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Brand Name Harris Teeter private label
Rating (3)    

Company Harris Teeter
Location Matthews, NC
Products soymilk, edamame
Dairy Rating (2)    
Market Area Mid-Atlantic and Southeast
Web Site http://www.harristeeter.com
 

Harris Teeter is one of the few grocery store companies with a private label soymilk to participate in our project. They provided full and open sourcing disclosure.

Tracing their organic soybeans to the source was not possible. A soybeans’ path from field to shelf is much longer for those destined in private label products; sometimes numerous middlemen are involved and while some participated, we were ultimately unable to verify the source of the soybeans.

Our research indicates that the supplier of the organic soybeans for Harris Teeter soymilk works closely with North American organic farmers and sources at least a fair percentage of North American organic soybeans. Again, this grocery chain deserves credit for being transparent with their customers.


Criteria Points Comments
Ownership Structure 60 investor owned
Percentage Organic Soybean Purchases 30 company also purchases conventional, no non-GMO policy
Disclosure of Information for Verification 100 Full and open disclosure
Organic Certifier 75 QAI
Organic Product Line 30 company has private label products with an organic line
Manufacturing 90 Products are manufactured by a copacker with full disclosure
Sourcing and Farmer Relationships 30 Company identified copacker; copacker participated but sourcing of soybeans could not be verified. Our research indicates that the supplier provides a fair percentage of North American-grown organic soybeans.
Prevention of GMO contamination 40 no testing
Flavors 50 non-organic natural flavors
Soy Lecithin 100 none used
Total (out of 1000) 605 THREE BEANS (Good)