>> IS A SHOPPING FOR FOOD CAN FEEL AN ETHICAL DILEMMA OR GET CAGE FREE, FAIR TRADE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: ALL OF THESE
CHOICES COME WITH A HIGHER
PRICE TAG. BUT DO YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU’RE PAYING FOR WHEN
YOU CHECKOUT? MELANIE IS
JOINING US NOW TO EXPLAIN SOME
OF THESE FOOD LABELS SO THAT
YOU DON’T YOU’RE BUYING RIGHT
NOW. YOU KNOW, JEN, MY
GOODNESS, WHEN YOU’RE BUYING
EXIT CAN BE SUPER CONFUSING.
THESE ARE JUST 4 OPTIONS THAT
YOU HAVE IN. THERE WAS ANOTHER
ONE THAT WE ACTUALLY COULDN’T
FIND. OKAY. SO REGULAR OLD
EGGS, THESE RUN. YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE A COUPLE BUCKS IF IF
EVEN LESS THAN THAT, BUT IT
DOES GET HIGHER AS WE GET INTO
THE DIFFERENT LABEL. SO LET’S
START OFF WITH ORGANIC EGGS.
SO THESE HENS HAVE ACCESS TO
THE OUTDOORS AND THEY ARE
GIVEN CERTIFIED ORGANIC FEED.
NOW, THAT MEANS NO PESTICIDES,
NO DRUGS, ANTIBIOTICS, OR
ANIMAL BYPRODUCTS. THEN YOU
HAVE CAGE FREE. NOW THAT
SIMPLY MEANS THESE HENS ARE
NOT AT INDIVIDUAL K’S. IT
CAGES AND THEIR FEE DOES HAVE
SOME ANTIBIOTICS. NOW WHEN IT
COMES TO THE FREE-RANGE EGGS,
THESE HENS HAVE ACCESS TO THE
OUTDOORS AND THEY ARE
SOMETIMES GIVEN ANTIBIOTICS.
BUT THERE IS NO REGULATION.
NOW THE PASTURE RAISED EGGS.
THE ONES WE COULDN’T FIND.
THEY COME FROM CHICKENS. THAT
ROAM FREELY AND ARE GIVEN HIGH
QUALITY FEED. ALL RIGHT. LET’S
TAKE A LOOK AT THE HEALTH
BENEFITS BETWEEN THEM WHEN IT
COMES TO YOUR ORGANIC EGGS.
THEY HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OF
OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS. THOSE ARE
THE GOOD FATS AND THEY CAN
PREVENT CHRONIC DISEASE AND
REDUCE INFLAMMATION THE CAGE
FREE AND RANGE. FREE EGGS HAVE
LESS SATURATED FAT AND
CHOLESTEROL AND ACTUALLY
HIGHER LEVELS OF PROTEIN.
THOSE PASTEURIZE RAISED EGGS
HAVE MORE VITAMIN A AND E THEY
ALSO HAVE LESS SATURATED FAT
AND CHOLESTEROL. AND OVERALL,
DOCTORS SAY THE PASTURE RAISED
EGGS ARE ACTUALLY THE HEALTHY
US. YOU’RE GOING TO PAY FOR
IT, THOUGH. SO THEY’RE VERY
EXPENSIVE. THOSE ONES WILL
COST ABOUT $8. A DOZEN ORGANIC
EGGS. ALSO $4, A DOZEN DOUBLE
THE COST OF YOUR REGULAR EGGS.
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR CAGE
FREE, ARRANGE FREE EGGS THERE
ABOUT A DOLLAR MORE THAN
REGULAR. SO YOU GOT TO THINK
ABOUT IS IT REALLY WORTH IT?
ALL RIGHT. LET’S TAKE A LOOK
AT MILK BECAUSE THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT I HAVE ALWAYS
STRUGGLED WITH SPECIAL MY
LITTLE KIDS WHEN THEY DRINKING
MILK MORE REGULARLY. SO
ORGANIC MILK. THESE PRODUCERS
MUST FEED THE COWS WITH
CERTIFIED ORGANIC FEED. THE
COWS ARE ALSO NOT ALLOWED TO
BE INJECTED WITH GROWTH
HORMONES OR GIVEN ANTIBIOTICS.
NOW, ONE BIG ADVANTAGE TO
ORGANIC. IT HAS A LONGER SHELF
LIFE. IT CAN KEEP FOR UP TO 2
MONTHS RASH. YOUR REGULAR MILK
WILL ONLY LAST ABOUT 4 TO 7
DAYS PAST THE DATE LISTED SO
THIS ONE IS GOING TO COST YOU,
BUT YOU’LL GET A LONGER USE
OUT OF IT. ANOTHER ADVANTAGE
TO ORGANIC THE HEALTH
BENEFITS. ORGANIC MILK HAS A
HIGH LEVEL OF OMEGA 3 FATTY
ACID THAT GOOD THAT THAT’S
GOING TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE OR
HEART IMPROVE NEUROLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO
STRENGTHEN YOUR IMMUNE
FUNCTION. BUT THE DOWNSIDE IS
GONNA COST. YEAH. THE AVERAGE
PRICE OF ORGANIC MILK. $6. AND
$0.49 WHERE YOU’RE ONLY PAY
ABOUT 3.30, FOR REGULAR MILK.
SO THAT A BIG DIFFERENCE IN
THE COST. BUT
>>LAUREN VERNO: I PERSONALLY
DO BUY ORGANIC. NOW WHEN IT
COMES TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED
ORGANISMS, GMO, SPANK CORN OR
ANYTHING MADE WITH CORN. IT’S
VERY DIFFICULT NOT TO GET GMO
CORN. IT WAS CREATED TO RESIST
PESTS AND TOLERATE HERBICIDES.
SOME BELIEVE GMO FOODS WILL
LEAD TO CANCER OR ALLERGIC
REACTIONS. BUT HEALTH EXPERTS
SAY REALLY THERE’S NO EVIDENCE
TO SUPPORT THAT. ALL RIGHT.
LASTLY, WANT TO TALK ABOUT
COFFEE. GOT A LOT OF OPTIONS
HERE. BUT ONE THAT YOU MIGHT
SEE ITS FAIR TRADE, THESE
FOODS ARE MOST COMMONLY FOUND
IN COFFEE, BUT YOU’LL FIND IN
OTHER THINGS AS WELL. SO FAIR
TRADE GUARANTEES A MINIMUM
PRICE TO COFFEE PRODUCERS,
WHICH MOST OF THE TIME IS MUCH
HIGHER THAN THE MARKET PRICE.
BUT IT ALLOWS YOU TO HELP OUT
COMMUNITIES AND POVERTY AS
WELL. IT WILL COST YOU ABOUT A
$1.40 PER POUND, WHICH IS
ABOUT 40% MORE THAN REGULAR
COFFEE. SO THIS ONE, IF YOU
WANT TO DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR