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Can you really notice a difference in grass fed butter/meat/milk?

>> No.10710273

>>10710269
As near as I can tell the only real difference between dairy is what kind of cow is used. Jersey milk is considerably better than normal.

>> No.10710304

>>10710269
Absoloutely yes. The diet of an animal has a massive impact on its taste.

That said, there are a lot of companies who exploit the laws regarding labeling of things like "pasture" and "grass fed", "cage free" and so on. Many of the products might legally qualify to be sold under a certain label but aren't much different from the standard. For example, I've bought eggs from Vital Farms--same brand as OP pic. They were labeled "cage free" but were hardly any different than normal eggs. The package also stated "vegetarian fed", so I assume the hens get the same industrial feed as battery hens. OTOH, the eggs I get from my neighbor--who has ~15 chickens on a whopping 11 acres--taste completely different.

tl;dr: yes, it matters. But beware of products that exploit legal loopholes to fake it.

>> No.10710309

>>10710269
Yes. Dairy and eggs are the number one noticeably different items when you go organic

>> No.10710417

yes. what are you, retarded?

>> No.10710437
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>>10710304
>Absoloutely yes. The diet of an animal has a massive impact on its taste.
This is absolutely true.
t.someone who has had pork fed on fish waste.

>> No.10710445

>>10710269
Yes. You are what you eat.

>> No.10710457

>>10710304
Yeah the cage free especially... to qualify as cage free they just have to not be technically locked in a cage, and have access to go outside. Thing is most chickens will not leave their nest when roosting so they never leave. As for the vegetarian feed... also correct.. that means they are feeding them the grains like every other industrial farm, instead of letting them run wild and eat the worms and insects they were designed to live on.

>> No.10710947

>>10710457
>cage free chickens
>packed like /deenz/ into a 10,000 sqft warehouse with a 1'x1' door with an illegal immigrant paid $5.00/hr holding a club standing outside beating them back in if they poke their beek outside

>> No.10711848

>>10710947
lol

>> No.10713861

>>10710269
my wallet notices the difference

>> No.10713868

>>10710437
did the pork tast like shit or just had a noticeably different flavour?