Where to get cheap organic produce?

FeistyFidget

DH decided to buy a fancy juicer with his birthday money - we are both very keen to try a high juice diet (multitude of health problems) but organic produce is eye wateringly priced.

I have had a look into some local box delivery services, but the main drawback is that you get a somewhat random selection. At the moment we are sticking to recipes that have been selected for medicinal purposes, so a random selection will not do.

Does anyone know which supermarket sells the cheapest organic produce, or is there an alternative?

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FeistyFidget

Thank you

lindseykim13

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4225335

Whole thread discussing organic here. I've only just started buying some organic for my own health reasons so don't know too much.

Fire_Fox

Juice supplies only a limited range of nutrients, you will certainly get antioxidants and some vitamins and minerals but nowhere near the full range. Juicing also concentrates the sugar which encourages damaging systemic inflammation implicated in a raft of health complaints, plus blood sugar peaks and troughs which suppress the immune system. :eek: It's therefore only recommended to have one glass of juice per day out of your five to nine servings of produce.

If you prefer not to eat solid food you might be better blending/ making soups and smoothies, but be sure to balance with plenty of other foods to get the full range of macro and micro nutrients. You need bioavailable vitamin D, long chain omega-3s, magnesium, calcium, haem iron and amino acids just as much as you need any other. Remember than nutrients work synergistically and in opposition so it's not beneficial to overconsume individually or in small groups.

If you do go ahead please have a registered dietician or other highly qualified medical professional tailor make you a diet plan considering your health conditions, medications and test results.

FeistyFidget

Thank you kindly for the above post We are doing a high juice diet, not a total juice diet.

I am thinking that we may be better off just hedging our bets with market stall produce. I know that we will be hard pressed to find organic, but the prices are a lot more reasonable

Edwardia

Within the last fortnight I have found the following:

Morrisons
2 Spanish organic garlic bulbs 59p
Whole Moroccan organic cucumber 1.25 price label but 90p at checkout
2 organic courgettes £1
all types organic mushrooms £1 per pack

Lidl
1kg organic carrots 89p
750g organic brown onions 67p
Bunch organic Fairtrade bananas £1

ASDA
Trimmed leek bundles £2

The reason I started the thread Organic Food in Supermarkets was because I couldn't consistently find enough organic food, especially veg. There's often a huge difference between what you see on the website and what the local store will stock.

My mother had a centrifugal juicer years ago and it's an expensive way of making fruit and veg juices, especially because these days you can buy organic juices in supermarkets.

My mother's local Budgens sells organic beetroot juice, Sainsbury's sells organic orange and apple juices, M&S does organic orange juice etc etc.

It takes way more fruit and veg than you think and you end up with a pile of mushed veg/fruit slush which is too bruised and damaged to use. It wastes most of the fruit/veg and is an expensive way of making compost, frankly.

I'd suggest eating organic fruit/veg and buying yellow-stickered stuff and cheap produce from a market or even frozen from Morrisons/Farmfoods to juice. It takes at least five big oranges for example to get one glass of juice.