GMO-Free Brands
Hands down, the best website to stay informed on the ever evolving laws, grocer chains, and products on the topic of GMO's is NON GMO Project.org They brought life to the butterfly label, pictured here.
The two simplest ways to avoid GMOs are:
1) Buy certified organic / USDA Organic products, which cannot intentionally include any GMO ingredients. Read more about organics and GMOs here >
2) Look for products bearing the “Non-GMO Project” verified seal, which indicate these products went through a separate certification process.
A third way is to become familiar with the brands that source their ingredients from GMO-free ingredients. Below you’ll find a list of brands that fall into this category.
Note #1: some of these brands and products are organic, others are not, even if they are still GMO-free.
Note #2: a few of these brands are owned by major food corporations that are opposed to GMO labeling and donated large sums of money to defeat California’s Proposition 37 in November 2012. These brands are designated in red text. (If you’re curious to see a more complete list of “corporate-owned organic brands,” please click here.)
Depending on where you live, these “corporate organic” brands may be your only choice for purchasing organic food. But whenever possible, please try to purchase products from the below brands *without* red text, as these companies are truly non-GMO–both in terms of their product *and* their philosophy.
Note #3: if you’d prefer a complete, searchable, product-by-product listing of items have received Non-GMO Project certification, just click here.
Note #4: Download these SHOPPING GUIDES to help you navigate the aisles.
GMO-Free Brands:
(Note: this list was originally compiled from the Nourished Kitchen, and has been checked, edited, and added on to since its first publishing.)
- Amy’s Kitchen: GMO-free source of canned soups, chilies, boxed and frozen meals.
- Annie’s Naturals: Manufacturer of BBQ sauce, salad dressings and other condiments sourced from gmo-free ingredients.
- Arrowhead Mills: GMO-free providers of baking mixes and flours found in both natural health food stores and regular supermarkets. (Owned by Hain Celestial*.)
- Beanitos: Manufacturer of bean-based chips in multiple flavors, non-gmo project verified.
- Bearitos: Manufacturer of snack foods and dips using gmo-free foods. (Owned by Hain Celestial*.)
- Bob’s Red Mill: GMO-free provider of baking mixes and specialty flours.
- Cascadian Farms: Frozen entrees, juices, frozen vegetables and fruit, yogurt and other foods. (Owned by General Mills)
- Chaffin Family Orchards: Is committed to GMO-free foods and sells an assortment of goods including olive oil.
- Clif: Manufacturer of energy bars sourced “from gmo-free ingredients wherever possible” (some bars are USDA organic/GMO-free, others “contain” organic ingredients).
- Cultures for Health: All starters and products sold at Cultures for Health are GMO-free.
- Earth’s Best: Baby food manufacturer uses non-GMO ingredients. (Owned by Hain Celestial*.)
- Eden Foods: the oldest independent organic food producer in the U.S. makes a wide variety of organic, GMO-free products including soy milk; fruit juices; whole grains and flours; dried fruit, nut, seeds and snacks; canned and jarred tomatoes and sauces; canned beans (black, kidney, navy, pinto, garbanzo and cannellini); canned chili; fruit spreads and butters; condiments including soy sauce, sweeteners, oils, vinegars, spices and herbs; and a wide variety of traditional Japanese products from crackers and mochi, to miso and sea vegetables. Back in 1997, an independent test by the New York Times looking for traces of GMOs in 11 soy and corn-based products found Eden’s milk to be the only product that tested clean, a finding that Eden Foods attributed to their extensive certification and testing program.
- Fantastic Foods: Provider of hummus, falafel, risotto couscous, soup and other mixes with gmo-free ingredients.
- French Meadow Bakery: Manufacturer of bread and baked goods using non-gmo ingredients.
- Garden of Eatin: Manufacturer of chips, salsas and other snack foods. (Owned by Hain Celestial*.)
- Genisoy: Uses only certified GMO-free soybeans for their many soy products.
- Grindstone Bakery: GMO-free provider of wheat- and gluten-free bread.
- Healthy Times: Baby food manufacturer uses non-gmo ingredients.
- Honest Tea / Honest Ade / Honest Fizz / Honest Kids Fruit juice: packaged and bottled USDA Organic (which means non-GMO) fruit juices, fruit-ades, carbonated beverages and blended tea drinks (Owned by the Coca Cola Co.)
- Imagine Foods: GMO-free provider of soy and rice milk as well as broth and other foods. (Owned by Hain Celestial*.)
- Kettle Chips: GMO-free manufacturer of potato and tortilla chips. (Owned by Diamond Foods.)
- Late July: family-owned GMO-free manufacturer of organic snacks including chips, saltine crackers, sandwich crackers, cookies, and sandwich cookies (think healthy Oreos!).
- Lundberg Family Farms: GMO-free provider of rice and wild rice foods including raw rice, soups and convenience foods.
- Muir Glen: Source of canned tomato sauces, other goods, and vegetable juice using gmo-free foods. (Owned by Cascadian Farms).
- Natural Choice Foods: GMO-free roviders of frozen dessert products.
- Nature’s Path: Manufacturer of cereals and snack bars made with ingredients sourced gmo-free.
- Outta the Park: GMO-free barbecue sauce.
- Pamela’s Products: Provider of luscious gluten-free baking mixes using non-GMO ingredients.
- Purity Foods: GMO-free makers of spelt-based noodles, snacks and other goodies.
- Que Pasa: Manufacturer of tortilla chips and other Mexican foods sourced from non-gmo ingredients.
- Pure Indian Foods: GMO-free provider of grass-fed ghee.
- Rapunzel: My all-time favorite chocolate company. They also sell speciality oils.
- Rudi’s Bakery: USDA Certified organic (= GMO free) and gluten-free breads.
- San J: GMO-free manufacturer of soy sauce, shoyu and tamari.
- Santa Cruz Organic Juices: GMO-free manufacturer of lemonade, fruit juice, carbonated beverages, apple sauce, peanut butter, and chocolate syrup.
- Silk: Non-GMO-Project certified soy milk. (ironically they’re owned by Dean Foods, one of the biggest opponents of GMO labeling)
- Spectrum Oils: GMO-free manufacturer of speciality oils, cooking oils, salad oils and natural shortening. (Owned by Hain Celestial*.)
- Thai Kitchen: Source for coconut milks and Asian ingredients sources gmo-free ingredients.
- Tinkyada: Manufacturer of gluten-free brown rice pasta made from GMO-free rice.
- To Your Health: Provider of gmo-free sprouted breads and sprouted flours.
- Trader Joe’s: Trader Joe’s insists that all Trader Joe’s branded products are sourced from GMO free ingredients. However many consumer groups are not convinced, because Trader Joe’s claims are not backed by a third party auditing mechanism, and they do not reveal all of their sources. Read more here.
- Tradition Miso: Manufacturer of miso pastes that are made from GMO-free ingredients.
- Uncle Matt’s Organic: USDA Organic (which means GMO-free) fresh fruit juices without added fragrance or flavor packs.
- US Wellness Meats: Provider of pasture- and grass-fed meats free of GMO supplemental feed.
- Vitasoy: Manufacturer of soy-based foods sourced from gmo-free ingredients.
- Walkers: Provider of the best shortbread cookies ever as well as other sweet treats.
- White Wave: Manufacturer of soy products including tofu and tempeh using gmo-free soy. (Owned by Dean Foods, one of the biggest donors against GMO labeling)
- Whole Foods Store Brands: Whole foods has made the commitment to sourcing its “365? brand products from GMO-free ingredients. Note: a recent Cornucopia Report claims to have found more than 50% GMO corn in Whole Foods’ 365 brand cornflakes.
- Wisconsin Healthy Grown Potatoes: GMO-free potatoes.
- Zukay: Provider of live cultured condiments and salsa free from GMO.
Gluten-Free / GMO-Free Flour
Gluten Free Vegan Mom has compiled an excellent resource of non-GMO, gluten free flours. Check out her list here >
Certified Organic and Grass-Fed Meat
There are plenty of ranches raising grass-fed meat in the U.S., however only a few have certified organic (pesticide free) pastures, and many do not mention whether they avoid hormones, antibiotics, and feed 100% grass (versus finished with GMO feed). We are slowly compiling an ever-growing list of those that do:
- Alderspring Ranch: this range ships their meat all around the nation; their free range cattle are raised by a family on their own Idaho ranch.
- Beyond Organic Grass Fed Beef: California ranch shipping all around the nation via Fed-Ex (or free shipping within San Luis Obispo county); doubly organic certified and 100% grass fed beef.
- Cross Island Farms: located on Wellesley Island in northern New York, this family-run farm raises beef, pork and goat but only for local pick-up.
- Long Valley Ranch Beef: Oregon source for 100% grass pasture-raised beef without antibiotics, hormones, or animal byproducts.
- Novy Ranches at the foot of Mt. Shasta, California: one of our blog readers shared this “trusted source of 100% grass fed, pastured, non-GMO raised beef (see the related comment below this post).
- Polyface Farms: if you live in or near the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, you are lucky enough to visit one of the nation’s foremost pioneers in organic, grass-fed meat. Their beef, pork, poultry and rabbits are for sale by in-person pick up only.
- Pride and Joy Dairy: Spokane area ranch providing Seattle area with 100% organic products including raw unpasteurized and unhomogenized cow’s milk, beef, and lamb, all fed an entirely GMO-free diet.
- Rocky Mountain Organic Meats: USDA organic and grass-fed beef and lamb, shipped frozen around the U.S.
- Skagit River Ranch: Sedro-Woolley, Washington ranch providing certified organic (= GMO free) grass-fed beef and eggs, as well as pastured chicken and pork that are fed certified organic (= GMO free) whole grains milled on-site.
Article Source: GMO Awareness
