Test your organic IQ

by Nicole Weston, Posted Dec 9th 2006 @ 6:57AM

Consumer Reports has a little application to test your organic IQ. The program lets you select common items from the "aisles" of their virtual market and lets you know whether it is a good idea to buy them organic or not, as well as supplying the reasoning behind their advice. The three different categorizations are: buy organic as often as possible, buy organic if price is no object and don't bother buying organic.

They mostly recommend "organic if price is no object," but some of their specific recommendations include:

Buying dairy organic as often as possible. It could cost twice as much as nonorganic, but will help you avoid hormones, antibiotics and "potential toxins in nonorganic feed." (The cost could be mitigated by opting for hormone free dairy).
Buying organic pasta if price is no object to avoid over-processed food (Nutritional benefits could be increased by opting for whole wheat pasta, though).
Don't bother with organic cosmetics. CR says that they are allowed to use the organic label if they are water-based and use water in which something organic (like lavender) has been soaked. They also say that they found violations of food labeling standards in their investigation of cosmetics companies.

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Tags: consume reports, ConsumeReports, cosmetics, dairy, did you know, fruit, organic, organics, recommendations, shopping, stores-and-shopping, vegetables

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12-09-2006 @7:37AM Sophie said... Is there any scientific studies that prove organic food is better? not sure about that. in fact, I don't think there is any.
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