A spokesperson for the Soil Association, the principal British organic foods defense organization rejected research results that put organic products at a disadvantage in regard to nutritional requirements.
Organic foods aren’t more nutritious than conventional foods, according to a study carried out in Great Britain.
Researchers of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine analyzed data from 162 studies carried out in the past 50 years on this subject.
The conclusion was that nutritional differences between the two types of food are not significant, according to head-researcher, Alan Dangour.
The study published the scientific periodical American Journal of Clinical Nutrition concludes that these variations, normally identified through nitrogen and phosphorus levels, are not enough to be of noticeable benefit to health.
Other Reasons
The production of organic foods does not use synthetic chemicals or genetically modified products.
Gill Fine, the spokesperson for the British association Good Standards Agency that looks after the interests of the population in regard to food, states that the study should not discourage people from consuming organic products.
In her opinion, this research only shows that organic products are not better than traditional foods in terms of nutritional value.
But Fine says that there are other reasons for people to choose organic foods, such as the producers’ concern about animal and environmental wellbeing.
A spokesperson for the Soil Association, the principal British organic foods defense organization rejected the research results and said that more encompassing studies on this theme are still required.
