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Tomatoes get flavor boost from green bin compost

Blind tests found FOGO-treated tomatoes were sweeter and more aromatic, with higher sugar levels and lower malic acid, researchers said.

Summary by Phys.org
Commercially farmed tomatoes taste sweeter when food and garden waste compost is added to their soil, a University of Queensland study has found. Researchers in the School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability grew tomatoes in southeast Queensland with and without the compost and put the resulting crops through chemical and sensory analysis.

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