Aim of the paper is to assess the perception of various aspects of food quality among consumers who purchase or do not purchase organic food. Purchasers at general food stores, specialty stores and farmer markets were surveyed by means of a questionnaire survey. Factors of food purchase decision-making and the importance of quality with regard to purchasing were analyzed. Consumers purchasing conventional food, unlike consumers purchasing organic food do not state that availability is the main criterion of purchase. Consumers purchasing significantly more often state that they place quality as the main criterion before price. They also consider freshness to be an important attribute of quality and pay less attention to the appearance of purchased organic food.