Organic Tomatoes Contain more Vitamin C, Nutrients than Conventional

Is there a real nutritional difference between organic foods and traditional foods? The answer is “yes” for so many reasons, from the use of pesticides to synthetic fertilizers. To showcase the truths of this difference, a recent study found that tomatoes grown on an organic farm accumulate more sugar and vitamins than tomatoes grown conventionally.

For the study, which was published February 20 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Maria Raquel Alcantara Miranda and colleagues from the Federal University of Ceara, Brazil. biochemical properties were compared between organic tomatoes and conventional tomatoes. The researchers hypothesized that organic tomatoes would be more nutritionally rich due to stressing conditions associated with organic farming. >

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