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Research urged to determine clear-cut benefits of organic foods

By Jane Byrne

Questions remain over whether organic foods are anyway superior to their conventional counterparts in terms of health promoting compounds, safety and sensory quality, or if no significant difference exists, find Irish researchers in a new meta-analysis.

Texture not flavour determines satiety, says study

By Nathan Gray

The perceived texture, but not flavour or method of consumption, has a modest but ‘highly consistent’ effect on satiety expectations of dairy products, according to new research.