Cornucopia Institute Carrageenan ‘Report’ Touts Flawed Science and Cherry-Picked Data

The trade/lobbying group Cornucopia Institute has issued a ‘report’ that alleges a ‘smoking gun’ in carrageenan data published more than 10 years ago on an industry-supported website. The Cornucopia report was issued just as the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) is conducting ‘sunset reviews’ of additives that may or may not be included in U.S. foods labeled as organic. The announcement of the report and the full-length report itself is fraught with anti-industry bias and fails even to accurately describe its research subject. The Cornucopia report is consistent with the group’s ideology and baseless attacks on carrageenan. Cornucopia believes in three central themes that are evident in all its carrageenan discussions: 1. If you cannot argue decades of peer-reviewed science, then argue the research funding. 2. If you cannot argue the truth, then allege conspiracy. 3. If all else fails, cherry-pick the data.