Nutritional Description of Organic and Conventional Food Products in Spain: The BADALI Project.

ABSTRACT: Organic food and drink is undoubtedly a growing market. Consumers perceive organic food as healthy, and nutrition claims (NCs) and fortification may add to this perception. Whether this is true is still a matter of controversy, particularly for organic food products. We present here the first comprehensive study of large samples of six specific organic food types, analysing the nutritional quality (nutrient composition and "healthiness") as well as the use of NCs and fortification. In parallel, a comparison with conventional food is also carried out. For this purpose, the Food Database of products in the Spanish market, BADALI, was used. Four cereal-based and two dairy-substitute food types were analysed. Our results show that as many as 81% of organic foods are considered "less healthy" b

SUBMITTER: Ropero AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10144859 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature