Taste Test

Last Saturday, I had the chance to go do some organic grocery shopping, purchasing organic salad, vanilla creme cookies, cereal, pasta, peanut butter to do a taste comparison between them and the ordinary brand.

The organic products were purchased at Safeway and it's their new organic brand (fortunately, they gave away coupons so it made it friendlier for the purse).

Here's the result:
1) O's vanilla creme cookies---compared to Oreos cookies
Price-wise, both cookies are similar (although I ended up paying $1 less for the organic brand, thanks to the coupon). To my surprise, the taste is VERY SIMILAR. Tasty. Tasty. So if you'd want to start "green," I'd probably suggest trying the cookies first. :)
2) O's multi-grain fruit flavored cereal---compared to Kellog's
Although the price is comparable (without coupon), unfortunately, the O's brand is definitely not as tasty as the Kellog's sugar-infused one. Sure, the O cereal is supposedly healthier for you, but it has a really unusual taste to them, a little gritty, although the texture is fine. I really think they need to improve on the taste arena.
3) O's wheat-based multi-grain pasta---compared to ordinary pasta (Barillo's)
Okay. Again, the organic ones are still behind on the taste despite that it's healthier. Tip: Boil the wheat pasta longer than ordinary pasta to get to the al dente stage. The taste of wheat pasta is different, unusual, but still very much edible.
4) O's peanut butter---compared to Jiffy's
Hands down to Jiffy's. I still can't get used to organic peanut butter for the life of me. The oil still bothers me very much.
5) O's salad---compared to ordinary salad
This is a no-brainer, for those who haven't tried organic produce, they should definitely try. With organic salad, you notice the freshness and crispness of the taste. It's just a really really good salad.

Well, that's about it for now. I will definitely keep on trying out new organic products as they come out on the market, with consideration to our budget (--with coupons and such) until we find stuffs that the whole family love and enjoy (ex: vanilla creme cookies!!).

Have a good day everyone!

Love,
Tracy