Does Organic Taste Better? Ask the Hamster.

Hamsters are possibly one of the saddest creatures on earth. Once proud burrowers of the Syrian Desert, these fuzzy creatures now endure a life of plastic tubes, exercise balls, and cedar chips. When I was a child I had a hamster named Linda. Not only was he cursed with a woman’s name, his teeth grew too quickly and his life ended in misery—a trauma for us both, I believe. You see? Sad.

But there are a few hamsters that have been dealt a winning hand. Hamsters who are fed well, and repay society through the use of their “superior palates.” Hammy is one such hamster.

Hammy works in co-operation with folks from the website Cooks Den.com. They’ve apparently been mulling over the question: “Does organic really taste better?” Not trusting their own flawed human sense of taste, they turned to Hammy, who graciously agreed to undergo hours of rigorous taste testing. Luckily, the tests were filmed.

The results of Hammy’s work? Organic wins—being chosen 31 times to the conventional food’s 18.

So rest assured that organic does taste better. Seriously. Just stifle the nagging sensation you have that maybe random hamster testing isn’t the best way to determine tastiness, and revel in cute, furry, assurance. Do it for the Linda’s of the world.

More (including stats and the cutest outtake reel ever) can be found here.