Organic food

66Mustang

Does organic food always taste nicer or have other “selfish” or “noticeable” benefits i.e. aside from the environmental ones?

I love nice food and am massively into quality over quantity and I often choose organic stuff which I think is a lot better. Organic milk is delicious, and organic fruit and vegetables are noticeably nicer to me

But I’ve found some products where I can’t tell a difference, like organic nuts

Organic whisky is becoming a thing recently. It’s promoted for its environmental worthiness over any superior taste, which is very noble but at around £80 for a quality bottle instead of £50 I’d want it to taste nicer! I’ve not tried a bottle but doubt whether the organically-grown grains used which are fermented and distilled anyway would make a difference through to the finished product??

I’m sure I’ll try one one day though

Anyway what do people think about organic stuff? 🤔

michael57

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/118370/organic-food

ah a topic i can give an input into what constitutes organic milk and why do you think it tastes better i will be the poppy of farming haha 50years experience being a herdsperson

66Mustang

@michael57 I'd be interested to hear it!!!!

This is where I get the milk from, as a treat not all the time. I am aware of the placebo effect and even despite this I genuinely think this milk tastes much better https://www.fenfarmdairy.co.uk

I'd be really interested to hear your experiences though, yeah you definitely can be our Poppy1233456 when it comes to farming!!😁

michael57

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/868438#Comment_868438

organic milk farmers still use antibiotics for mastitis but for a longer period hence the longer withdrawal period before that cows milk is fit for human consumption not sure if its still the same but it used to be that if the same cow had to be treated for mastitis more than twice in a lactation and the farmer was honest about it they would lose there organic status hence a rather high turnover of animals leading to higher organic milk price and thats just for starters

66Mustang

@michael57

That's interesting

That website I posted has a page where they tell you about the milking process but it's understandably quite vague and noncommitting with their use of words

They say they use iodine on the cow's teats but no mention of antibiotics but not saying they don't use them

The most important question … does organic actually taste nicer do you think??

michael57

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/868464#Comment_868464

the use of iodine mixed with other ingredients is used to dip or spray on the teats after milking to protect the orifice that releases the milk in the first place while it is open never known a farm in my lifetime not to use a dip or spray of some description post milking as for tasting the same i would say if you put organic milk next to so called blue top milk from the supermarket you would tell the difference but if you took a glass of organic milk and a glass of none organic milk from the cow you would not tell the difference at all

66Mustang

That's interesting @michael57, I would not have thought about it in that way. Thanks for sharing

michael57

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/868518#Comment_868518

glad to be of service we all have our uses