Understanding food labels can be tricky. And they don’t always mean what we think they do. Taking some time to learn more about the labels being put on our food will help us make more-informed choices when shopping. Learn more about common labels such as Known & Grown STL, Animal Welfare Approved, Certified Humane, Pasture-Raised, Certified Naturally Grown, Certified Organic, and Grass-Finished. Additional resources will help you dig in a little deeper.
Labeling Guides
- Consumer Reports: Guide to Food Labels
- Foodprint: Various food label guides
- VOX: “Wild-caught,” “Organic,” “Grass-fed”: what do all these animal welfare labels actually mean?”
- ASPCA: Meat, Eggs, and Dairy Label Guide
- Environmental Working Group’s Label Decoder
- Environmental Working Group’s Meat Eater’s Guide
- NPR: “Farm Fresh? Natural? Eggs Not Always What They’re Cracked Up To Be”
- A Greener World: Food Labels Exposed
- Cultivating a Healthy Food System: Decoding Animal Welfare Labels