If don’t.
You have to learn more about the fruit label.
Those irritating little labels stuck on fruit would provide helpful information. The codes from the label identify whether fruit is full of pesticides and grown with petroleum-based fertilizers or organic, and even when
it's genetically modified.
The codes are applied not only to fruit, but also to vegetables, herbs, and nuts. They consist of four or five numbers. The system is quite simple. Fruit is divided into three classes: conventional (4), organic (9), and genetically modified (8).
All four-digit coded fruit is conventionally raised. So, if you don't see five digits, then it's safe to assume that the fruit is contaminated with pesticides and petroleum-based fertilizers, and is grown in depleted soils.
Five digit codes are simply the four digits with a single number added to the front: 9 or 8.
If the first of five numbers is 9, then it has been grown to the standards defined by the National Organic Standards Board. This is obviously preferable to conventionally-grown fruit.
If the first of five numbers is 8, the fruit is genetically modified. It means that it has been grown conventionally with poisons in depleted soil, from frankenseeds.
For example, let's take a simple Valencia orange. Its code is 4014. 84014 is the code of a small genetically modified Valencia orange. 94014 is the code of a small organic Valencia orange.
Now, you have more information to choose the type of fruit you want.
The codes are applied not only to fruit, but also to vegetables, herbs, and nuts. They consist of four or five numbers. The system is quite simple. Fruit is divided into three classes: conventional (4), organic (9), and genetically modified (8).
All four-digit coded fruit is conventionally raised. So, if you don't see five digits, then it's safe to assume that the fruit is contaminated with pesticides and petroleum-based fertilizers, and is grown in depleted soils.
Five digit codes are simply the four digits with a single number added to the front: 9 or 8.
If the first of five numbers is 9, then it has been grown to the standards defined by the National Organic Standards Board. This is obviously preferable to conventionally-grown fruit.
If the first of five numbers is 8, the fruit is genetically modified. It means that it has been grown conventionally with poisons in depleted soil, from frankenseeds.
For example, let's take a simple Valencia orange. Its code is 4014. 84014 is the code of a small genetically modified Valencia orange. 94014 is the code of a small organic Valencia orange.
Now, you have more information to choose the type of fruit you want.
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