{"id":12126,"date":"2009-09-18T01:00:30","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=12126"},"modified":"2009-09-17T16:37:46","modified_gmt":"2009-09-17T21:37:46","slug":"logos-that-really-mean-green-or-organic-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/logos-that-really-mean-green-or-organic-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"Logos That Really Mean &#8220;Green&#8221; or Organic Foods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More and more products are coming out touting that they are less harmful to the environment or are <a title=\"green diets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/topics\/green-diets\/\" target=\"_self\">earthy friendly<\/a>, but in order to use this type of labeling the product must be manufactured with minimal energy and packaging should be made of recycled materials (think the paper grocery bags at <a title=\"healthy grocery stores\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/the-top-10-healthiest-supermarkets\/\" target=\"_self\">Whole Foods<\/a> supermarkets). Not all manufacturers follow the full guidelines that entitle this &#8220;green&#8221; messaging, so by referencing the logos listed below you can ensure that the products and produce you purchase are in fact &#8220;green&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"usda organic\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/logos-that-really-mean-green-or-organic-foods\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/USDA-organic-logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"USDA organic logo\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a> For products to use the USDA labeling it must contain at least 95% <a title=\"organic produce\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/an-argument-for-organic-cleanest-and-dirtiest-produce-items\/\" target=\"_self\">organic<\/a> ingredients that have not had any chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides or genetically modified organisms used.<!--more--><br \/>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><br \/>\n<a title=\"ecocert\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/logos-that-really-mean-green-or-organic-foods\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ecocert-logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"ecocert logo\" width=\"71\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ecocert-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ecocert-logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ecocert-logo-1023x1023.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/ecocert-logo.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 71px) 100vw, 71px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For products to use this ECOCERT logo all ingredients must be 100% of natural origin.<br \/>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><br \/>\n<a title=\"npa certified\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/logos-that-really-mean-green-or-organic-foods\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Natural-products-association-logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Natural-products association logo\" width=\"71\" height=\"71\" \/><\/a> For products to use the NPA Certified logo the ingredients must be 95% natural or from natural sources that are renewable.  Packaging must be from recycled materials and no animal testing.<br \/>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><br \/>\nIn a world where we are bombarded with logos and messaging to influence our purchase behavior, pay attention to the three logos above to help ensure you are buying products that are truly good for our environment and good for you as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More and more products are coming out touting that they are less harmful to the environment or are earthy friendly but in order to use this type of labeling the product must be manufactured with minimal energy and packaging should be made of recycled materials (think the paper grocery bags at Whole Foods supermarkets).<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/logos-that-really-mean-green-or-organic-foods\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1461,97,1614,1613,31,839,860,1942],"class_list":["post-12126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-environment","tag-food-labels","tag-green-diet","tag-green-living","tag-health-news","tag-natural-health","tag-organic","tag-usda"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12126"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12213,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12126\/revisions\/12213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}