>>511414446>I'm a European supremacist and I don't mind buying "foreign" E.U. productsIt depends. On things like season.
For a lot of things, which have shorted shelf life, and are transported smaller distances, taste can be better. Because variety are selected for better taste, not that it gets capacity to transport for thousands of kilometers.
Lets say, strawberries. Varieties (cultivars?) which are used in Greece for export, they produce berries with strong, somehow sourer strawberries. Which is fine, if at time there is no other available. In summer, then there comes also polish ones, which often have better taste and aroma, but are more soft, and harder to transport larger distances.
When season came here, you can find strawberies which are grown locally, and some of those are super tasty and arromatic. But terrible at transportation. Sometimes in farm markets you can see them, as small berries with smashed-ish look. But very, very intense aroma, and heavenly taste.
Similarly with tomatoes. Heirloom tomatoes, which have rich taste, those usually are harder to transport and store.