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The standard onion has an eight rating, while "[[sweet onion]]s" have a two or three rating on the scale. The lower the score or scale the more "sweet" the onions are rated. Anything less than five is considered a sweet onion.

The [[Vidalia onion]] variety is considered sweet and must have a score of 5.0 μmol/g_fw or less.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} The Supasweet onion (usually grown in [[Lincolnshire]], [[England]]) registers 1.5 to 2 on the scale. A standard brown onion is usually in the range of 6-76–7 out of 10.

Soil type, rain, and sunlight affect the pungency in onions and garlic and, therefore, their score on the pyruvate scale.

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== External links ==

{{Portal|Food}}

* [http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/indexNet.htm The National Organic Program] —— by the [[USDA]]{{Failed verification|date=January 2011}}

[[Category:Scales]]