6.11.2007 12:00 AM

List Of Non-Organic Ingredients In 'Organic' Foods

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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 here.

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