10 foods to buy organic

Between contamination and pesticides, you really have to pay attention to every bite of food you eat.

But when the wallet cries - because we know that often, in Italy, finding truly organic and controlled food is neither a simple nor an economic thing -, here we must necessarily make a minimum of triage on what is organic in the sportina spending.

We do not invent it all of us: it is a survey conducted by the Environmental Working Group.

Here are the 10 foods that you should always buy organic , consciously, carefully and as closely as possible controlled.

Organic vegetables to buy

Celery

It is a very watery vegetable, which absorbs many substances from the soil, especially the chemical ones. For your pinzimonio, soups and sautéed, buy organic celery .

Potatoes

Potatoes are also often eaten with peel, and it is always better to choose the organic version, given that they live in close contact with the earth and with all that it contains, mushrooms in the first place. Many warning signs in the past have been connected precisely to the use of fungicides to which various farmers have resorted.

Spinach, salads, green leafy vegetables

Here often intensive agriculture leaves a heavy mark : to defeat pests and insects and to ensure that the leaf is well intact and fleshy, in some cases pesticides and chemicals are used. For this reason it is always advisable to buy spinach, salads and other seasonal green leafy vegetables and at retailers that ensure a certain treatment, such as an organic market or local farms .

Peppers, chillies and tomatoes

Fundamental in the traditional Mediterranean cuisine, these vegetables have a thin skin that allows different substances to penetrate .

There are companies and producers that accept the use of pesticides in order to sell large quantities: be careful, washing peppers, chillies and tomatoes is not enough, organic is better.

Organic fruit, healthy organism

strawberries

Being a type of fruit that can easily be attacked by pests, molds and small animals, chemical products are often used for its cultivation.

For this it is better to opt for the smaller version of the strawberries, but undoubtedly more healthy and tasty.

peaches

Peaches and nectarines can be high risk contamination of pesticides and chemical agents, above all because, due to their characteristic, they keep many of them in the growth phase. Much better to opt for the organic and natural version.

Grapes

In fact it is very difficult to find organic grapes, as both Italian and European legislation would seem very vague.

Choosing the 0 km one and the farmer you know is the safest option. Try to do the same with wine.

apples

They are at the top of the list of the most contaminated foods, apples can really have dozens of chemical residues on the peel .

The invitation to buy them organic is also given by the fact that they are more nutritious and that they have a more tasty and compact pulp. Attention also to mousses, apple juices, apple vinegar and derivatives.

Blueberries and berries

Blueberries and berries are types of fruit that tend to retain harmful substances ; think of the scandal that occurred in Japan following the analysis of jams from a famous Italian brand. Better bio, local and mountain, maybe collected by yourself.

Eggs, meat, milk

Especially if for children, these protein foods are much better to choose from organic and certified, as much as possible at zero distance : eggs coming from hens raised on the ground, milk and meat from cows and cattle that feed on fresh grass and not of feed with GMOs or worse than hormones. This is even more so if the three become one of the basic foods of the daily diet of children.