Organic Tomatoes Have More Vitamin C And Sugars Than Fruit That
Is Grown Conventionally Public Library of Science Tomatoes grown
on organic farms accumulate higher concentrations of sugars,
vitamin C and compounds associated with oxidative stress
compared to those grown on conventional farms, according to
research published February 20 in the open access journal PLOS
ONE by Maria Raquel Alcantara Miranda and colleagues from the
Federal University of Ceara, Brazil. In their study, the
researchers compared the weights and biochemical properties of
tomatoes from organic and conventional farms. They found that
tomatoes grown on organic farms were approximately 40% smaller
than those grown by conventional techniques, and they also
accumulated more compounds linked to stress resistance.
According to the authors, organic farming exposes plants to
greater stress than conventional farming. They suggest that this
increased stress may be the reason organic tomatoes had higher
levels sugars, vitamin C and pigment molecul