8361: Assessing organic food quality: Is it better for you?
(2002) Assessing organic food quality: Is it better for you? . Paper presented at UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Aberystwyth, 26-28 March 2002; Published in Powell, Jane and et al., , Eds. Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, page pp. 55-60. Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth.
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Summary
This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Any attempt to answer the question ‘is organic food better for you?’ requires an assessment of the safety, nutritional content and biological value aspects of food quality. Previous reviews have been unable to reach definitive conclusions after failing to ensure only valid comparisons are considered. When methodologically flawed studies are screened out and a complete assessment of nutritional quality is made, collectively, the available evidence supports the hypothesis that organically produced food is superior in terms of safety, nutritional content and nutritional value to that produced non-organically. More research is needed provide to more data further investigating the trends seen in the existing evidence.
| Document Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Colloquium of Organic Researchers; COR; food quality; health; nutrient content; nutritional value; literature review |
| Subject Areas: | Food systems > Food security, food quality and human health "Organics" in general |
| Research affiliation: | UK UK > Soil Association UK > Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR) > COR 2002 |
| Total budget (Euro): | 0 |
| Orgprints ID Number: | 8361 |
| Contact: | OCW, |
| Deposited On: | 02 May 2006 |
| EPrint Type: | Conference paper |
| Published?: | Published |
| Peer Review Status: | Not peer-reviewed |
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