Checking out Trader Joe's for GMOs

10/15/2013

Are you crazy over pumpkins? If so, you may be better off buying real pumpkins and making your own fun treats. The products on display at the entrance of Novato Trader Joe's might be good marketing but I found ingredients in them that you want to avoid.

Don't let Trader Joe's Fearless Flyer deals tempt you into eating toxic food-like substances!

Dairy and eggs that are not organic most likely come from animal factories where animals survive a tortured life and feed on GMO corn and soy. These GMOs are passed on to us when we eat these products.

I strolled Trader Joe's for less than 20 minutes and easily found unlimited products to show you. I could spent the whole afternoon taking pictures! Check out the slideshow to see all the ingredient lists and important messages of the things you should beware of.

5 Comments

Karen Tate

10/16/2013 03:23:26 am

Gross

Cheryl Athas

10/16/2013 03:26:28 am

Awesome article! Thank you for taking the time to point out so many of TJ's products that contain GMOs. The more we educate ourselves the better choices we can make!

Ronit Gesundheit link

10/16/2013 03:37:11 am

Cheryl, you may want to scroll through my blog and read the other articles about GMOs at Whole Foods, Safeway, and Target! Please share, and thanks for the encouragement!

Connie

10/18/2013 01:50:22 am

Thank you for your article. I have gone to several TJ's and asked them about GMO's in their products and they all say nothing with the TJ's brand contains gmo's and that their milk and meat sources are not fed gmo products. if I understand your article correctly, you are making the assumption that canola, soy, milk, and eggs in their products proves those products contain gmos. can you comment on that please because like you, I really want to know the truth about what I'm eating. I just bought those pumpkin bars for my kids this week! :(

Ronit Gesundheit link

10/18/2013 06:35:56 am

Connie,

About one-fifth of the foods in Trader Joe’s are made by other companies and many of these foods are produced with genetically modified organisms – and none of them are labeled “GMO.”

Also, there is no regular independent third party certifier verifying their products are non-GMO on a regular basis.

If TJ's labeled Non-GMO and GMO, I'd be much more trusting. Whole Foods has committed to label by 2018; and although that time frame is way too long, it's a step in the right direction. Trader Joe's needs consumer pressure to take action.

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