Shopping Guide to Avoiding Organic Foods with Carrageenan

If you suffered from gastrointestinal symptoms that improved or disappeared after cutting carrageenan from your diet, fill out a questionnaire to help us and medical researchers better understand the effects of carrageenan on public health.

Always check ingredient lists carefully, and note that ingredients are not required by law to be listed on alcoholic beverages, which may contain carrageenan. In fact, carrageenan is commonly used to clarify beer but is not listed on the label.

If you come across organic products and/or brands utilizing Carrageenan that are not yet listed, please forward specific information to us by emailing cultivate@cornucopia.org

Organic Dairy

Buttermilk with Carrageenan	Buttermilk without Carrageenan
(Organic buttermilk producers that used to add carrageenan have reformulated their products to be carrageenan-free)	Butterworks Farm Clover Stornetta Hawthorne Valley Kalona Supernatural Natural By Nature Organic Valley
Chocolate Milk With Carrageenan	Chocolate Milk without Carrageenan
Clover Stornetta Horizon Kalona Supernatural (Kalona had committed to removing carrageenan by the end of 2012. As of February 2013, they have not. Check ingredients list) Kirkland (Costco Brand) Natural By Nature Organic Valley Publix	Castle Rock Organic Farms Crystal Ball Farms Equal Exchange Hot Chocolate (powdered) Strafford Organic Creamery Thomas Organic Creamery Trickling Springs Creamery
Cottage Cheese with Carrageenan	Cottage Cheese without Carrageenan
365 Whole Foods (lowfat and fat free) Cabot Vermont Style Clover Stornetta Horizon (regular and lowfat) Publix Trader Joe’s	Kalona Supernatural (regular and lowfat) Nancy’s Organic Valley (regular and lowfat)
Cream with Carrageenan	Cream without Carrageenan
Cabot Clover Stornetta (whipped cream in a can) HEB’s Central Market Whipping Cream Horizon Natural by Nature (whipped cream in a can) Organic Valley (Ultra Pasteurized) Publix Stonyfield (Ultra Pasteurized)	Butterworks Farm Cedar Summit Farm Clover Stornetta Kalona Supernatural Natural By Nature (heavy cream) Organic Valley (Pasteurized) Strauss Family Creamery Trickling Springs Creamery
Eggnog with Carrageenan	Eggnog without Carrageenan
Clover Stornetta Horizon	Kalona Supernatural Strauss Family Creamery Organic Valley
Ice Cream with Carrageenan	Ice Cream without Carrageenan
Julie’s (Mocha Java only – Julie’s is reformulating their only product containing carrageenan which will be carrageenan-free in the fall of 2013) Trader Joe’s	Alden’s Ben and Jerry’s Organic Castle Rock Organic Farms Crystal Ball Farms Green and Black’s Organic Julie’s (all flavors except Mocha Java) Publix Stonyfield Strafford Organic Creamery Strauss Family Creamery Three Twins
Kefir with Carrageenan	Kefir without Carrageenan
No organic kefir found with carrageenan – carrageenan is sometimes used in conventional kefir	Butterworks Farm Cedar Summit (pourable yogurt) Fresh Made Helios Lifeway Nancy’s Organic Pastures Organic Valley (pourable yogurt)
Shelf-Stable Milk with Carrageenan (“milk boxes”)	Shelf-Stable Milk without Carrageenan (“milk boxes”)
Horizon (chocolate, vanilla and strawberry flavors) Organic Valley (chocolate flavored) President’s Choice	Horizon (lowfat) Organic Valley (regular, lowfat, strawberry flavored, vanilla)
Sour Cream with Carrageenan	Sour Cream without Carrageenan
Horizon (lowfat) Natural By Nature Publix	365 Whole Foods Clover Stornetta Horizon (regular only) Kalona Supernatural Organic Valley (regular and lowfat) Nancy’s Strauss Family Creamery Wallaby Organic
Yogurt with Carrageenan	Yogurt without Carrageenan
Horizon (Tuberz™) Publix Stonyfield (Oikos – caramel flavor only, Squeezers – all flavors) Trader Joe’s (Squishers™) Yami Organic	Butterworks Cedar Summit (pourable) Crystal Balls Farm Hails Family Farm Hawthorne Valley Farm Horizon (all except Tuberz™) Kalona Supernatural Maple Hill Creamery Nancy’s Organic Valley (pourable) Redwood Hill Farms Seven Stars Stonyfield (all except caramel Oikos and Squeezers) Straus Family Creamery Thomas Organic Creamery Wallaby Organic

Dairy Alternative – many of these popular brands are “natural” (conventional) and therefore not organic

Almond Milk with Carrageenan	Almond Milk without Carrageenan
Almond Breeze (Blue Diamond) Almond Dream (original, unsweetened, vanilla, and unsweetened vanilla) Central Market / HEB (organic original and vanilla) Engine 2 Plant-Strong (unsweetened and unsweetened vanilla) Natur-a Pacific Foods So Delicious Trader Joe’s (aseptic)	365 Whole Foods Natura (8 flavors) OMilk NYC Silk PureAlmond (including chocolate-flavored) Trader Joe’s (refrigerated) Tree of Life (original, unsweetened, vanilla and chocolate) Westsoy
Cheese Alternative with Carrageenan	Cheese Alternative without Carrageenan
Galaxy Nutritional Foods – vegan (block cheese only) Galaxy Nutritional Foods – rice (sliced, block and shredded cheese) Galaxy Nutritional Foods – rice vegan (block cheese only) Galaxy Nutritional Foods – veggie (sliced, block and shredded cheese) Lisanatti Foods – The Original Almond Lisanatti Foods – SoySation Lisanatti Foods – Vegan Cheese Sunergia Soyfoods – SoyFeta and Soy Bleu Cheese Trader Joe’s (except mozzarella-style shreds) Vegan Gourmet / Follow Your Heart – mozzarella, monterary jack, sour cream, nacho, vegan block cheese	Trader Joe’s Mozzarella-Style Shreds Vegan Gourmet / Follow Your Heart – vegan cream cheese
Chocolate Soymilk with Carrageenan	Chocolate Soymilk without Carrageenan
365 Whole Foods Eden Foods (Eden Foods has committed to removing carrageenan from all its products. Check ingredients list) Good Karma Organic Valley Nature’s Promise Silk Soy Dream Soy Slender Trader Joe’s Westsoy	Tofu Shop Silk (in single-serve, shelf-stable packaging) Soy Dream (enriched chocolate)
Coconut Milk/Water with Carrageenan	Coconut Milk/Water without Carrageenan
Almond Breeze Coconut Blend (Blue Diamond) Coconut Dream Lakewood (juice) Silk Pure Coconut So Delicious Trader Joe’s (original and vanilla) Zico (chocolate flavored)	Amy and Brian (juice) Blue Monkey Cadia Coco Libre Harmless Harvest Organic 100% Raw Knudsen’s (coconut nectar) Naked Juice (coconut water) Native Forest Roland Coconut Thai Kitchen Tropical Traditions (cream) Yoga Earth Purity (powder beverage)
Flax Milk with Carrageenan	Flax Milk without Carrageenan
365 Whole Foods Good Karma (original, unsweetened and vanilla)	Good Karma (protein +)
Frozen Dessert (non-dairy) with Carrageenan	Frozen Dessert (non-dairy) without Carrageenan
Almond Dream Good Karma Purely Decadent Rice Dream So Delicious soy desserts (except mango, PB swirl and cherry amaretto) – reformulating soy products to remove carrageenan, expected by end of 2013 Soy Dream Tempt (Living Harvest) Tofutti Trader Joe’s Soy Creamy™	365 Whole Foods Julie’s Lifeway Luna and Larry’s Nadamoo Natural Choice Fruit Bars Organic Nectars Sambazon So Delicious coconut milk and almond milk desserts
Hazelnut Milk with Carrageenan	Hazelnut Milk without Carrageenan
Pacific Foods
Hemp Milk with Carrageenan	Hemp Milk without Carrageenan
Tempt (Living Harvest) Pacific Foods (unsweetened original, unsweetened vanilla and chocolate)	Pacific Foods (original and vanilla)
Oat Milk with Carrageenan	Oat Milk without Carrageenan
Simpli Oat Shakes (chocolate and coffee flavors only)	Pacific Foods (original and vanilla) Simpli
Rice Milk with Carrageenan	Rice Milk without Carrageenan
365 Whole Foods Good Karma Pacific Foods Rice Dream (Unsweetened) Ryza Westsoy	B.R.A.T. (all flavors) Kirkland Signature Nature’s Promise Rice Dream (Original) Trader Joe’s
Soy Creamer with Carrageenan	Soy Creamer without Carrageenan
Silk So Nice Trader Joe’s Wildwood	Organic Valley
Soymilk with Carrageenan	Soymilk without Carrageenan
365 Whole Foods 8th Continent Cadia Earth Balance Fit & Active – Aldi Foods Great Value (Walmart) Kirkland Signature Nature’s Promise O Organics – Safeway (refrigerated original and vanilla) Organic Valley Pearl Soymilk (Kikkoman) Pacific Foods (all natural Select original and vanilla, all natural Ultra original and vanilla) President’s Choice (3 flavors) Publix Silk So Nice (all flavors except Natural) Soy Dream (enriched vanilla and enriched original) Soy Dream – Refrigerated (enriched vanilla and enriched original) Soy Slender Sunrich Trader Joe’s (except unsweetened in aseptic package) Vermont Soy Vitasoy Wegman’s Westsoy (Organic Plus, Nonfat) Wildwood ZenSoy	Eden Soy (EdenSoy contains no carrageenan except for chocolate-flavored EdenSoy. Eden is in the process of reformulating its chocolate soy milk.) Pacific Foods (organic unsweetened original) So Nice (Natural flavor only) Soy Dream (classic vanilla and enriched chocolate) Soy Dream – Refrigerated (classical original) Trader Joe’s Unsweetened in aseptic package (refrigerated does contain carrageenan) Westsoy (original, unsweetened, lowfat)
Soynog with Carrageenan	Soynog without Carrageenan
Bolthouse Farms Earth Balance Chai Nog (Oregon Chai Silk VitaSoy Holly Nog	At this time, we are unable to find any soynog without carrageenan.
Soy Yogurt with Carrageenan	Soy Yogurt without Carrageena
No organic soy yogurt found with carrageenan	O’Soy (Stonyfield Organic) Silk Simply Soy Trader Joe’s Whole Soy & Co. Wildwood
Sunflower Milk with Carrageenan	Sunflower Milk without Carrageenan
Sunrich Naturals Sunsational Sol Sunflower Dream

Organic Nutritional Drinks

Nutritional Drinks with Carrageenan	Nutritional Drinks without Carrageenan
Amazing Grass Kidz Superfood Orgain Sambazon (Energy Mocha Java, Protein Chocolate, Protein Vanilla, Protein Chocolate + Almond + Coconut Milk)	B.R.A.T PediaSmart Sambazon (Acai, Acai Berry + Yerba Mate + Guarana, Supergreens Kale + Ginger, Blended Breakfast, AMazon Energy) Svelte

Organic Deli Meat

Deli Meat with Carrageenan	Deli Meat without Carrageenan
Applegate (Packaged and Sliced: Roasted Chicken, Turkey Breast, Roasted Turkey Breast, Smoked Chicken, Smoked Turkey Breast)	Applegate (Roast Beef, Genoa Salami, Uncured Ham) Organic Prairie

Organic Dips

Dips with Carrageenan	Dips without Carrageenan
Natural By Nature (French Onion Dip)	Marzetti’s Organic Ranch Veggie Dip Simply Organic Dip Mixes

Organic Juice

Juice with Carrageenan	Juice without Carrageena
Lakewood (Acai Amazon Berry and Coconut)	Apple and Eve Columbia Gorge Honest Kids Knudsen’s (all flavors except Yumberry) Lakewood (all flavors except Acai Amazon Berry and Coconut) Organic Valley Publix Santa Cruz Uncle Matt’s

Organic Prepared Foods

Pizza with Carrageenan	Pizza without Carrageenan
Annie’s Organic Frozen Pizza	365 Whole Foods Amy’s (70% organic) Nature’s Promise Publix Rising Moon Organics (70% organic) Trader Joe’s

AVOID: Conventional/“Natural” Foods with Carrageenan

Below is a partial list of conventional products containing carrageenan. This list is not comprehensive, but provides examples of categories of foods where you may not expect to find carrageenan, like nutrition bars (Balance Bars), chocolate bars (Enjoy Life), and chicken strips (Butterball and Hormel).

Always check ingredients lists carefully when purchasing foods – some of the brands listed below carry products with and without carrageenan (for example, Kraft Philadelphia fat free cream cheese contains carrageenan, whereas Kraft Philadelphia regular cream cheese is carrageenan-free).

Chocolate Bars

Enjoy Life ChocoBoom™ Ricemilk and Ricemilk Crunch

Chocolate milk/powder

Carnation Breakfast Essentials
Garelick TruMoo™
Hood Simply Smart
Cold Stone Creamery
Nestle Nesquik
Ovaltine
Stop ‘n Shop

Coffee Creamer and Half and Half

Friendly Farms
Great Value (Walmart)
Hood Fat Free
International Delight
Nestle Coffeemate (“Natural Bliss” is carrageenan-free)
So Delicious Coconut Milk

Conventional Nutrition Drinks

Bolthouse Farms Protein PLUS
Carnation Breakfast Essentials
Ensure
Nestle Boost
Pure Protein Shake
Slim Fast

Dairy (cottage cheese, sour cream, ricotta cheese, yogurt, etc.)

Darigold
Dragone (ricotta cheese)
Friendship (non-fat cottage cheese)
Garelick (cream)
Great Value (Walmart)
Happy Farms (Aldi Foods)
Kemps (sour cream and cottage cheese)
Kraft (cottage cheeses and Philadelphis fat free cream cheese)
Land O’ Lakes (aerosol whipped cream, sour cream and cottage cheese)
Mid-America Farms
Old Home Foods (sour cream)
Reddi-Wip
Westby (sour cream, yogurt, etc.)

Dairy Alternatives

FlaxUSA Flaxmilk (all flavors – available at Walmart)
So Delicious Milk
So Delicious Almond Yogurt
Tofutti (all products)
Soy Dream frozen desserts

Dairy-Free Cheese, Dips and Spreads

Butte Island Foods (cheese alternative – spreadable all flavors)
Deans
Marzetti’s Otria Greek Yogurt Veggie Dips (all flavors)
Marzetti’s Veggie Dips (all flavors)
Shullsburg Creamery

Desserts

Kozy Shack

Dressings (Salad)

Bolthouse Farms Yogurt

Ice Cream

Ben and Jerry’s
Coldstone Creamery
LaLoo’s goat milk ice cream
Purple Door Ice Cream
Sassy Cow Creamery

Iced Coffee

International Delight

Infant Formula

Currently all ready-to-drink (liquid) infant formula, except Gerber Good Start, contains carrageenan. Avoid carrageenan in infant formula by buying organic powdered formula.

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