Organic bread
Demeter Artisan 7 grain and seed, 800g, £2.99, available from Fresh & Wild, www.freshandwild.com.
Great loaf, healthy and full of goodness.
5/5
Waitrose wholemeal & seeded batch, 800g, £1.29.
Balanced seasoning with a nice hint of sweetness. A good GI bread.
4/5
Duchy Originals, 400g, £1.19, available from Waitrose.
Looks home-made but is dry and sticky. Needs something extra.
2/5
Asda wholemeal sliced, 800g, 53p.
Has a manufactured feel, but good to wean kids off whitebread.
2/5
Wholewheat loaf, 800g, £1.49, available from www.organicdelivery.co.uk.
Hard and boring. Seriously tough work to eat.
1/5
Organic cheddar
Daylesford, £19/kg, available from Fresh & Wild.
Creamy and nutty with a full-bodied tang. An almost perfect cheddar.
4/5
Marks & Spencer mature, £8.72/kg.
Strong flavour with unusual sweetness. A full, rounded cheese.
4/5
Lye Cross Farm mature, 245g, £2.77, available from www.organicdelivery.co.uk.
Nice flavour, but not crumbly enough.
3/5
Sainsbury's farmhouse mature, £7.89/kg.
Decent chalky texture, but pretty mediocre taste.
2/5
Tesco mature, £6.86/kg.
Very mild - not strictly mature. A good grating cheese.
1/5
Organic blackcurrant jam
Kitchen Preserves Extra Jam , 340g, £3.45, available from Graig Farm, www.graigfarm.co.uk.
The real thing - sweet with whole blackcurrants.
5/5
Meridian spread, 248g, £1.78, www.organicdelivery.co.uk.
A perfect amount of fruit. Nice lip-smacking quality.
4/5
Duchy Originals, 340g, £2.45, available from Waitrose.
A decent jam with tender fruit pieces. Slightly too sugary.
3/5
Waitrose soft set conserve, 340g, £1.59.
Very syrupy. Would work well as an ice-cream topping.
3/5
Tiptree reduced sugar jam, 340g £1.59, available from Fresh & Wild.
Tastes synthetic and pectin-loaded.
1/5
Organic breakfast cereal
Nature's Path mesa sunrise flakes, 300g, £2.20, available from Waitrose.
Lovely taste with pleasant hint of sweetness.
4/5
Whole Earth maple frosted flakes, 375g, £2.67, www.organicdelivery.co.uk.
Good as a snack.
3/5
Doves Farm cornflakes, 375g, £2.15, www.organicdelivery.co.uk.
Uniform commercial flakes.
Tesco cornflakes, 500g, £1.39.
Fairly tasteless - need sugar and full-fat milk.
2/5
Lima cornflakes, 375g, £1.99, available from Fresh & Wild.
Very pale flakes. Healthy, but not much fun to eat.
0/1
Organic chicken
Graig Farm fresh diced chicken, £12.28/kg.
Really flavoursome and juicy meat.
4/5
Sainsbury's drumsticks, £3.99/kg.
Really succulent with nice organic texture and taste.
3/5
Waitrose British mini fillets, £17.99/kg.
Looks and tastes like real meat and has a tasty natural sweetness.
3/5
M&S British mini fillets, £17.99/kg.
Very easy to overcook. Ideal for a stir-fry, as it desperately needs extra flavour.
2/5
Tesco fillets, £17.99/kg.
Pretty stringy, but moist.
2/5
Organic salmon
Tesco farmed fillets, 300g, £4.52.
Full of flavour, but with a questionable dark pink colouring.
4/5
Graig Farm Scottish farmed fillets, £20.21/kg.
Lean, with a genuine meaty flavour and nice texture.
4/5
Waitrose Irish farmed fillets, 265g, £4.99.
Again, very pink - I wonder what is in the salmon's feed? Still this has a good authentic taste.
3/5
Sainsbury's farmed fillets, 230g, £3.49.
Anaemic-looking with little flavour. Ideal for non-fish fans.
2/5
M&S farmed fillets, 530g, £9.99.
Insipid and pale. No classic salmon flavour.
1/5
Organic pasta sauce
Simply Organic tomato & basil, 300g, £1.99, available from Booths and Peckham's.
Good chunks of tomato. Needs a bit more seasoning.
4/5
Meridian tomato & herb pasta sauce, 440g, £1.55, available from www.goodnessdirect.co.uk.
Nice vegetable pieces, balanced seasoning.
4/5
Sainsbury's tomato & herb, 450g, £1.39.
A very manufactured taste but this has good-sized tomato chunks.
3/5
Go Organic Italian tomato & sweet basil, 250g, £2.13, available from www.organicdelivery.co.uk.
Thin, under-seasoned, bitter aftertaste.
3/5
Middle Earth Organics tomato & porcini mushroom, 300g, £3.49, available from Fresh & Wild.
The chef needs to go back to school. Very weird.
0/1
Organic plain chocolate
Dagoba eclipse, 56.7g, £2.89, available from Fresh & Wild.
Great texture, smooth and perfectly sweet.
5/5
Montezuma's very dark, 100g, £1.79, available from www.montezumas.co.uk.
Very rich with an interesting taste.
4/5
Green & Black's, 100g, £1.77, widely available.
Lovely melt-in-the-mouth texture.
4/5
ChocAID extra dark fair trade, 4x100g, £4.95, available from www.chocaid.com.
Although initially bitter, this has a nice consistency and a good hint of sweetness.
3/5
Tesco, 100g, 82p.
A bit cloying and bland. A non-offensive bar.
2/5
Organic apple juice
Luscombe Devon, 74cl, £2.85, available from Fresh & Wild.
Fresh, dry and sharp. Very nice, but I'm not sure children would enjoy it.
5/5
Grove Fresh, 1l, £2.84, available from www.organicdelivery.co.uk.
This has an authentic colour and a genuine flavour. Refreshing.
4/5
Sainsbury's pure, 1l, 98p.
This tastes like apple juice but is pretty standard.
3/5
Duchy Originals refresher, 750ml, £1.99, available from Waitrose.
Too sweet with odd lingering aftertaste.
2/5
Tesco pure, 1l, 99p
A very ordinary juice.
1/5
Organic red wine
M&S Mareante Hill Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot, 75cl, £6.99.
Blackcurrant and pepper scents. Needs to be accompanied by food.
4/5
Touchstone Syrah, 75cl, £7.61, available from Graig Farm.
Blackcurrants, blueberries, hints of pepper. Pleasant.
3/5
Bonterra Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, 75cl, £9.99, available from Fresh & Wild.
Earthy and smooth. A good beefy wine.
3/5
Penfold's Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Shiraz, 75cl, £9.49, available from Waitrose.
Quite rounded, rich fruit flavours, dry finish.
3/5
Calvet Reserve Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon, 75cl £6.99, available from Sainsbury's.
Tart and acidic - like you've just cleaned your teeth.
0/1
Organic white wine
Tesco Australian Chardonnay, 75cl, £5.19.
Good deep yellow colour. Peachy floral and sweet. Very easy to drink.
4/5
Sainsbury's Chardonnay Vin de Pays d'Oc, 75cl, £4.99.
A traditional French Chardonnay. A good quaffing wine.
4/5
M&S Mareante Hill Chardonnay, 75cl, £6.99.
Hints of oak and fruit. A New World wine that would go well with food.
3/5
Cuvée Nina Chardonnay, 75cl, £6.97, available from www.organicdelivery.co.uk.
A bit bland. The colour belies the taste.
1/5
Touchstone Sauvignon Blanc, 75cl, £6.99, available from Graig Farm.
Very pale and disappointing. Salty aftertaste.
0/1
