Woolworths has always been far ahead of the other big retailers when it comes to transparency, labelling, and removing contentious products. They’ve been quite progressive for example in removing anything containing MSG from some of their stores. Here’s a list of Woolworths products that may contain GM material, as supplied by Woolworths customer care to a customer.
Groceries
20095031 Tomato sauce
20094997 Tomato and herb pasta sauce
20095017 Hot Salsa
20127701 Corn flakes
20082512 Self raising flour
20036478 Maize meal
20175603 Hoisin sauce
20175658 Indonesian Sweet Soya Sauce
20175641 Chinese Barbeque Sauce
20175610 Black Bean Sauce
Frozen Fish
20168605 Greek style char grilled hake 600 g
20115210 Lemon & pepper crumbed fillet 600 g *
20012250 Crumbed hake fillet 600 g *
20109233 Fish cakes 300 g *
20012274 Fish fingers 750 g *
20099589 Fish burgers 500 g *
20085049 Hake in egg batter 500 g *
20012199 Battered hake fillet 600 g *
20178109 Seasoned egg batter hake
20090463 Fish & chips 500 g *
20129941 Garlic & herb char grilled hake 450 g
20129958 Lemon & black pepper char grilled hake 450 g
20126390 Sundried tomato and basil char grilled hake 450 g
20070397 Lemon and pepper hake 450 g *
20070403 Garlic topped hake 450 g *
20183691 Crisp bake haddock *
20183707 Crisp bake mushroom garlic *
20012212 Crumbed sole
20012175 Crumbed Hake Portions 600 g
They’ve labelled some of these products, and are apparently phasing in labelling for all of them, leaving Pick ‘n Pay and Shoprite in the dust (although Pick ‘n Pay’s antagonism may apparently be coming to an end).
For those in the Cape Town area, you can also order organic food delivered to your house from the Ethical Co-op.