Organic consumer goods have taken over the market in the past few years. With renewed attention being paid to our health and immunity during the pandemic, city folk have been focused on consuming organic products like never before. Growing awareness has contributed to this shift, but with a million options in front of us, do we really understand what does organic mean? which products are actually beneficial for us?

As per the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), organic is defined as, ‘products of holistic agricultural practice using chemical-free fertilizers and pesticides.’ We spoke to Mumbai-based Clinical Nutritionist Karena Adnani to better understand the role of organic foods in our diets.  “There appears to be little variation between organic and conventional food products in terms of macro nutritional value (protein, fat, carbohydrate, and dietary fibre). There are other compounding factors (apart from organic v/s non- organic) such as weather conditions, time of harvest, handling of crops, natural variations in production that decide the quality of the food produce, which most of the time is not taken into consideration, “explained Karena.