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Do organic foods taste better?

Some people who favour organic foods for other reasons claim that they taste better; but there is so much flavour variation among different varieties, different degrees of ripeness or freshness or length of storage of the same fruit or vegetable, that it is very difficult for individuals to make true comparisons.

Generally, when attempts have been made to carry out scientifically-designed blind tasting tests on the same variety, organic versus non-organic, taste panels have been unable to detect a flavour difference.