Ideal Bite

Thank you so much for this information. I have shared it with lots of friends. The better informed me are, the more control we have over what goes in and on our bodies. Thanks

Does the PLU code guide apply only to produce sold in the US? (I currently live in Australia)

My son recently purchased several items labeled organic in the bulk section at Central Market Super Market in Bismark, North Dakota. He copied PLU codes to label his purchases and remembers that all of the codes were 4-digits.

Conventional foods that are labeled with a 4-digit code have actually just dropped the zero from the beginning. http://www.plucodes.com/docs/IFPS-plu_codes_users_guide.pdf

Thx so much for this tip! It's very important to stay away from GM food. There are 2 documentaries I suggest for all to watch called "The Future of Food" and "Food Inc". The Future of Foods goes into detail about how Monsanto is ruining our crops, taking farms away from small farmers and causing health problems.

You forgot to inform people of what the PLU codes beginning with the number 3 are for -- means the grower is transitioning to certified organic crops. Buying fruits and veggies labelled with PLU code beginning with 3 supports these farmers making the right choice to switch to organic farming methods.

Thanks so much for this tip. I put it on a sticky note to keep in my purse for shopping trips.

I think it is really sleezy that genetically modified code and the organic codes both have 5 digits. Big Agriculture made sure that happened.We need to lobby to make organic food easily identified and distinct from genetically modified food.

The idea that gm producers would self identify seems to fly in the face of everything I've read about gms. Quite to the contrary their whole gameplan is to avoid labelling themselves as 'gm'. What is your source for this article? I've also seen this in a post on gourmet magazine ... it's clear that the source is real I'm just wondering if there is any legal basis for the product labelling and why anyone producing gm products would participate? Ryan

Most GM ingredients are found in products made from the “Big Four:” corn, soybeans, canola, and cottonseed, used in processed foods. Also, GM sugar beet sugar recently entered the food supply. Very few fresh fruits and vegetables for sale in the US are genetically modified. Small amounts of zucchini, yellow crookneck squash, and sweet corn may be GM. The only commercialized GM fruit is papaya from Hawaii—about half of Hawaii’s papayas are GM.