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.