Did you know that there is actually quite a significant difference between foods labeled “natural” and foods labeled “organic”? Organic is the option you want to choose as much as possible, because it is actually a lot safer than natural products. Here is the lowdown:
Any natural product, just simply means it contains only ingredients that are found in nature, or that exist freely on earth. Natural applies to anything that is not artificially or chemically produced, or in other words, synthetically prepared or man-made. This means that natural products may include: pesticides, herbicides, metals, PCBs, BPA, and other harmful substances. There are no regulations, restrictions, rules, or definitions for the label claim of “natural.”
Organic products must meet strict regulations put into place by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and they must comply with all of the criteria in order to be deemed “organic”. Organic products must be free of hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, and herbicides, and may not be genetically engineered. Therefore, the term organic is strictly regulated by an honorable organization and must comply with certain criteria, while products labeled natural do not. This is not to say that all natural products are bad, or that natural products cannot be organic and organic products cannot be natural. Read your food labels very carefully, every time.
PHOTO CREDIT:"organic-better-chemical1" http://www.myessentia.com/blog/blog/tag/organic-produce/ .Fresh Fuzz, n.d. Sunday, March 18, 2012.
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