it describes about the Identification of organic foods

2. Organic Foods
1.Processed organic food usually contains
only ingeredients.
2.Foods claiming to be organic must be free
of artificial food additives, and are often
processed with fewer artificial
methods,materials and condition .

3. How To Identify Organic Food?

4. • Most of the products come with the
organic label certified by their
country.
• When you are buying a packaged
food , there will be multiple
ingredients in one pack.
• In such a situation, it can be
difficult to identify a complete organic
food.

5. Reading the label carefully
 For this you need to read the label
carefully. If the label reads 95% organic
then it indicates that
 5% of the product has non-organic or
genetically treated ingredients. So, only
option for the products whose label say
100 % organic and also details the
names of the ingredients used in the
products.

7. EXAMPLES:
• Whenever you go to buy a fruit or
vegetable in the shop, you will find
different digit numbers on the packaging
such as;
1.Non-organic or conventional food
products-4digit number, such as
apple4416.
2.Organic food-5digit number starting with
9,such as apple 94416.
3.GMO food-5digit starts with 8,such as
apple 84416.

10. Where to buy organic foods?
 You must buy organic foods from places
that are registered. Most of them also
offer online dispatch but only chose items
that are non-perishable or last for long .
 They are available in the registered
markets with label.

11. 5 Simple steps to identify
organic foods:
Love the ugly
Short and sweet
The smell, it tells
Taste that packs a punch
Insects mean LIFE!

12. Love the ugly
o Organic food does not look as smooth and shiny as the
conventional produce you may see on the carts of the
vendors.
o It have odd shapes.
o Appear dull in colour.
o Looks rough , rustic& unfinished.
Short and sweet
o Insects are not repelled by chemicals.
o Nothing is added while packaging.
o It last longer.

13. The smell, it tells
o Fruits , herbs and spices have strong fragrance.
o When these products brought at home, it comes
alive.

14. Taste that packs a punch
o Its taste is more flavourful and in the case of
herbs and spices, quite intense.
o Amount of nutrients tend to feel to satisfy your
hunger.

15. Insects mean LIFE!
o It have a spot of worm or insects.
o It is not sprayed by pesticides.
o Cut the rotten part and consume.

16. Certification of organic foods:
• Certified organic products are those
which have been produced, stored,
processed, handled and marketed in
accordance with precise technical
specifications and certified as “Organic”.
Organic labels certified by:
 IFOAM- International Federation of
Organic
Agriculture Movements.
 NSOP-National standards for Organic
Products.
 FAO/WHO.

18. CONCLUSION:
Arming yourself with a little knowledge
will go a long way in ensuring you and
your family can eat clean organic food and
will also spare you from the pabulum of
faux organic producers.
Be healthy.
Be safe.
Eat ORGANIC.

19. References
 http://en.m.wikipedia.org
 Food science. B.Srilakshmi