Comments on: Kroger’s new organic line

By: Lindsey Nair

Lindsey Nair — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:22:04 +0000

Melissa, your best bet would be to contact the Kroger company and ask them. They have a product inquiry email and telephone number on this website: http://www.kroger.com/HELP/Pages/contact_us.aspx

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:56:05 +0000

I’m wondering if the products in this line are tested on animals? Can’t find anything on the website to confirm whether they do or not.

Anybody know?

By: crooked road

crooked road — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:21:29 +0000

It’s really a common sense argument. Organic-raised animals means zero. If you want ‘real’ beef, you buy 100% grass-fed, grass finished beef. The key is the phrase ‘grass finished’. Lots of places can feed catle grass for a month of their two years lives, then pump them full of grain (the source of the problem) the rest of the time.

It’s simple…

100% pastured grass-fed, grass-finished cattle. (Angus actually isn’t the best type, but that’s another day).

100% pasture raised pork. (that doesn’t exclude grain feed, but that is okay if the farmer leaves his pigs out ll the time, then they feed them the right grain). Pork that’s never been fed grain is ultra-elite in the world, and just too rare to worry about.

100% pasture raised poultry. Ideally, turkeys are raised along with chickens, and they are allowed to range freely.

Note – ‘organic’ as the government defines it is meaningless. If people bought all their animal protein (that includes eggs, etc.) from Farmers’ Markets? They’d probably be 10X less likely to contract many cancers, heart diseases, as well as over 99% of the animal related diseases currently such a problem in the market today.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:36:32 +0000

What is the definition of natural. Since there is no real definition of natural in the food world. I would like to know what standards you use for natural on your products.

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:23:11 +0000

It is my understanding that the FDA banned use of hormones and steroids a few years ago. Antibiotics are still used in non-organic chickens.

By: Galadri7

Galadri7 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:11:07 +0000

hormones, steroids or antibiotics have NOT been added they have already been modified genetically and bought by organic companies– edit from previous post

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By: Galadri7

Galadri7 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:09:10 +0000

Organic chickens arent that big, unfortunately the chickens themselves have been genetically modified to grow faster and bigger so though hormones, steroids or antibiotics have been added the birds have already been modified and bought by organic companies. Since we are talking about chickens it’s important to add that organic free range chickens only get about 3 feet of space as compared to the tight quarters of non organic so sunshine and grass for them either.. it’s best to leave meat out of the picture now a days there are so many labeling tricks and the fat content of chicken is just as high as red meat now, that’s not the way it used to be.

By: Carilyn

Carilyn — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:26:17 +0000

I just wanted to state that I purchased the organic chicken breasts for the first time today and when I took them out of the package, they were HUGE! I just didn’t think the chicken breasts for and organically raised bird would be so large.

By: Lindsey Nair

Lindsey Nair — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:08:44 +0000

@Dave, customer communications specialist Allison McGee from Kroger sent me the following response to your question about whether Simple Truth replaced some Private Selection items:

“Based on customer feedback that having multiple brands was confusing to them, Kroger combined the Naturally Preferred and Private Selection Organic Lines into the Simple Truth label. For easy identification, all Simple Truth and Simple Truth Organic products are clearly marked with the brand’s green circular logo.

Kroger has several new categories that we have launched as part of the new Simple Truth line to include: Nutrition Bars, Soda’s, Natural Chicken, Steel Cut and Old fashioned Oats, Bag Snacks, Tomatillo Salsa, 11 Trail mix items and Quinoa. Over the next several months, you will continue to see new items hitting the shelves as we expand this category.”

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:22:13 +0000

I buy some of the PS organic line as well and noticed that this new label/name was going on the shelves in the same place.