Do Organic Cherry Vine Tomatoes Taste Better Than Conventional Cherry Vine Tomatoes? A Sensory and Instrumental Comparative Study from Ireland

Authors

Clare Gilsenan, Technological University DublinFollow
Roisin Burke, Technological University DublinFollow
Catherine Barry-Ryan, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

4. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Publication Details

Study from Ireland, Journal of Culinary Science & Technology, 10:2, 154-167

Abstract

A consumer panel was able to distinguish a perceptible difference between organically farmed and conventionally produced tomatoes, and preferred the taste of the conventional tomatoes. The sensory evaluation results of the trained panel revealed that the conventional tomatoes were sweeter and less sour than the organic tomatoes. In addition to this, the conventional tomatoes showed significant differences for ^oBrix, reducing sugars and electrical conductivity. No significant differences were observed between the organic and conventional tomato samples for color, size, firmness, pH and dry matter values.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/15428052.2012.679232

Recommended Citation

Gilsenan, C., Burke R.M. & Barry-Ryan, C. (2012): Do Organic Cherry Vine Tomatoes Taste Better Than Conventional Cherry Vine Tomatoes? A Sensory and Instrumental Comparative Study from Ireland, Journal of Culinary Science & Technology, 10:2, 154-167 DOI: 10.1080/15428052.2012.679232