I was at the grocery store today, asked the guy who was stocking the fruit area what the difference was between the 59¢ / pound bananas and the 68¢ bananas.

The more expensive ones were "organic." They looked pretty much the same to me.

So, what makes a banana "organic," and why would I care? Just curious.

Without using the GoogleFU, I believe it's the non use man made pesticides mostly.

I've bought them at a much greater price difference. I might say it tasted slightly different, not necessarily better. But they were the same as the non organic ones, picked way too soon, not ripe and flavorless.

AFAIK "organic" doesn't mean much as far as set industry standards

Don't they spray them with a chemical to control the ripening process? Could be the organic ones don't get the spray. Just guessing.

Jim

The organic ones are not gased to ripen them. They are usually much darker green. I like them because they don't turn to mush nearly as fast. They seem to have a longer time in that perfectly yellow zone. The non-organic usually ripen nice for a day and turn to mush the next day.

By definition, all bananas are organic, but some are 'more organic than others'.

Organic bananas are grown without insecticides. There are many varieties of this fruit, but the Cavendish are grown because they are more resilient.

The bananas that ripen on the tree are superb and are not pithy.

taste like sheetrock dust,chalky like almond milk.Yuk

I won't buy any product labeled "organic"

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Originally posted by parabellum:

I won't buy any product labeled "organic"

We like maple syrup on pancakes, French toast, and waffles.

The lowest cost that we have found is ten dollars and change for a quart at Costco. "Organic" is the only type that they have.

I would not go out of my way for something labeled "organic," but I would not refuse to buy it just because of that label, especially if it were known to be good quality and lower cost than competing products. Kirkland Signature meets both of those tests more often than not.

I didn't say you shouldn't buy it. I said I won't buy it and that's the truth. I have my reasons.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
I won't buy any product labeled "organic"

I don't either. I think the whole concept is a scam. Now Karen on the other hand will because it's what the 'woke' crowd does. Marketing geniuses targeted a group of sheep that are also the ones wearing masks while driving.

Jim

Worked in Ag for 30 years. Organic is pretty much BS. Lots of touchy feely BS.
Free range chicken and eggs are a sick joke.

If you love a chicken, set it free. If it comes back to you, it better be deep fried and on a bun.

The organic bananas taste much better. Hard to go back to non organic ones now.

First world problems

I think the term organic is grossly overused. Probably one of the most tortured words used. I put it in the same category as shampoo where the instruction uses the word ‘repeat’

If you fall for that kind of crap. That and non-gmo and gluten free. Some stuff marked gluten free never had gluten in it to begin with but it will trigger the less intelligent part of the population to do nothing but increase the revenues.

The label.

My nearby grocery has a fresh meat market. In the case, you just point to what you want, they weight it, wrap it and hand it to you.

They've always had "regular" boneless skinless chicken breasts and the "organic" ones.

Recently they had another tray and sign of boneless chicken breasts which read "Natural".

I asked what the heck that meant, "Natural" boneless skinless chicken breasts, and the meat counter guy shrugged and said I dunno.

Neither could the manager tell me the difference or just what "Natural" means, so I assume, and I beleive correctly, that it's just another marketing gimmick.

Oh, and BTW, the "Natural" was price pointed right between regular and organic.

Marketing. We are marketed to every minute of every day, everything is. The sooner we realize this the better educated and wiser consumers we become. Everything and every time is designed to separate us from our money.
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I like the term "cage free eggs".

Of course they are, because why would you need to put an egg in a cage? So it doesn't roll away?