01.Introduction
In brief
- Paying extra for an organic or free-range chicken may have other benefits, but it won’t necessarily buy you a tastier chook to roast for dinner.
- Free-range and organic chickens are reared with more space and access to the open air, but these differences aren’t enough to give them more flavour.
For a special family occasion there’s nothing like a roast chicken dinner with baked pumpkin and crunchy roast potatoes.
So what’s the tastiest chicken? Do the more expensive organic and free-range chooks really taste better than standard factory-farmed ones?
To find out, CHOICE bought the different brands and types of chicken widely available in the big supermarkets. A chef roasted the chickens and we asked four food experts to tell us how they rated for flavour.
Please note: this information was current as of March 2008 but is still a useful guide today.
Video: Free-range taste test
Can you actually taste the difference between a free-range chicken and a battery-raised bird?
6 Mar 2007
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Free-range can mean a variety of things — the only common bottom line is that the general welfare requirements under state-based animal welfare acts and codes must be met.
17 Jul 2007
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Not too long ago you had to go to special shops if you wanted organic food. Now you can find plenty in supermarkets, but mostly you’ll pay a pretty high premium over the cost of standard produce. Is it really worth it?
5 Dec 2012
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We compare over 48 ovens, with and without self-cleaning features, priced from $629 to $3999.
13 Mar 2007
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We wanted to compare the vitamin levels in a range of fresh raw, fresh cooked, frozen and canned vegies to see which were more nutritious.