Cane SugarBrer Rabbit molassesEdenFlorida Crystals (organic,

natural and demerara)Grandma's Best MolassesSweet CloudTropical TraditionsTrader Joe's brand

(Pure cane sugar, raw sugar,brown sugar, organic sugars)

Wholesome Sweetners (organic sugars, molasses, blue agave syrups, Organic Zero)

Woodstock Farms (organic)

May Contain GMOIngredientsCrystal Sugar

(American Crystal)Big Chief sugar

(Michigan Sugar Company)EqualGW sugar (Western Sugar)NutrasweetPioneer sugar

(Michigan Sugar Company)White Satin sugar (Snake

River/Amalgamated Sugar)

SWEETENERS Many sweeteners, and products like candy and chocolate thatcontain them, can come from GMO sources. Look for organicand non-GMO sweeteners, candy and chocolate productsmade with 100% cane sugar, evaporated cane juice or organicsugar to avoid GM beet sugar, and watch out for soy lecithin inchocolates and corn syrup in candies.

The sweetener aspartame is derived from GM microorganisms.It is also referred to as NutraSweet® and Equal® and is foundin over 6,000 products, including soft drinks, gum, candy,desserts, yogurt, tabletop sweeteners, and some pharmaceu-ticals such as vitamins and sugar-free cough drops.

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ChocolateNon-GMOChocoloveEndangered Species ChocolateGhirardelli ChocolateGreen & Black’s Organic ChocolateKopali OrganicsLindt ChocolateNewman’s OwnNonuttin'Woodstock Farms (organic)

May Contain GMOIngredients Hershey’sMars, Inc.Nestlé

(Crunch, Kit Kat, Smarties)Toblerone (Kraft)

CandyNon-GMOJelly BellyPure Fun ConfectionsReed’s Crystallized Ginger

candy (certified organic)St. Claire OrganicSunridge Farms

May Contain GMOIngredients Hershey’sLifesaver (Kraft)Mars (Wrigley’s, Skittles,

Starburst)Nestlé

CANDY & CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS

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Non-GMOAfter the Fall organic juicesBig Island OrganicsBlue Sky Cascadian FarmCrofters Organic EdenOdwallaQuinoa GoldR.W. Knudsen organic juices

and spritzers (Smucker’s)Santa Cruz Organic (Smucker’s)Sea20 Organic Energy DrinkTeeccino Herbal CaffeWalnut Acres Organic Juices

May Contain GMOIngredients Coca-Cola (Fruitopia, Minute

Maid, Hi-C, NESTEA)Dr. Pepper Snapple Group

(Dr. Pepper, 7Up, A&W, Snapple, Hawaiian Punch, Sunkist, Crush, Canada Dry, Mott's juice, Squirt, Sun Drop, Schweppes ginger ale, Vernors, Country Time, Clamato, IBC root beer, Nantucket Nectors, Stewart's, Orangina, Diet Rite, Hires root beer)

Hansen Beverage CompanyHawaiian Punch

(Procter and Gamble)Kraft (Country Time, Kool-Aid,

Crystal Light, Capri Sun, Tang)Libby’s (Nestlé)Ocean SprayPepsi (Tropicana, Frappuccino,

Gatorade, SoBe, Dole)Sunny Delight (Procter and

Gamble)Swiss Miss (Con Agra)

SODAS, JUICES & OTHER BEVERAGESMost juices are made from GMO-free fruit (avoid papayathough, as it could be GMO), but the prevalence of corn-basedsweeteners—e.g. high-fructose corn syrup—in fruit juices iscause for concern. Many sodas are primarily comprised ofwater and corn syrup. Look for 100-percent juice blends.

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