Do You Know How to Read a Fruit Label? Did You Know You Can?
There is a tiny number on the sticker of your fruit & vegetables…we all think it is for pricing when in fact it tells us critical information.
Conventional fruit: 4 digits, usually starting with the digit “4”(sometimes a 3 to denote various sizes of fruit)
Organic fruit: 5 digits starting with the digit “9”
Genetically modified: start with the digit “8” (remember, stores are legally not obligated to indicate genetically modified science experiments that are successfully posing as food)
Memorize these numbers: 9 is good, 4 is semi-toxic, 8 will kill you – happy shopping
Dawn
May 2, 2011 at 12:22 pm
That’s very useful to know. I had no idea that those numbers revealed so much about the origin of fruit. Armed with this information we can all make better choices about the fruit we eat.
Jarret Morrow M.D.
May 2, 2011 at 6:18 pm
Hi Jaqui, thanks for the great tip. I wasn’t aware of the IFPS coding on fruit and vegetable labels.