British Food Journal: Volume 116 Issue 12

Availability, cost and nutritional composition of gluten-free products

Amanda Bagolin do Nascimento, Giovanna Medeiros Rataichesck Fiates, Adilson dos Anjos, Evanilda Teixeira

A gluten-free diet is the only possible treatment for coeliac disease, but studies about the nutritional content of gluten-free products and coeliac individual's diet quality are…

Parents’ experiences with hiding vegetables as a strategy for improving children's diets

Melanie Pescud, Simone Pettigrew

– The purpose of this paper is to explore the practice of hiding vegetables among low socioeconomic parents.

Assessing the organic potential of urban Indian consumers

Neena Sondhi

– The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential for the purchase of organic food products amongst urban Indian consumers.

Food choice motives of different ethnics and the foodies segment in Kuala Lumpur

Amrul Asraf Mohd-Any, Nurul Shahnaz Mahdzan, Chua Siang Cher

The purpose of this paper is to explore the food choice motives of consumers in Kuala Lumpur and the relative importance of these factors; to investigate the differences in food…

A comparative study on urban and rural households preferences of fresh mutton meat consumption (a case study in eastern region of Turkey-Heckman Model)

Ahmet Sahin, İbrahim Yıldırım, Ahmet Deniz

– The purpose of this paper is to perform a comparative assessment of the urban and rural households’ preferences of fresh mutton meat consumption in Hakkari, Turkey.

Labelling fish products to fulfil Norwegian consumers’ needs for information

Themistoklis Altintzoglou, Bjørg Helen Nøstvold

– The purpose of this paper is to examine how Norwegian consumers consider information during making the decision to buy and consume fish products.

Social representation of new foods among European students

Jaana-Piia Mäkiniemi, Anna Bäckström, Salla Ahola, Michelle Pieri, Anna-Maija Pirttilä-Backman

The purpose of this paper is to measure how three components of social representations (SRs) of new foods, Adherence to technology, Adherence to natural food, and Food as…

Social representations of healthy and unhealthy food built by Romanian and Canadian children

Cristina Grabovschi, Milton N. Campos

The purpose of this paper is to examine the social representations (SRs) of healthy and unhealthy food built by three groups of children from different cultural backgrounds. The…

Extra-virgin olive oil production sustainability in northern Italy: a preliminary study

Davide Menozzi

Sustainability of the origin-based production and promotion system of a geographical indication (GI) depends on the remuneration from the market and the local resources…

Market chain insights created by empirical modelling of inputs to the UK nut market

David L. McNeil

The purpose of this paper is to characterise across all nuts UK market imports and determine the relative importance of an overall price/quantity relationship to the importance of…

SWOT analysis of the truffles market in Greece

Vaia Tsitsipati, Christodoulou Athanasios

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the suitability of Greece as a possible market for truffles. Primary data were collected and analysed in a systematic and detailed way…

Organic products in Brazil: from an ideological orientation to a market choice

Dionéia Dalcin, A^ngela R. Leal de Souza, João B. de Freitas, Ântonio D. Padula, Homero Dewes

– The purpose of this paper is to analyse the evolution of the production and commercialisation of organic products in Brazil since 1980.

Brazilian parents’ perceptions of children's influence on family food purchases

Camila Dallazen, Giovanna Medeiros Rataichesck Fiates

– Qualitatively ascertain perceptions of parents regarding their children's influence on family food purchases. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

A hazard analysis methodology for the South African abattoir hygiene management system

Reuben Govender

Hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) systems facilitate a preventative and systematic approach to control food safety hazards through critical control points (CCPs)…

Application of the viable system model in a complex sugarcane supply chain

Sandra Hildbrand, Shamim Bodhanya

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the viable system model (VSM) as a valuable tool to the food industry. A sugarcane supply chain was used to evaluate VSM's applicability…

Sustainability and quality in the food supply chain. A case study of shipment of edible oils

Riccardo Manzini, Riccardo Accorsi, Ziad Ayyad, Alessandra Bendini, Marco Bortolini, Mauro Gamberi, Enrico Valli, Tullia Gallina Toschi

Modern supply chains collect and deliver products worldwide and link vendors and consumers over thousands of miles. In the food industry, the quality of products is affected by…