My Unofficial Costco Organic Foods List
By Nonna Joann • Dec 11th, 2008 • Category: Stretch Grocery $$$“Costco Organic Foods” is a list I put together for my son-in-law, David. He has a Costco membership, but lives a distance from a store. Because, he will be the one driving to the store and shopping, he wanted to know what organic food products I found at Costco (Sam’s has similar products) and purchase from the store. I’ve put an unofficial list together for him. I’m sure there’s more, but at least it’s a start.
Although, I frequently shop at a whole foods store, you can save on organics at big box stores like Sam’s Club and Costco. Since there’s not a Sam’s Club near me, I have a Costco membership. You’d think that Costco would have a list of organic products carried online, but I couldn’t find one. This is my unofficial list. My list is not inclusive and because items are constantly being changed. The most frustrating thing about Costco is that a favorite item will dissapear from the shelves…sometimes for good, sometimes for a season.
Not all of these items are available in all Costco stores.
Organic Frozen Foods (They keep adding to the organic frozen foods…YEA)
Asparagus (Pacific Meadows)
Blueberries (Scenic Fruit or Pacific Meadows)
Berries, mixed (Cascadian Farms)
Broccoli (Natural Choice)
Cherries (Townsend)
Corn ( Bybees)
Garden Trio (Bybee)
Green Beans (Lisa’s)
Peas (Bybee)
Peaches (Wawona)
Salmon (check to see if it’s from the Pacific Ocean and not farmed)
Organic Produce
Apples, sliced
Apples and Pears — occasionally are organic
Carrots & Mini Carrots
Edmamame (Fusjsan)
Mangeos (Pacific Meadows)
Spring Mixed Lettuce
Spinach
Roma tomatoes aren’t organic, but pesticide free
Not organic produce with peels or shells, so you’re throwing away most
(I added the word most, after Mike’s comment below) of the exterior pesticides.
Avocados
Bananas
Garlic
Onions
Oranges
Potatoes
Nuts in the shell seasonally
Organic Dairy
Butter (Kirkland)
Cheese (Organic Creamery Sharp Cheddar)
Eggs (Some stores have cage-free eggs) “
Free-range Chicken Eggs.”
(I believe that Sam’s Club carries organic eggs)
Milk, but it’s 1 percent (Whole milk is a whole food, children need healthy fats, see “
Whole Milk Challenge.”)
Yogurt
Organic Meat
Organic Chicken Breasts, Thighs & Whole Chickens
Beef (grass fed is better than corn fed, but organic fed is a step up from commercially grown beef)
Other Organic Products
Apple sauce (Treetop)
Beef Jerky
Blue Agave
Brown Rice, short grain (Lundberg)
Chicken Broth (small amount of sugar)
Corn (Westrae canned corn)
Coffee (Magnum)
Granola (Udi’s)
Ketchup (Heinz)
Maple Syrup
Olive Oil (extra virgin)
Peanut butter
Quinoa (Red Hill)
Rudi’s Bread
Raisins (Sunmaid-comes in 2 two-pound packages)
Salsa (Kirklands)
Salmon (Bear & Wolf wild Alaskan salmon)
Soup (Amy’s Lentil & Pacific Red Pepper)
Soymilk (Kirkland)
Strawberry Spread (Kirkland) It has 8 grams of organc sugar (two teaspoons) per serving.
Spaghetti & Macaroni (Garogalo Organic whole wheat)
Tomatoes (canned, brand changes)
Organic, Not Necessarily Healthful, Because They Are Highly Processed (may have added sugar)
Candy (The ingredients shouldn’t contain additives such as artificial colorings and flavorings.)
Cake mix (Sof’ella Gulten-Free Chocolate Cake and Frosting.)
Cereal (Kirkland Raisin bran & Kashi Autumn Wheat)
Corn Tortilla Chips
Granola bars (Nature’s Path)
Macaroni and Cheese (Annie’s)
Healthy Handfuls (organic toddler cookies, not necessarily healthful, but organic)
Oatmeal (Kirkland instant)
Sugar (not healthful at all, but there may be times when a little sugar is needed)Products which are NOT organic, without too many additives or sugar
Chicken Breast for sandwiches and salads (Kirkland)
Crackers (Milton’s Multi-grain & Crunchmaster Rice Crackers are trans fat & interesterified fat free )
Fruit Leather (Stretch Island Fruit Co. no artificial ingredients)
Mushrooms (canned)
Marinara Sauce (White Linen Collection-needs some added Italian seasonings)
Tuna (Chicken of the Sea Chunk Light Tuna)
*These are the brands that I have purchased from Costco, but they can change. If you purchase an organic food item from Costco and it’s not on my list, leave a comment. I’ll add it to the list. Thanks
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I’m not a big organic evangelical, but i really did feel a bit shock when i saw your statement that if something is peeled then the pesticides are gone. that is just completely untrue. i suppose it would help get rid of some of the most recent applications (shipping fumigants), but certainly nowhere near all. additionally, it doesn’t do anything for the workers or streams and wildlife at the farms. thanks for taking it into consideration.
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Country of origin for these organic products are important as well. I would not buy organic products from China and would rather consume non-organic US prodcuts. Whose to know that these products from China are inspected on a regular basis to meet standards?
I purchased Cascadian Farms frozen mixed berries and Pacific Meadows frozen blueberries. Almost half the price that I would have paid at the grocery store.
I know ketchup isn’t the most healthy food because of the processing, but Costco has Heinz Organic Ketchup most of the time. I’ve been buying it for over a year now.