Following preliminary screening and feeding trials on farms supplying a commercialabattoir, 360 entire male used to evaluate the effects of different percentages of chicory(Cidhorium intybus L) on levels of boar taint compounds and sensory chicory in the diet. 30 pigs being sampled at 3 different times: initially to measure basal levels of skatole and androstenone and after 1 and 2 weeks on the test diets. Cooked samples of backfat were presented to a trained sensory panel for"sniff" tests. Chicory fed at 9 for 2 weeks reduced skatole levels significantly(P