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  Total annual sales of organic food in the U.S. in 2005 :

$13.8 billion
According to Nutrition Business Journal, this was up from $11.9 billion in 2004, but still a drop in the bucket in the $500 billion U.S. food industry.
Source: The Wall Street Journal, 5/4/2006

 
   
  Ingredient not allowed to be in food labeled "organic":

Maltodextrin
The USDA rules allow manufacturers to use 38 synthetic ingredients in foods and label them organic provided they are not more than 5% of the food's composition.
Source: New York Times, 11/1/2005

 
   
 
 
 
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