What To Know Before You Buy Organic Food?

Work hard and Buy Smart! We always told to be a smart consumer especially on food that we buy for eat. Remember you are what you eat. When you go to supermarket or grocery shop, you definitely realize there is a sections for organic foods. Meat, vegetable, fruits and now even snacks they are certified by organic certification. The price of these organic foods are 3 to 5 times expensive than conventional foods. No doubt, many of people think these products sound more quality than conventional foods. It is common to see that organic food delivery in Singapore.

Over the years, organic diet has become more and more popular. Number of organic sellers keeps increasing and the marketing strategies they use to promote their organic foods, consumers need to be more cautious when making decision on the choices of organic foods. Is not wrong to go organic, but be smart of the choices of organic foods. Don’t falls on “smart” marketing tactics.

The most important you need to know before buying organic foods is to know what the meaning of organic is. Organic is not about the nutrition of the foods, but is about how the foods are produced, raised and created.

Before you purchase organic foods, make sure you do some research on the organic labels. Get enough information to ensure the label on food packaging is real and legitimate. Every country has law and legislation on organic foods labelling. Check the labelling before you buy organic foods especially on imported organic foods. There are a lot of foods labelling as organic but they are not.

Go organic doesn’t mean everything need to be organic. Buy organic foods which are worth for it. If you want to buy organic food to avoid pesticides, that is impossible because even organic farming still use pesticides. There is no harm to buy conventional food, such as fruits or vegetables that has skin, peel or shell that you need to take out before you eat. Just remember, wash it to reduce harmful chemicals even organic foods.

Do not spend extra money if you can save for it. We all know organic foods are more expensive than conventional foods. As a smart consumer, you should spend wisely. Compare the price if you can before buying organic foods. Not all organic food are expensive, choose organic foods with affordable price and good quality. Most of the people think the higher the price of food, the higher the quality. Don’t forget business are business, they aim for profits.

Do support local organic and farmer markets. There are many local farmers who raised their crops organically but they did not certified by organic certification. These is because organic certification is not easy to get and very expensive. Local organic farmers grow their own crops in small amount, is not worth to get certified by spending extra cost. Their crops are organic but don’t label with organic seal on the packaging. Before you buy locally, you may ask their grow practices on how they manage their crops and livestock.