NON-GMO

SHOPPING GUIDE
How to avoid foods made
with genetically modified
organisms (GMOs)

NON-GMO?
 INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW
CONTENTS
Introduction & Overview 1 How to avoid brands made with genetically
modified organisms (GMOs)
Fruits & Vegetables 3
Genetic Engineering (GE) or Genetic Modification (GM) of
Meats, Fish & Eggs 3 food involves the laboratory process of artificially inserting
Alternative Meat Products 3 genes into the DNA of food crops or animals. The result is
called a genetically modified organism or GMO. GMOs can be
Dairy Products 4 engineered with genes from bacteria, viruses, insects,
Alternative Dairy Products 5 animals, or even humans. Most Americans say they would not
eat GMOs if labeled, but unlike most other industrialized
Baby Foods & Infant Formula 5
countries, the U.S. does not require labeling.
Grains, Beans & Pasta 6
This Non-GMO Shopping Guide is designed to help reclaim
Cereals & Breakfast Bars 6 your right to know about the foods you are buying, and help
Baked Goods 7 you find and avoid GMO foods and ingredients. It does not
cover other potentially harmful ingredients, allergens,
Frozen Foods 7 colors or additives.
Soups, Sauces & Canned Foods 8
Tips for avoiding GM crops
Condiments, Oils, Dressings & Spreads 9
TIP #1: BUY ORGANIC
Snack Foods 10 Certified organic products are not allowed to contain any
Candy, Chocolate Products & Sweeteners 11 GMOs. Therefore, when you purchase products labeled 100%
organic, organic, or made with organic ingredients, all
Sodas, Juices & Other Beverages 12
ingredients in these products are not allowed to be produced
Invisible GM Ingredients 13 from GMOs. For example, products labeled as made with
organic ingredients only require 70% of the ingredients to
To learn more about GMOs, consult the books Genetic Roulette: The be organic, but 100% must be non-GMO.
Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods by Jeffrey M.
Smith or Your Right to Know: Genetic Engineering and the Secret Changes TIP #2: LOOK FORNON-GMO LABELS
in Your Food by Andrew Kimbrell. Information on GMOs is also available
Companies may voluntarily label products as non-GMO.
at www.centerforfoodsafety.org and www.HealthierEating.org.
Some labels state non-GMO while others spell out Made
Copyright 2008 Center for Food Safety and Institute for Responsible
Without Genetically Modified Ingredients. Some products
Technology. No part of this booklet may be reproduced in any form
without written permission from both parties. For large print limit their claim to only one particular At-Risk ingredient
quantities or electronic distribution requests, contact: such as soy lecithin, listing it as non-GMO.
info@responsibletechnology.org or info@centerforfoodsafety 1
 TIP #3: AVOID AT-RISK INGREDIENTS
Avoid products made with any of the crops that are GM. Most
GM ingredients are products made from the Big Four: corn,
soybeans, canola, and cottonseed, used in processed foods.
Some of the most common genetically engineered Big Four
ingredients in processed foods are:
Corn
Corn flour, meal, oil, starch, gluten, and syrup
Sweeteners such as fructose, dextrose, and glucose
Modified food starch*
Soy
Soy flour, lecithin, protein, isolate, and isoflavone
Vegetable oil* and vegetable protein*
Canola Canola oil (also called rapeseed oil)
Cotton Cottonseed oil
*May be derived from other sources
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
Very few fresh fruits and vegetables for sale in the U.S. are
genetically modified. Novel products such as seedless water-
melons are NOT genetically modified. Small amounts of
zucchini, yellow crookneck squash, and sweet corn may be
GM. The only commercialized GM fruit is papaya from Hawaii
about half of Hawaiis papayas are GM.
MEAT, FISH & EGGS
No genetically modified fish, fowl, or livestock is yet approved
for human consumption. However, plenty of non-organic foods
are produced from animals raised on GM feed such as grains.
Look for wild rather than farmed fish to avoid fish raised on
genetically modified feed, and 100% grass-fed animals.
Non-GMO Organic Prarie, Vital Choice,
Eggs: Non-GMO Nest Fresh Organic
Egg Innovations Organic Organic Valley
Egglands Best Organic Pete and Jerrys Organic Eggs
Land OLakes Organic Wilcox Farms Organic

In addition, GM sugar beet sugar recently entered the food ALTERNATIVE MEAT PRODUCTS
supply. Look for organic and non-GMO sweeteners, candy and Many alternative meat products are processed and include
chocolate products made with 100% cane sugar, evaporated ingredients that can be genetically engineered, so give the
cane juice or organic sugar, to avoid GM beet sugar. ingredient lists close attention to avoid the Big Four at-risk
ingredients, especially soy.
Sugar Anything not listed as 100% cane sugar Non-GMO May contain GMO ingredients
365 Brand (Whole Foods) Boca, unless labeled organic (Kraft)
TIP #4: BUY PRODUCTS LISTED IN THIS Amys Gardenburger
SHOPPING GUIDE Bountiful Bean Morningstar Farms, Morningstar Farms
Sunshine Burger Natural Touch, unless labeled organic
Keep this Guide with you whenever you shop. Store it inside The Simple Soyman (Kellogg)
your reusable shopping bag, put into your coupon holder or Vitasoy
check book, or leave it in your car. Wildwood
White Wave

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DAIRY PRODUCTS & May contain GMO ingredients
Colombo (General Mills) Parmalat
ALTERNATIVE DAIRY PRODUCTS Dannon Sorrento
Some U.S. dairy farms inject the genetically engineered Kemps (aside from Select brand) The Countrys Best Yoghurt
hormone rbGH, also called rbST, into their cows to boost milk Land O Lakes Yoplait (General Mills)
production. Organic dairy products are rbGH-free and do use
GM grains as feed. Products with a label that indicates cows Alternative Dairy Products
free of rbGH or rbST may come from cows fed GM feed. Many Non-GMO Sun Soy
alternative dairy products are made from soybeans and may Belsoy Stonyfield Farm OSoy
contain GM materials. EdenSoy Tofutti
Dairy Products: Non-GMO Imagine Foods/Soy Dream VitaSoy/Nasoya
Nancys Cultured Soy WestSoy
Certified Organic Organic Valley
Alta Dena Organics Radiance Dairy Nancys Organic Cultured Soy WholeSoy
Butterworks Farm Safeway Organic Brand Organic Valley Soy Yves The Good Slice
Harmony Hills Dairy Seven Stars Farm Pacific Soy Zen Don
Horizon Organic Straus Family Creamery Silk May contain GMO
Morningland Dairy Stonyfield Farm Soy Delicious ingredients
Nancys Organic Dairy Wisconsin Organics
Natural by Nature 8th Continent

Produced Without rbGH National

Alta Dena
Ben & Jerrys Ice Cream
Brown Cow Farm
Crowley Cheese of Vermont
Franklin County Cheese
West Coast
Alpenrose Dairy
Berkeley Farms
Clover Stornetta Farms
Midwest and Gulf States
Chippewa Valley Cheese
Erivan Dairy Yogurt
East Coast
Blythedale Farm Cheese
Crescent Creamery
Derle Farms (milk with
no rbST label only)
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Grafton Village Cheese
Great Hill Dairy
Lifetime Dairy
BABY FOODS & INFANT FORMULA
Nancys Natural Dairy
Milk or soy protein is the basis of most infant formulas. The
secret ingredients in these products are often soy or milk from
cows injected with rbGH. Many brands also add GMO-derived
Joseph Farms Cheese
Sunshine Dairy Foods corn syrup, corn syrup solids, or soy lecithin.
Tillamook Cheese
Non-GMO May contain GMO
Wilcox Family Farms
Babys Only ingredients
Promised Land Dairy (certified organic products) Beech-Nut
Westby Cooperative Creamery Earths Best Enfamil
Gerber products Good Start
Erivan Dairy Yogurt HAPPYBABY Nestl
Farmland Dairies Mom Made Meals Similac/Isomil
Oakhurst Dairy Organic Baby
Wilcox Dairy (rbST-free Plum Organics
dairy line only)
GRAINS, BEANS & PASTA BAKED GOODS
Other than corn, no GM grains are sold on the market. Look for While baking ingredients such as wheat flour, rice, kamut, and
100-percent wheat pasta, couscous, rice, quinoa, oats, barley, oats are not genetically modified, many packaged breads and
sorghum, and dried beans (except soybeans). bakery items contain other GMO ingredients such as corn syrup.
Non-GMO Ians Natural Foods Non-GMO Rudis Organic Bakery
Annies Natural Pasta Lotus Foods Arrowhead Mills (organic line) Rumford Baking Powder
Bobs Red Mill (organic line) Lundberg Farms Rice Sensations Bakery on Main May Contain GMO
Eden certified organic grains Organic Planet Bobs Red Mill (organic line) Ingredients
Kamut Seeds of Change certified Dr. McDougalls Right Foods Aunt Jemima (Pinnacle Foods)
Lundberg Family Farms organic boxed meals Dr Oetker Organics Betty Crocker (General Mills)
Sunridge Farms May Contain GMO French Meadow Calumet Baking Powder (Kraft)
Vita-Spelt pasta Ingredients Natural Ovens Bakery Duncan Hines (Pinnacle Foods)
Betty Crocker meals (organic line)
Packaged Meals Hungry Jack (Smuckers)
(General Mills) Natures Path Pillsbury (Smuckers)
Non-GMO
Amys Knorr (Unilever)
Annies Homegrown certified Kraft Macaroni & Cheese meals FROZEN FOODS
organic macaroni & cheese Lipton meal packets (Unilever) Many frozen foods are highly processed. Keep an eye out for the
Near East (Quaker)
Casbah (Hain-Celestial) Big Four at-risk ingredients and stay away from frozen foods
Dr. McDougalls Right Foods Pasta Roni and Rice-A-Roni
that contain them, unless they are marked organic or non-GM.
Fantastic Foods meals (Quaker)
Non-GMO Eggo Waffles (Kellogg)
CEREALS & BREAKFAST BARS A.C. LaRocco Gardenburger
Cereals and breakfast bars are very likely to include GMO ingre- Amys Kitchen Green Giant frozen meals
Cascadian Farms Organic frozen (General Mills)
dients, because they are often made with corn and soy products.
meals and vegetables Healthy Choice (ConAgra)
Non-GMO: Nonuttin Cedarlane Kids Cuisine (ConAgra)
Ambrosial Granola Omega Smart Bars Helens Kitchen Lean Cuisine (Nestle)
Barbaras (organic line) Peace Cereal Organic Ians Natural Foods Marie Callenders (ConAgra)
Cascadian Farms Ruths Linda McCartney frozen meals Morningstar Farms, Morningstar
Eden Simple Sweets Mom Made Meals Farms Natural Touch, unless
EnviroKidz Sunridge Farms Plum Organics Kids labeled organic (Kellogg)
Golden Temple May Contain GMO The Simple Soyma Rosetto Frozen Pasta (Nestle)
Grandy Oats Ingredients May Contain GMO Stouffers (Nestle)
Health Valley (organic line) General Mills Ingredients Swanson (Campbells)
Lundberg Purely Organic Kellogg Boca, unless labeled organic Tombstone (Kraft)
Rice Cereal Post (Kraft) (Kraft) Totinos (Smuckers)
Natures Path Quaker Celeste (Pinnacle Foods) Voila! (Birds Eye/Unilever)
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SOUPS, SAUCES & CANNED FOODS Canned Food May Contain GMO
Non-GMO Ingredients
Many soups and sauces are highly processed, so give the
Amys Chef Boyardee
ingredient lists close attention to avoid the Big Four at-risk
Annies Natural Dinty Moore, Stagg, Hormel
ingredients.
Eden (Hormel)
ShariAnns certified organic beans Franco-American (Campbells)
Soups May Contain GMO
Westbrae certified organic beans
Non-GMO Ingredients
Yves Veggie Cuisine (Hain Celestial)
Amys Chef Boyardee, Healthy Choice
Fantastic Foods (ConAgra)
Health Valley/Westbrae Campbells products (including CONDIMENTS, OILS, DRESSINGS
Imagine Natural Healthy Request, Chunky, & SPREADS
Natural/Hain Simply Home, and Pepperidge Unless labeled explicitly, corn, soybean, cottonseed, and
ShariAnns Organics Farm)
canola oils probably contain genetically modified products.
Walnut Acres certified organic Hormel products
Choose pure olive, coconut, sesame, sunflower, safflower,
Progresso products
(General Mills)
almond, grapeseed, and peanut oils. Also choose preserves,
jams, and jellies with cane sugar, not corn syrup.
Sauces/Salsas May Contain GMO Non-GMO Ruths
Non-GMO Ingredients Annies Spectrum oils and dressings
Amys (organic line) Bertolli (Unilever) Bountiful Bean SushiSonic Asian Condiments
Annies Natural Chi-Chis (Hormel) Braggs liquid amino The Simple Soyman
Eden Classico (Heinz) Carrington Farms Flax Seed Vegan by Nature Buttery Spreads
Del Monte Crofters Organic Vigoa Cuisine
Emerald Valley Kitchen
Drews salad dressing Wholemato
Green Mountain Gringo & Healthy Choice (ConAgra)
Eden May Contain GMO
certied-organic salsa Hunts (ConAgra)
Emerald Cove Ingredients
Muir Glen Organic pasta sauce Old El Paso (General Mills) Emerald Valley Kitchen
Pace (Campbells) Crisco (Smuckers)
& salsa Emperors Kitchen Del Monte
Seeds of Change certied- Prego (Campbells) Follow Your Heart Heinz
organic pasta sauce Ragu (Unilever) Harvest Moon Mushrooms Hellmans (Unilever)
Walnut Acres certied-organic Ians Natural Foods Kraft condiments and dressings
pasta sauce I.M. Health SoyNut Butters Mazola
Krazy Ketchup Pam (ConAgra)
Maranatha Nut Butters Peter Pan (ConAgra)
Miso Master Skippy (Unilever)
Muir Glen organic Smuckers (except their Simply
tomato ketchup 100% Fruit line of preserves)
Nasoya Wesson (ConAgra)
Newmans Own Organic Wish-Bone (Unilever)
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 SNACK FOODS CANDY, CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS
Look for snacks made from wheat, rice, or oats, and ones that
use sunflower or safflower oils. There is no GM popcorn on the
& SWEETENERS
Many sweeteners, and products like candy and chocolate that
market, nor is there blue or white GM corn.
contain them, can come from GMO sources. Look for organic
Snacks Newmans Own and non-GMO sweeteners, candy and chocolate products
Non-GMO (except salad dressing)
made with 100% cane sugar, evaporated cane juice or organic
Barbaras (organic line) Ruths
Simple Sweets
sugar to avoid GM beet sugar, and watch out for soy lecithin in
Bearitos/Little Bear Organics
Sunridge Farms chocolates and corn syrup in candies.
(Hain Celestial)
Eco-Planet May Contain GMO The sweetener aspartame is derived from GM microorganisms.
Eden Ingredients It is also referred to as NutraSweet and Equal and is found
Garden of Eatin FritoLay (Lays, Ruffles, Doritos, in over 6,000 products, including soft drinks, gum, candy,
Grandy Oats Cheetos, Tostitos) desserts, yogurt, tabletop sweeteners, and some pharmaceu-
Hain Pure Snax/Hain Pure Foods Hostess Products
ticals such as vitamins and sugar-free cough drops.
(Interstate Brands)
Health Valley
Ians Natural Foods
Keebler (Kelloggs) Chocolate Newmans Own
Kraft (Nabisco, Nilla Wafers, Non-GMO Nonuttin
Kettle Foods
Oreos, Ritz, Nutter Butter, Chocolove May Contain GMO
Kopali Organics
Honey Maid, SnackWells, Endangered Species Chocolate
Late July Organic Snacks Ingredients
Teddy Grahams, Wheat Green & Blacks Organic Chocolate Ghirardelli Chocolate
Marys Gone Crackers Thins, Triscuit) Kopali Organics Hersheys
Natures Path Organic Pepperidge Farm (Campbells) Lindt Chocolate Nestl (Crunch, Kit Kat, Smarties)
Namaste Foods Pringles Nonuttin Toblerone (Kraft)
Newmans Own Organics Quaker Oats Company

Candy St. Claire Organic

Non-GMO Sunridge Farms
Energy Bars Optimum Energy Bar
Jelly Belly May Contain GMO
Non-GMO Organic Food Bar
Pure Fun Confections Ingredients
Clif Bar Ruths
Reeds Crystallized Ginger Hersheys
Genisoy Bars Weil by Natures Path Organic
candy (certified organic) Lifesaver (Kraft)
GoodOnYa Bar May Contain GMO
Lara Bar Nestl
Ingredients
Luna Bar Balance Bar Sweetners
Macrobars Nature Valley snack bars and Non-GMO
MacroLife Naturals granola bars (General Mills) Eden
Natures Path Sweet Cloud
Nabisco Bars (Kraft)
Nutiva
PowerBar (Nestle)
Odwalla
Quaker Granola Bars
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 SODAS, JUICES INVISIBLE GM INGREDIENTS
Processed foods often have hidden GM sources (unless they
& OTHER BEVERAGES are organic or declared non-GMO). The following are ingredi-
Most juices are made from GMO-free fruit (avoid papaya
ents that may be made from GMOs.
though, as it could be GMO), but the prevalence of corn-based
sweetenerse.g. high-fructose corn syrupin fruit juices is
cause for concern. Many sodas are primarily comprised of
water and corn syrup. Look for 100-percent juice blends. Aspartame glycerin milo starch
baking powder glycerol modified starch
Non-GMO Walnut Acres Organic Juices
caramel color glycerol monosodium
After the Fall organic juices May Contain GMO cellulose monooleate glutamate MSG
Big Island Organics Ingredients glycine oleic acid
citric acid
Blue Sky Coca-Cola (Fruitopia, Minute hemicellulose Phenylalanine
cobalamin
Cascadian Farm Maid, Hi-C, NESTEA) (Vitamin B12) high fructose phytic acid
Crofters Organic Hansen Beverage Company corn syrup
corn gluten sorbitol
Eden Hawaiian Punch (HFCS)
corn masa soy flour
Frey Vinyards (Procter and Gamble) hydrogenated
corn oil soy isolates
Nancys Organic Lowfat Kefir Kraft (Country Time, Kool-Aid, starch
corn syrup soy lecithin
Odwalla Crystal Light, Capri Sun, Tang) hydrolyzed veg-
cornmeal soy protein
Organic Valley Libbys (Nestl) etable protein
cornstarch starch
Quinoa Gold Ocean Spray inositol
Mixerz All Natural Cocktail Mixers cyclodextrin stearic acid
Pepsi (Tropicana, Frappuccino, invert sugar
R.W. Knudsen organic juices cystein inverse syrup
Gatorade, SoBe, Dole) (colorose or
and spritzers (Smuckers) dextrin tempeh
Sunny Delight (Procter and inversol)
Santa Cruz Organic (Smuckers) dextrose threonine
Gamble) tamari
Sea20 Organic Energy Drink diacetyl tocopherols
isoflavones
Teeccino Herbal Caffe diglyceride (Vitamin E)
lactic acid
fructose tofu
lecithin
fructose trehalose
leucine
SPECIAL NOTE: This guide was compiled based on company state- (crystalline) triglyceride
lysine
ments, not genetic testing. Any product labeled as Non-GMO indi- glucose vegetable fat
malitol
cates that its manufacturing process is designed to avoid GMOs, but glutamate vegetable oil
maltodextrin
consumers should be aware that GM contamination is possible due glutamic acid Vitamin B12
maltose
to natural pollen movement, weather events, seed contamination, gluten Vitamin E
mannitol
or human error. Hence there is no guarantee such products are glycerides xanthan gum
100% free of GMOs. methylcellulose
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) although usually derived from corn, is probably not GM
because it is not likely made in North America.
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