Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXIII, Issue 1
Written by Paula Ionela NĂSTASE, Maria TOADER, Gheorghe Valentin ROMAN
Consumer demand for the quality of agricultural products has grown constant in recent decades, representing a set of particularities: hygiene (or sanitary), nutritional and dietetic, organoleptic, use (ease of preparation and preservation), regulatory (compliance with the rules in force), commercial. The quality of an organic product must meet all these requirements and is subject to strict regulations regarding the conditions of production, processing and marketing. In this context, the present paper presents the results of the quality analyses performed on the common wheat produced in organic farming in Romania, regarding: the content in pesticide residues, nitrates and nitrites, mycotoxins, as well as the nutritional quality (content in carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, ash, fibres, energy value). The results illustrated the absence of toxic compounds and that this product meets the requirements of FAO quality standards in terms of biochemical components and nutritional value.
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