Ukudla okwenziwe ngokwemvelo kuye kwanda kakhulu njengoba abantu bekhathazeka kabanzi ngempilo nokuphepha kokudla abadlayo. Kodwa yikuphi ngempela ukudla okuphilayo futhi kubhalwe kanjani?
Ngokusho koMnyango Wezolimo we-United States (i-USDA), ukudla okuphilayo okuchazwa ngale ndlela:
Inyama yenyama, izinkukhu, amaqanda nemikhiqizo yobisi zivela ezilwaneni ezinganikezwa ama-antibiotic noma ama-hormone okukhula. Ukudla okungokwemvelo kukhiqizwa ngaphandle kokusebenzisa izidakamizwa eziningi ezivamile, iziqu ezifakwe ezakhiweni zokwenza izinto noma emanzini okugcoba amanzi, ukukhiqizwa kwemvelo noma imisebe yelanga.
Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi inani elincinci lezinsalela zamakhemikhali ezibulala izidakamizwa ezitholakala ekudleni okungekho emzimbeni akuyona eyingozi empilweni yakho, kodwa izakhamuzi zokudla eziphilayo zibiza ukuthi ukudla okunomsoco okuphephile kunokwedlula ukudla okukhiqizwa ngendlela yokulima evamile. Njengoba cishe konke ukudla okungekho okwenziwe ngokomzimba kuqukethe izinsalela zezibulala-zinambuzane, umquba kanye namanye amakhemikhali, indlela kuphela yokuzigwema ukuthenga ukudla okuphilayo.
Ukuze ziqinisekiswe njengezinto eziphilayo, imikhiqizo yokudla kudingeka ivela emapulazini futhi isetshenziswe izitshalo eziqinisekisiwe yi-USDA. Amapulazi ahlolwa yizikhulu zikahulumeni eziqinisekisiwe ukuqinisekisa ukuthi zifika kuma-USDA amazinga aphilayo. Abahloli baqinisekisa ukuthi izindlela eziphilayo kuphela ezisetshenzisiwe nokuthi imvelo ayingcoliswa izibulala-zinambuzane, umquba wokufakelwa noma ezinye izinto ezingezona eziphilayo.
Ukubhalwa kwe-Organic
Ukudla okukhulile kungasho lokho kuyilebula, okwenza kube lula abathengi abafuna ukuthenga ukudla okuphilayo.
Kodwa, kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi yiziphi izinhlamvu eziphilayo ezishoyo. Okwamanje, kunezicelo ezintathu ezingashicilelwa kumalebula okudla:
"I-Organic 100%"
Ukudla okubhalwe njenge -Organic I-Organic eyi-100 kufanele kube nakho konke okwenziwe ngokukhula komzimba ngaphandle kwamanzi engeziwe kanye nosawoti.
"I-Organic"
Ukudla okubhalwa njengezidingo ze- Organic kufanele kube nezithako eziphilayo ezingamaphesenti angama-95, ngaphandle kwamanzi angeziwe kanye nosawoti, futhi futhi akufanele kube ne- sulfites eyongezwe njengesivikelo.
I-Sulfites iye yaziwa ngokuvusa ukwelapha kanye nesifuba kwabanye abantu. Kuze kube ngamaphesenti ayisihlanu ezithako kungenzeka ukuthi akhiqizwa ngokomzimba.
"Yenziwe ngeZizakhi Zemizimba"
Amalebula womkhiqizo ashoyo Awenziwe nge-Organic Ingredients kudingeka aqukathe okungenani amaphesenti angu-70 ezakhiwa eziphilayo, ngaphandle kwamanzi angeziwe nosawoti. Akumelwe aqukathe ama-sulfite angeziwe, futhi amaphesenti angaba ngu-30 wezithako angase aveliswe ngokomzimba.
Okokugcina, imikhiqizo yokudla eyenziwe ngamaphesenti angaphansi kuka-70 izithako eziphilayo ingaveza ukuthi yiziphi izithako eziphilayo, kodwa azikwazi ukuzibiza ngokuthi yizinto zokudla eziphilayo.
Imithombo:
Magkos F, Arvaniti F, Zampelas A. "Ukudla okungokwemvelo: ukuthenga ukuphepha okwengeziwe noma ukuthula kwengqondo nje? Ukubuyekeza okubalulekile kwezincwadi." 1: Crit Rev Rev Sci Nutr. 2006; 46 (1): 23-56. Ifinyelele ngomhla ka-Mashi 20, 2016. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408690490911846.
Magkos F, Arvaniti F, Zampelas A. "Ukudla okungokwemvelo: ukudla okunomsoco noma ukudla okucatshangwayo? Ukubukeza ubufakazi." Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2003 Sep; 54 (5): 357-71. Ifinyelele ngomhla ka-Mashi 20, 2016. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09637480120092071.
Kopke U. "Ukudla kwe-Organic: ingabe banendima?" Forum Nutr. 2005; (57): 62-72. Ifinyelele ngomhla ka-Mashi 20, 2016. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15702589.
UMnyango Wezolimo wase-United States. "Ezolimo ze-Organic." Ifinyelele ngomhla ka-Mashi 20, 2016. http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=organic-agriculture.html.