British Food Journal: Volume 120 Issue 7

Studies on the potential application of various blends of essential oils as antioxidant and antimicrobial preservatives in emulsion based chicken sausages

Heena Sharma, Sanjod K. Mendiratta, Ravi Kant Agrawal, Suman Talukder, Sudheer Kumar

Oxidative rancidity is a major problem in chicken meat because of its higher content of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Besides this, microbial contamination is also one of the major…

Olive oil consumption: a preliminary study on Brazilian consumers

Fabio Antonialli, Daniel Leite Mesquita, Gustavo Clemente Valadares, Daniel Carvalho de Rezende, Adelson Francisco de Oliveira

The purpose of this paper is to propose an initial step for understanding the sensory perception and purchase intent of Brazilian olive oil consumers. It also investigates the…

Combining means-end chain analysis and goal-priming to analyze Tanzanian farmers’ motivations to invest in quality seed of new potato varieties

Julius J. Okello, C.J. Lagerkvist, Rogers Kakuhenzire, Monica Parker, Elmar Schulte-Geldermann

Potato is a major food staple in Africa, but its production is constrained by poor quality of seed. A recent private–public partnership in Tanzania resulted in introduction of new…

Classification of pork quality by hierarchical cluster analysis

Robledo de Almeida Torres Filho, Vanelle Maria da Silva, Lorena Mendes Rodrigues, Paulo Rogério Fontes, Alcinéia de Lemos Souza Ramos, Eduardo Mendes Ramos

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the classification ability of pork quality by cluster analysis in relation to reference criteria proposed in the literature. Verify if…

Characterization of extended-spectrum and CMY-2 ß-lactamases, and associated virulence genes in Escherichia coli from food of animal origin in México

Edwin Barrios-Villa, Gerardo Cortés-Cortés, Patricia Lozano Zarain, Sergio Romero-Romero, Norarizbeth Lara Flores, Vanesa Estepa, Sergio Somalo, Carmen Torres, Rosa del Carmen Rocha-Gracia

Broad-spectrum cephalosporin resistance is rapidly increasing in Escherichia coli, representing a food safety problem. The purpose of this paper is to characterize eight…

Adaptation of the Food Choice Questionnaire: the case of Hungary

Zoltán Szakály, Enikő Kontor, Sándor Kovács, József Popp, Károly Pető, Zsolt Polereczki

The purpose of this paper is to examine the applicability of the original 36-item Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) model developed by Steptoe et al. (1995) in Hungary.

Influence of sensory attributes on consumers’ emotions and hedonic liking of chocolate

Joachim J. Schouteten, Sara De Pelsmaeker, Joel Juvinal, Sofie Lagast, Koen Dewettinck, Xavier Gellynck

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of sensory attributes of milk chocolate on consumers’ emotions and their hedonic ratings using three commercial brands of…

Household food waste quantification: comparison of two methods

Mathilde Delley, Thomas A. Brunner

The purpose of this paper is to quantify household food waste by using two different methods. A comparison of the results highlights a divergence between the perceived…

Development of probiotic yogurt by incorporation of milk protein concentrate (MPC) and ‎microencapsulated Lactobacillus paracasei ‎ in gellan-caseinate mixture

Ehsan Moghaddas Kia, Zahra Ghasempour, Soheila Ghanbari, Rasool Pirmohammadi, Ali Ehsani

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate effects of simultaneous supplementation of milk protein concentrate (MPC) as texture modifier and microencapsulated Lactobacillus paracasei…

The export competitiveness of Italian coffee roasting industry

Federica Pascucci

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the competitive position of Italian roasting firms in the international market, thus developing a multidimensional framework for measuring…

Bottled mineral water: classic and temporal descriptive sensory analysis associated with liking

Marcelo H.S. Pacheco, Erick Almeida Esmerino, Carla S.C. Capobiango, Adriano G. Cruz, Ludmila Salerno Leddomado, Tatiana Colombo Pimentel, Irineu Machado Benevides Filho, Monica Queiroz de Freitas

The purpose of this paper is to determine the classic (static) and dynamic sensory profile of different bottled mineral water samples, and to evaluate the consumer’s liking of the…

Antecedents of pregnant women’s purchase intentions and willingness to pay a premium for organic food

Faruk Anıl Konuk

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of health consciousness, environmental concern and customer innovativeness on pregnant women’s purchase intentions and…

Evaluating cabin crew food safety training using the Kirkpatrick model: an airlines’ perspective

Ayman Safi Abdelhakim, Eleri Jones, Elizabeth C. Redmond, Christopher J. Griffith, Mahmoud Hewedi

The purpose of this paper is to explore the evaluation of cabin crew food safety training using the Kirkpatrick model.

Simple tests as tools for vital wheat gluten evaluation

Fernanda Ortolan, Karoline Urbano, Caroline Joy Steel

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the viscoelastic quality of commercial vital wheat glutens from different origins (A and B) through simple tests, and correlate these…

Motives for buying local, organic food through English box schemes

Shadi Hashem, Giuseppina Migliore, Giorgio Schifani, Emanuele Schimmenti, Susanne Padel

The purpose of this paper is to explain the growing interest of English consumers in local organic food sold through box schemes, by providing insights into the motives of…

Price-based quality inferences for insects as food

Sebastian Berger, Fabian Christandl, Christina Schmidt, Christian Baertsch

Entomophagy (i.e. human insect consumption) is seen as one promising route to substantially reduce food-related carbon footprints as insects can be produced at a fraction of the…

Corporate food donations: altruism, strategy or cost saving?

Sedef Sert, Paola Garrone, Marco Melacini, Alessandro Perego

The purpose of this paper is to enhance the understanding of motives behind corporate giving and at finding out whether and when operational efficiency plays a major role in the…

Understanding the motives of consumers of mezcal in Mexico

Carolina Andrea López-Rosas, Angélica Espinoza-Ortega

The purpose of this paper is to characterize the consumers of mezcal in México based on their motivations, identifying different groups of consumers and their demographic…

Urban Indian adolescents practise unhealthy dietary behaviours

Neha Rathi, Lynn Riddell, Anthony Worsley

The rising prevalence of obesity among Indian adolescents has underscored the need to develop effective strategies to reduce this epidemic. The purpose of this paper is to assess…

Demand for pesticide-free, cisgenic food? Exploring differences between consumers of organic and conventional food

Anna Kristina Edenbrandt

The purpose of this paper is to explore the consumer acceptance of foods that are pesticide-free while obtained by cisgenics, a form of genetic modification that only allows gene…