Organic foods are all foods made with ingredients that are grown without the usage of pesticides, synthetic fertilizer, sewage sludge, GMO and ionizing radiation. When consider organic meat, dairy, eggs and poultry don’t take antibiotics or growth hormones and are not caged.

1. Organic Foods Mohamed Faiz Fathima Husna

2. Introduction
• Organic foods are all foods made with ingredients that are grown without the usage of
pesticides, synthetic fertilizer, sewage sludge, GMO and ionizing radiation.
• When consider organic meat, dairy, eggs and poultry don’t take antibiotics or growth
hormones and are not caged.

3. Organic Foods Vs. Conventional Foods
Factors Foods Organic Conventional
Plants
Fertilizer Natual fertilizer Synthetic or chemical fertilizer
Weeds Controlled naturally (crop
rotation, hand weeding)
Chemical herbicides
Pests Natural methods (birds, traps)
and pesticides
Synthetic pesticides
Meat, Dairy and Eggs
Feed Organic hormone and GMO free
feed
Growth hormones and non-
organic feed
Disease prevention House cleaning, healthy diet Antibiotics
Outdoor access Must access to outdoors None/limited outdoor access

4. Benefits of Organic Foods
 Contain fewer pesticides - Chemicals such as fungicides, herbicides and insecticide are not used
in organic agricultural activities.
 Fresh products - It doesn’t contain preservatives as it is produced and sold in small farms. As well
as they are not forced to ripe faster. So they are safety and full of flavor.
 Better for the environment - Organic practices reduce pollution, conserve water, reduce soil
erosion, increase soil fertility, safety for birds and animals and use less energy.
 Healthy foods - Increased amount of time grazing on grass also increases the amounts of
conjugated linoleic acid that is good for cardiovascular protection.

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 Rich in certain nutrients - Organic meat and milk contain 50 percentage higher certain
nutrients including omega-3 fatty acids than the conventional foods.
 GMO free - Genetically Modified Organisms or genetically engineered foods are in plants
whose DNA has been altered in ways that cannot occur in nature and effect humans poorly.
 Financial benefits - Money can be earned by farmer directly in farm gate price rather than
wasting money in marketing and distribution.

6. Harmful Substances in Conventional Foods
 Pesticides - Pesticides are not found in the environment. They negatively affect the immune
and nervous system. And they contribute to the development of tumours. Pesticides decrease
the fertility in both men and women as they have similar chemical structure to human
hormones.
 No antioxidants or polyphenols - Organic crops and organically processed foods have higher
concentration of nutritionally desirable antioxidants and polyphenols and less amount of Cd,
N and pesticides residues compared to crops which are grown conventionally.
• Nitrogen - Nitrogen amount is lower in organic crops, specially total nitrogen, nitrate and
nitrite are 10%, 30% and 87%lower in organic crops respectively. Nitrates are transformed
into toxic nitrites. In the presence of intestinal microflora ¾ of nitrates into nitrites. These
increase the risk for brain cancers and anaemia in babies.

7.  Cd concentration - Cadmium is accumulated in the liver and kidneys and can be fatal if
taken in large amounts.
 Mycotoxins - Organic foods do not contain mycotoxins. Even small amount of mycotoxins
can causes to cancer and other serious diseases. Mycotoxins enter into human digestive
track via meat, eggs, milk and cheese. Mycotoxins can only controlled by prevention.
Harmful Substances in Conventional Foods
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8. Examples of organic foods
• Tea
• Coconut based products
• Spices
• Medicinal herbs
• Essential oils and extracts
• Tubers and vegetables
• Coffee
• Cocoa
• Fruits
• Rice
• Cashew
• Processed products
• Wild harvest
• Kithul treacle
• Jaggery
• Bee products
• Pulses

9. Thank You