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Participants (n = 144, mean age = 34.9) were presented with a pair of cookies, chips, and yogurt cups, one labeled ‘organic,’ the other not labeled ‘organic,’ (although all foods were in fact organically produced) and were asked to taste and evaluate each pair of foods using sensory, nutrition, and value-related measures. As expected, foods labeled organic were estimated to be significantly lower in calories and evoked a higher willingness to pay than foods without the organic label, across all three items (ps
Originally posted by Maxatoria
144 people as a sample, same as all the womens cosmetics adds - just enough stats to make it technically pass muster but so small that a few people can really make a difference espically if the steaks are not quite cooked the same etc so that people will vote one way or the other
Originally posted by Malcher
Originally posted by Maxatoria
144 people as a sample, same as all the womens cosmetics adds - just enough stats to make it technically pass muster but so small that a few people can really make a difference espically if the steaks are not quite cooked the same etc so that people will vote one way or the other
Seems like they were just biased by the organic label alone and not the taste. If they tasted similar or exactly the same why wouldn't a person choose the organic just based on the organic label alone?
Why do people pay twice as much for a pair of jeans or sneakers based on the label?
Originally posted by VoidHawk
People who eat organics do so to avoid the CHEMICALS, its got nothing to do with the taste.
Two strawberries in front of your child. Both identical. One covered in pesticides insecticides and chemical fertiliser. The other grown organicly without chemicals. Which would you prefer your child to eat?
Aspartame is actually excrement of genetically modified E. coli, and changed its name to AminoSweet
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