By Dan Shapley
Here is a list of the 38 farm products that could, under a USDA proposal, be used in foods that bear the USDA certified organic label, even though these ingredients are not produced organically. For more on this story, click
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- Natural sausage casings (processed intestines)
- Celery powder
- Chia
- Colors derived from these 19 extracts, juices and spices: Annatto extract, beet juice, beta-carotene derived from carrots, black currant juice, black/Purple carrot juice, blueberry juice, carrot juice, cherry juice, chokecherry-aronia juice, elderberry juice, grape juice, grape skin extract, paprika, pumpkin juice, purple potato juice, red cabbage extract, red radish extract, saffron extract and turmeric extract.
- Dillweed oil
- Fish oil
- Fructooligosaccharides
- Frozen Galangal
- Gelatin
- Hops
- Inulin enriched with oligofructose
- Konjac flour
- Frozen lemongrass
- Unbleached orange shellac
- Chipotle Chili Peppers
- Rice Starch
- Sweet Potato Starch
- Turkish bay leaves
- Wakame seaweed
- Whey protein concentrate
Source: USDA
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