Organic food in supermarkets

bornintoit

Welcome back Edwardia :):)

Finally I am fully low carb as of today and as you know that was all down to you and your experience. Obviously it is still early days and I'm hoping I don't get stuck for meal ideas.

For the first time I was in Morrisons today and they had some organic produce which surprised me as I thought they were the worse of the bigger supermarkets in regards to stocking organic. I didn't see any offers on organic though which is a shame.

Edwardia

Health claims for organic food cleared by Advertising Standards Authority
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/fresh/organic-gets-a-list-of-approved-ad-claims-to-smooth-way-with-asa/349658.article

128 cleared statements include:

• no other system of farming is so bee-friendly
• healthier soil happier animals
• GM ingredients are banned under organic standards
• no other system of farming has lower pesticide use

Sounds like great news for organic farmers and food, to me

bornintoit

applecrumble24 wrote: »

I got the G&B choc this morning, so thankyou! although my diet may say otherwise....

That's okay, I wish I could find more organic bargains to help people but I don't often find many

Edwardia

GM feed being confirmed fed to pigs including Taste The Difference from Sainsbury's and Truly Irresistible from Co-op. Kinda begs the question now.. what IS the difference ?

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/sainsburys-and-co-op-drop-gm-free-promise-on-premium-pork/348952.article

Edwardia

bornintoit wrote: »

Welcome back Edwardia :):)

Finally I am fully low carb as of today and as you know that was all down to you and your experience. Obviously it is still early days and I'm hoping I don't get stuck for meal ideas.

Wow, congrats bornintoit ! :T I'm lost for words here, I just don't know what to say so hope :Tand xxx does it for me.

When I started low carbing I went to my local library and borrowed a heap of diet/recipe books and went through them, photocopying the sensible ones. I cut the recipes out, stuck them on A4 paper and put them in plastic pockets in a ringbinder. I went through my cookery books and wrote LC next to recipes once I could tell the difference by reading through.

Recipes you have can be made lower carb - it's possible to use finely ground nuts instead of breadcrumbs for some recipes unless cooking for someone with nut allergies. Also if you read through, you'll find that though the recipe may call for a lot of flour it might just be for flouring something before frying and once you've shaken off the excess the item won't be really carby when you eat it. Also you can sub less carby veg for spuds, in some recipes.

Sauces can be difficult and in some instances it's better to buy an organic jar rather than try to make it yourself. However, although I don't agree with The Dukan Diet itself, the book does have some good low carb sauce recipes. I got my copy from The Works £10 off
http://www.theworks.co.uk/p/diets-healthy-eating/the-dukan-diet/9781444710328

Edwardia

Becky321 wrote: »

I agree that organic has its benefits but is pricey. Lidl do some organic products which are very reasonable though.

Personally, I would say there are steps to healthier eating on a budget

1. Looking for additive-free products, which may be the same price or even cheaper. Certainly, there are value products out there which are additive free.
2. Buying less processed food and more fresh and making it yourself. (As a college-trained ex-chef I know that's easy for me to say, but over time, most people can learn to cook). If you don't want to cook then see 1.
3. Always scrubbing/washing fruit/veg if not delicate to remove as much of the chemicals as poss. Peeling those that can be.
4. Buying organic when you can't peel/wash fruit/veg without damage
5. Buying wild sustainably-fished fish (fresh, frozen or tinned) rather than farmed which can be fed GM and dyes and other species of fish ground up etc as well as being kept in tanks with chemicals. (The exception is organic farmed).
6. Looking out for special offers and yellow stickered and buying additive-free, wild or organic to suit your own budget, tastes and concerns.

Lidl has organic carrots, onions and milk, sometimes cheese and yogurt. I've seen organic biscotti, Seeds of Change sauces and pasta too. Lidl has some additive-free food at great prices as well eg the gold crown prosciutto

Kirri

Edwardia wrote: »

GM feed being confirmed fed to pigs including Taste The Difference from Sainsbury's and Truly Irresistible from Co-op. Kinda begs the question now.. what IS the difference ?

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/sainsburys-and-co-op-drop-gm-free-promise-on-premium-pork/348952.article

Pretty shocking all round the way it's going
Even if I ate meat I'd be only buying it from a supplier that was all GM free, not one that makes pathetic excuses as to why they are doing it for their 'cheaper' non org ranges (how can they market a premium range with GM!).

Good to see you back btw

For anyone with plenty of spare cash, I got one of the Souk Souk monthly Little Green boxes - mine was a win luckily, but I do like the idea for trying out new products, get various products, mostly sample sized however and quite an interesting booklet on all things eco/organic.

Whole Foods Richmond opens this week - I will hopefully pop over there for a look round.

Callie22

I've been buying more organic things recently and one product I can highly recommend are the Mr Organic chickpeas from Ocado. They're huge and so tasty (and not slimy like some brands), and contain just chickpeas and water, which is a bonus.

Kirri

Callie22 wrote: »

I've been buying more organic things recently and one product I can highly recommend are the Mr Organic chickpeas from Ocado. They're huge and so tasty (and not slimy like some brands), and contain just chickpeas and water, which is a bonus.

I thought they were really good too, didn't seem to be full of the 'skins' or whatever you call them either.

I've bought some dried chickpeas to try next time, from Ocado, by Crazy Jack.

Dozey_crow

Evening all,

Edwardia is back :j... Excellent.. Just in the nick of time to hear my organic wine review... It was gorgeous, crisp, fruity, flavorsome, light and clean tasting.. Really Good. Here is link to the company they travel around the Midlands but are based in Leicestershire.
http://southkilworth.co.uk/2013/10/goings-on-at-chevelswarde-organics/

Went to Waitrose today and bought my Dutchy original milk and there was some organic youghurt yellow stickered at 49p. Then in Aldi there was organic honey reduced to 99p.. All of to a good start!! :T. More impressively I managed not to buy any more of the Greens and Black's organic butterscotch chocolate... I have bought three over the past week and their life expectancy has only been under 24 hours!

Oh and we tried the organic carrots.. they had mud on them and do I scrubbed then but there was one that I just could not clean.. I concluded that it was bad even though it was still firm.. was just about to bin it when Dh came in and said 'oh a purple carrot.. Haven't seen one for years' :rotfl::rotfl:. I didn't let on that I had never seen one and chopped it up! :rotfl:

On well, we live and learn!
Xxx