Are "Nature's Promise" products safe?
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Anonymous
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Think this is the Giant brand. I've started buying the milk, and some other products (organic oatmeal, etc.) but have learned from DCUM in the past that Method products and Horizon milk are not that great so have stopped buying them.
Can anyone tell me if they have learned anything bad about this Nature's Promise brand? TIA. |
Anonymous
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What is the issue with Method and Horizon? Very curious.
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Anonymous
I don't know what the Method issue is, but hard-core organic folks say Horizon (and other big dairy companies) is not a pure organic set-up. They meet the FDA requirements for organic, but nothing else. |
Anonymous
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I don't know why Nature's Promises would be any more or less safe than any other food in are mass food supply chain. It's always on the brink of disaster anyway.
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Anonymous
That should be "in OUR mass food supply chain." Sorry. |
Anonymous
Horizon uses factory farms. Gross. Method will not list its ingredients which is suspicious. I don't know if there are other issues with Method. |
Anonymous
| So if I choose organic simply for the health reasons (i.e. I don't want pesticides or growth hormones in my milk) and the other issues (small family farms, etc.) aren't my priority (got nothing against those issues, LOL, just not my priority), is Horizon fine? Now I'm getting worried! |
Anonymous
Correct, although organic farms do use pesticides, but they are limited to a specific list of supposedly less-harmful ones. You can also find a lot of conventional milk brands that don't have added hormones, but which don't rise to the level of organic. |
Anonymous
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Nature's Promise kind of annoys me, because I feel like they're trying to trick people into thinking it's ALL organic, which it's not. I do buy it, but you have to look at the label closely to see if it's actually organic or whatever else you're hoping it is. SOME stuff with the NP label is organic, but some is not.
More info: http://www.giantfood.com/our_stores/offerings/brands/index.htm?brnd=NATURE_PROMISE |
Anonymous
| I highly suggest watching "Penn and Teller Bullsh*t" on organic foods. |
Anonymous
HA! I'm the OP and I love Penn and Teller's BS. I am also really into organic and my husband has told me to watch this episode too (he doesn't care one way or the other but buys it anyway for me). We don't buy everything organic, just the things that I have read that have the most pesticides. Also I work in health policy, and childhood obesity is one of my issues, and I saw the episode on obesity they did a few seasons ago which amused me. They make some good points and I love that they challenge my views, but I don't think I can go back on the organic stuff now. I'm too much of a convert!!! |
Anonymous
Did you watch it? I am not pp but I also watched that episode - my first actually! I am still buying organic milk and if I find a organic version of a fruit or vegetable at Giant or TJ I buy it, but in no way, shape or form I get out of my way to go to WF to buy overpriced organic anymore... not after knowing that organic DOES have pesticides (it was the BIG reason I began organics anyways) and they are not the "less dangerous" (or whatever some PP said about it before?!), but sometimes even worst than the ones from regular food. Also, since it is not regulated and they are not obligated to tell where the food is coming from, I found out in that episode that there are LOTS of "organic" food out there that were produced in CHINA! ... And other countries. Now, do YOU trust any "organic" food from China? Or any food for that matter? I don't. For that reason I now take a more "relaxed" approach to organic – and I am pregnant!! (I thought it was relevant to say I am pregnant because I was very particular about what I was eating/drinking… until I saw that episode) Of course, if I wanted to go through the trouble I could try to find organic food without pesticides (don’t think it’s possible) and locally grown, but not really.... |
Anonymous
| Which food is from China? I read about certain fish that's risky. So I'm always careful about that. |
Anonymous
No, honestly, Horizon is just crap IMO. It even tastes pretty bad when compared to some of the truer organic dairy products. This provides some explanation: http://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/FarmID_134.html |
Anonymous
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PP again -
And, the Cornucopia Institute rates other dairy companies if you're interested: http://www.cornucopia.org/dairysurvey/index.html Again, you're better off with Organic Valley or Stoneyfield versus Horizon. |