01-10-06 - How do we do organic?

This nice company in Mexico tells us to bring organic ingredients and they'll attempt a batch of lollipops for us. Hmm. So how do we figure this out? What goes into an organic lollipop. Each question brings another. Sergio and I read articles, talk to chefs, ask for help from anybody who will answer the phone. Let's just say that people have been incredibly helpful to two dads trying to make lollipops for their babies. I think they think it's cute. But we're serious about this. Okay, so we can use brown rice syrup, imported corn syrup (seems like all or most of the corn in the US is genetically modified - wow.), tapioca syrup, and the list goes on. Seems like more ingredients suppliers prefer organic tapioca syrup because it has a very neutral flavor, which means to say that it doesn't get in the way of the hopefully yummy flavors the way that brown rice syrup does. Unfortunately tapioca syrup is a bloody fortune. 8 times the price of regular corn syrup. Will our bag of lollipops cost $100?