British Food Journal: Volume 119 Issue 2

Do labels influence purchase decisions of food products? Study of young consumers of an emerging market

Niraj Kumar, Sanjeev Kapoor

The purpose of this paper is to study the usage and influence of food labels by the young consumers of an emerging market where food labeling regulation is comparatively recent…

Accuracy of nutrition labels of pre-packaged foods in Malaysia

Sing Chuan Kok, Che Wan Jasimah Mohamed Radzi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the prepackaged foods in Malaysia are able to provide credible nutrition labels for consumers and how many prepackaged foods do…

The influence of consumers’ self-perceived health status and need for cognition on food-product evaluation

Hung-Chou Lin, Li-Chin Shih, Hung-Ming Lin

The purpose of this paper is to examine the underlying mechanisms of how consumers respond to health-claim framing via experimental design.

Consumers’ awareness and perceptions regarding functional dairy products in Iran: A qualitative research

Marjan Bazhan, Nastaran Keshavarz-Mohammadi, Hedayat Hosseini, Naser Kalantari

Functional dairy products market has been growing steadily in Iran. Awareness and perception related to these products has an important role in consumers’ acceptance and…

Gastronomic festivals: attitude, motivation and satisfaction of the tourist

Tomás López-Guzmán, Claudia Patricia Uribe Lotero, Jesús Claudio Pérez Gálvez, Ingrid Ríos Rivera

The purpose of this paper is the segmentation of the tourists who visit a gastronomic festival in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, in accordance with their perceptions with respect…

Tie strength, green expertise, and interpersonal influences on the purchase of organic food in an emerging market

Sheng-Hsiung Chang, Chin-Wen Chang

Set in an emerging economy context, the purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of green consumers’ purchase behavior on organic food by analyzing the impact of…

Sensory optimization of nutritionally enriched strawberry yogurt

Bruna Teodoro Barbosa, Jéssica Ferreira Rodrigues, Sabrina Carvalho Bastos

People are increasingly concerned about food and health and are seeking enriched products. One way to add nutritional value to yogurt consists of the addition of nutritional…

Influence of storage time and packaging on the sensory profile of functional diet guava preserve

Karina Scatolino Mesquita, Vanessa Rios de Souza, Jéssica Ferreira Rodrigues, Camila Carvalho Menezes, Soraia Vilela Borges, João de Deus Souza Carneiro, Ana Carla Marques Pinheiro

People are increasingly concerned about food and health and seek for functional and sugar-free products. However, there are technological challenges when adding functional…

A preliminary study on the quality and safety of street-vended warankasi (a Nigerian soft white cheese) from Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria

Samuel Ayofemi Olalekan Adeyeye

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the quality and safety of street-vended warankasi, a Nigerian soft white cheese.

Effects of Persian gum and gum Arabic on the survival of Lactobacillus plantarum PTCC 1896, Escherichia coli, Xanthomonas axonopodis, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae during freeze drying

Elyas Mohammadi-Gouraji, Mahmoud Sheikh-Zeinoddin, Sabihe Soleimanian-Zad

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the protective effects of Persian gum and gum Arabic on the survival of Lactobacillus plantarum subsp. plantarum PTCC 1896, Escherichia…

Does electrolyzed water have different sanitizing effects than sodium hypochlorite on different vegetable types?

Se-Young Ju, Jin-Ju Ko, Hee-Sun Yoon, Su-Jin Seon, Yu-Ri Yoon, Da-In Lee, So-Yeon Kim, Hye-Ja Chang

The purpose of this paper is to examine the efficacy of microbial elimination using different sanitizers in raw vegetables (cherry tomatoes, spring onions, Chinese chives, and…

Determinants of the food safety knowledge and practice among Iranian consumers: A population-based study from northwest of Iran

Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Leila Nikniaz, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Zeinab Nikniaz

The purpose of this paper is to determine the food safety knowledge and practices of the Iranian consumers and also its association with socio-demographic characteristics.

Organic and conventional milk – insight on potential differences

Nada Smigic, Ilija Djekic, Igor Tomasevic, Nikola Stanisic, Aleksandar Nedeljkovic, Verica Lukovic, Jelena Miocinovic

The purpose of this paper is to investigate if there is a difference in hygiene parameters of raw milk produced in organic and conventional farm of similar size. In parallel, the…

The microbiological quality of Slovenian raw milk from vending machines and their hygienic-technical conditions

Karmen Godic Torkar, Andrej Kirbiš, Stanka Vadnjal, Majda Biasizzo, An Galicic, Mojca Jevšnik

The purpose of this paper is to study the microbiological quality of raw milk delivered by 17 vending machines (VM) owned by different Slovenian milk producers.

Identifying critical risk practices among street food handlers

Alekhya Sabbithi, S.G.D.N. Lakshmi Reddi, R. Naveen Kumar, Varanasi Bhaskar, G.M. Subba Rao, Sudershan Rao V.

The purpose of this paper is to identify and prioritize the key food safety practices among street food handlers that lead to microbial contamination in selected street foods of…

Are restaurant menus vectors of bacterial cross-contamination? A pilot study in Turkey

Saniye Bilici, Hande Mortas, Süleyman Köse, Semra Navruz Varli, Büsra Ayhan

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the hygiene of laminated menus.

Future professional food handlers’ perspectives towards food safety

Andrej Ovca, Mojca Jevšnik, Peter Raspor

The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into various food safety aspects of future professional food handlers, representing different professions in the food supply chain…

Nutrition label experience and consumption of transitional foods among a nationwide cohort of 42,750 Thai adults

Wimalin Rimpeekool, Martyn Kirk, Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Cathy Banwell, Sam-ang Seubsman, Adrian Sleigh

The purpose of this paper is to assess the usefulness of nutrition labels in Thailand during nutrition transition from traditional to modern diets that increase salt, sugar, and…