Dean Foods Creates “Natural” Dairy Products Using Conventional Milk BOULDER, CO: A division of Dean Foods, the organic industry’s largest namebrand manufacturer, rocked the organic world this week when it was reported that the agribusiness giant intended to create an entirely new, lower-priced, product category, “natural dairy,” aimed squarely at pirating away organic customers. If… Read more »
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GE Crop Risk Assessment Challenges: An Overview
Food Safety News By Dr. Charles Benbrook There have been dramatic changes in the transgenic composition of GE corn and soybeans over the last five years, coupled with a substantial increase in reliance on pesticides and Bt toxins. Compared to the first five years of commercial use (1996-2000), today’s GE corn and soybeans in the… Read more »
Starbucks Debuts Coconut Milk That Isn’t Coconut Milk
[NOTE: For more information on the inflammatory properties of the food ingredient carrageenan, visit https://www.cornucopia.org/carrageenan] Rebooted Body by Kevin Geary In an attempt to appeal to the non-dairy crowd, Starbucks is bringing “coconut milk” to the masses. After a successful trial run in select cities at the behest of their customers, Starbucks has decided to… Read more »
Leading Organic Brand, Horizon, Blasted for Betraying Organics
Corporate Parent, WhiteWave, Announces Non-Organic Horizon Products WhiteWave Foods, the former branded products division of the dairy giant Dean Foods, announced today that they had introduced non-organic grocery products under their Horizon label. Horizon Organic, primarily marketing dairy products, is the largest organic label in the marketplace and, up until the third quarter of 2013,… Read more »
Leading Organic Brand, Horizon, Blasted for Betraying Organics
Leading Organic Brand, Horizon, Blasted for Betraying Organics Corporate Parent, WhiteWave, Announces Non-Organic Horizon Products WhiteWave Foods, the former branded products division of the dairy giant Dean Foods, announced today that they had introduced non-organic grocery products under their Horizon label. Horizon Organic, primarily marketing dairy products, is the largest organic label in the marketplace… Read more »
Go Organic: Here’s Why
By Charlotte Vallaeys For babies and children, whose brains are rapidly developing, it is especially important to buy organic versions of foods whose counterparts are commonly sprayed with neurotoxic pesticides or fumigants. Even on relatively “clean” conventional foods, if pesticides were used someone was exposed to them – if not you or your child then… Read more »
Farmers Want Raw Milk Regulations Eased
VtDigger.org Editor’s note: This article is by Jordan Cuddemi of the Valley News, in which it was first published Oct. 28, 2013. (BETHEL) — Vegetables, meats and eggs are just a few items that can be bought at most any Vermont farmers’ market. But one of the products that can’t be found is raw milk…. Read more »
China and Global Food Safety Violations – A Deeper Look
FoodSentry.Org Food Sentry continues its analysis of international food safety violations. We recently reported our initial findings after analyzing nearly 1,000 reported food violation incidents in 73 countries. Lab testing results from foreign sources were reviewed and our preliminary findings indicated that the top five countries with the most violations were China, United States, India,… Read more »
Plant-Based Beverages in a Nutshell
What are plant-based beverages? Also known as “plant-based milk” or “plant milk,” plant-based beverages are manufactured by extracting plant material, such as seeds or grain, in water. They are often used as replacements for dairy milk. However, from the nutritive perspective, dairy milk and plant-based beverages are different types of food. Plant-based beverages: Can be… Read more »
Leaving a Sour Taste: Conventional “Yogurt” Masquerades as Health Food While Organic Keeps It Real
This article is based on Cornucopia’s forthcoming yogurt report and scorecard. Find both later this spring on our website. Yogurt, made the traditional way, is one of nature’s many health foods. Milk from organic grass-fed cows, rich in calcium, protein, beneficial fats and other healthy nutrients, is fermented using live cultures, resulting in a wholesome,… Read more »
