Food Foundation Approved

By Jessica Campbell, MS, FNTP

One of the main questions I am often asked is, "what brand do YOU buy?" I recently started to compile a list; it is definitely not complete, but I thought it was adequate to share. Here are some Food Foundation approved brands I believe offer quality, nutrient dense food.

Yogurt

  • Fage Whole Fat Greek Yogurt
  • St. Benoit French Yogurt
  • Redwood Hill Goat Milk Yoghurt

Milk

  • Strauss Milk and Cream
  • Organic Pastures Raw Milk
  • Claravale Raw Milk
  • St. Benoit Organic Jersey Milk
  • Cover Stornetta Organic

Butter

  • Kerrygold Butter
  • Organic Valley Butter
  • German Butter

Cheese

  • Organic Valley Raw Cheeses
  • Cowgirl Creamery Cheeses
  • Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co.
  • Rumania Cheese Co.
  • Redwood Hill Farm
  • Clover Stornetta
  • Vermont Creamery
  • Wallaby Organic

Eggs

  • Vital Farms Pastured Eggs
  • Mission Mountain Organics

Fats

  • Bariani Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • McEvoy Ranch Olive Oil
  • Belcampo Butcher (Palo Alto) lard
  • Spectrum Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • Spectrum Expeller Pressed Walnut Oil
  • Berlin's Highest Lignan Flax Oil
  • Udo's 3.6.9 Oil
  • Now Macadamia Nut Oil
  • Eden Unrefined Sesame Oils
  • Bragg Olive Oil
  • Eden Toasted Sesame Oil
  • Pure Indian Foods Ghee

Coconut

  • Aunt Patty's Organic Creamed Coconut
  • Native Forest Classic Coconut Milk
  • Spectrum Unrefined Organic Virgin Coconut Oil
  • Jarrow Organic Extra Virgin
  • NOW
  • Artisana
  • Cocopura
  • Divine Organics
  • Dr. Bronners
  • Live Superfoods
  • Living Tree
  • Pure Indian Foods
  • Rawguru
  • Trader Joes Organic
  • Tropical Traditions
  • Tropics Best

Seafood

http://www.seafoodwatch.org/-/m/sfw/pdf/guides/mba-seafoodwatch-west-coast-guide.pdf?la=en

  • Trader Joe’s Tongol Tuna in Water
  • Sustainable Seas
  • Wild Planet
  • Ecofish Frozen Wild Shrimp
  • Vital Choice
  • Crown Prince

Meats

  • Rosie’s Organic Chicken
  • Applegate Organic Meats
  • Fabrique Délices Paté and Sausages
  • Organic Prairie Uncured Grassfed Meats
  • Morris Beef
  • Family Friendly Farms Pork, Lamb, and Beef
  • Belcampo Meats (in Palo Alto)

Pantry Staples

  • Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar
  • Bariani Balsamic Vinegar
  • Bionature Organic balsamic Vinegar
  • Spectrum Naturals Raw Unfiltered Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
  • Cold Mountain Miso
  • Westbrae Organic Miso
  • South River Organic Miso and Tamari
  • Annie’s Naturals Mustard
  • Maille Mustard
  • Eden Foods Mustard
  • Red Boat Fish Sauce
  • Thai Kitchen Red and Green Curry Paste
  • Muir Glen Catsup
  • San-J Tamari
  • Living Tree Organic Almond Butter
  • Santa Cruz Organic Applesauce
  • Nana Mae's Organic Applesauce

Spices

  • Celtic Sea Salt
  • Eden Sea Salt
  • Trader Joe’s Course Sea Salt from Noirmoutier
  • Saltworks Sea Salt
  • Himalayan Crystal Salt
  • Simply Organic Spices
  • Gomasio - seaweed, sesame and sea salt sprinkle
  • Navitas Naturals Organic Unsweetened Cocoa powder

Snacks

  • Blue Mountain Organics
  • Honest Potato Chips (in coconut oil)
  • Living Intentions Trail Mixes
  • Kettle Cooked Chicharrones
  • Grandma Utz Potato chips (in lard)
  • Mary’s Gone Crackers
  • Divine Organics Cashews
  • Go Raw Sprouted Pumpkin Seeds
  • Trader Joe's Olive Oil Popcorn
  • Emerald Cove Organic Nori
  • Eden Foods Nori
  • SRSLY Gluten Free Sourdough Bread

Beverages

  • Traditional Medicinals Teas
  • Mountain Valley Spring Water
  • San Pellegrino Sparkling Water
  • Silk Pure Almond Milk Unsweetened
  • Harmless Harvest 100% Raw Coconut Water

Ferments

  • Farmhouse Culture Krauts
  • Bubbies Pickles
  • Sinto Gourmet Kimchi

Please feel free to add any great finds that you think I may have missed. I love products that are non GMO, fair trade, organic, and very high quality REAL FOOD.