Lightlife refused to participate and their sourcing information could not be verified. If you enjoy their products, we would encourage you to contact the company and ask them to participate in the Cornucopia research study and scorecard.
Scorecards
Good and Gather
Organic consumers are often interested in knowing the story behind their food, where the food was grown and how it was processed, but store brand products are inherently anonymous. The store contracts with a manufacturer to produce the private label foods, and often the manufacturer relies on additional middlemen. Tracing the soybeans to the source… Read more »
Soyganic
Sunrise Soy Foods is a Canadian soyfoods company. They manufacture primarily non-organic, non-GMO soy foods, but their Soyganic line is organic. They readily shared their sourcing information with us. They do not buy directly from family farmers, but buy North American-grown soybeans from Canadian brokers. They write: “Sunrise Soya Foods is the leading tofu manufacturer… Read more »
Harris Teeter
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 soybean’s path from field to shelf is much longer for those destined to private label products; sometimes… Read more »
Trader Joe’s
Trader Joe’s is one of the few grocery store companies with private label soyfoods to participate in our project, but did not share sourcing information, so the soybeans used in their soymilk, tofu and other soyfoods could not be traced. The fact that so many of the survey questions remained unanswered is indicative of an… Read more »
Nature’s Place
Private label, or store-brand, companies in the one-bean category did not participate in the project, but through our research we were able to determine that at least some of the soybeans used in Nature’s Place organic soymilk are sourced from North American organic family farmers. Organic consumers are often interested in knowing the story behind… Read more »
Weis Markets
Private label, or store-brand, companies in the one-bean category did not participate in the project, but through our research we were able to determine that at least some of the soybeans used in Weis Markets organic soymilk are sourced from North American organic family farmers. Organic consumers are often interested in knowing the story behind… Read more »
Best Choice
Best Choice Foods provides foods for schools, hospitals, prisons, etc. They did not participate in the project, but through our research we were able to determine that at least some of the soybeans used in Best Choice organic soymilk are sourced from North American organic family farmers. Organic consumers are often interested in knowing the… Read more »
Pathmark
Private label, or store-brand, companies in the one-bean category did not participate in the project, but through our research we were able to determine that at least some of the soybeans used in Pathmark organic soymilk are sourced from North American organic family farmers. Organic consumers are often interested in knowing the story behind their… Read more »
Giant Eagle
Private label, or store-brand, companies in the one-bean category did not participate in the project, but through our research we were able to determine that at least some of the soybeans used in Giant Eagle organic soymilk are sourced from North American organic family farmers. Organic consumers are often interested in knowing the story behind… Read more »
