A couple of weeks ago, I was a vendor at the Leslieville Tree Festival. One of the best things about being situated near the food people was that food started coming our way by the end of day. We really enjoyed the muffins that showed up on our table. The organic food in a box girl also stopped by and offered us her produce. So, we decided to have some fun and do a taste test.
My kids get their daily recommended portions a la Canada Food Guide. We don't buy organic mainly because there isn't any evidence that proves organic veggies/fruits are more nutritious than conventionally grown fruits and veggies. So this was a fun little exercise for us to see if organic food was tastier than non organic food.
We did about 6 taste tests for celery, red leaf lettuce, spinach, garlic, mango, and pear.
It's funny that the fruit looked very similar. It wasn't easy to tell which was which.
Over the course of a few days, I cut up the food, served it side by side and asked: Which do you like better?
The verdict: Hubby couldn't tell the difference visually or by taste. The kids didn't know why I was making them eat two of everything. They just thought it was fun. I didn't really see much of a difference in the taste EXCEPT, I found that the organic veggies were slightly less bitter - especially with the spinach and celery. Again, hubby didn't notice a difference.
So there you have it, my "highly scientific" taste test!
What a refreshing viewpoint! I only recently discovered through an unintentional purchase by the husband that organic bananas are really quite different - much denser and very much slower ripening. Other than that, I generally can't tell the difference. (Homegrown vs. commercial tomatoes are very different, of course, but that's not an organic thing.)
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