British Food Journal: Volume 125 Issue 3

Consumers' preferences for low-priced wines' packaging alternatives: the influence of consumption occasion, gender, and age

Claudio Aqueveque

The purpose of this paper is to investigate buyers' perceptions and preferences for three different packaging formats of low-priced wines existing in the Chilean market: Brick…

Food price inflation convergence: an international study from 2000–2020

Xuecheng Fan, Xinxin Wang, Zeshui Xu, Marinko Skare

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the food price inflation convergence across countries and regions. This study aims to identify the key drivers for food price inflation…

Organic food market segmentation based on the neobehavioristic theory of consumer behavior

Amirhossein Tohidi, Seyedehmona Mousavi, Arash Dourandish, Parisa Alizadeh

Although Iran is one of the largest producers and exporters of saffron in the world, the organic saffron market in Iran is still in its early stages, and there is scarce empirical…

Distinctive phenolic accumulation response to temperature-induced by row orientation of two field-grown Vitis vinifera cultivars

Haining Yin, Hui Zhang, Zhumei Xi

Phenolic compounds play a critical role in grape quality, and their content is strongly influenced by bunch zone temperature during the ripening period. The mechanism of…

Meal preparation behaviour and obesity: time spent cooking in the Czech Republic

Tereza Pilarova, Miroslava Bavorova, Lucie Vokáčová, Sven Gruener

The objective of this explorative study was to analyse the association of socio-economic factors and attitudes towards cooking with the time devoted to home meals cooking in the…

The role of cultural identity in acceptance of wine innovations in wine regions

Eva Reinares-Lara, Jorge Pelegrín-Borondo, Cristina Olarte-Pascual, Gwenaelle Oruezabala

Wine culture is an increasingly important reality for the development of wine regions that can foster a sense of cultural identity (CI). With the aim of guiding marketing in the…

Do normative triggers and motivations influence the intention to purchase organic food? An application of the goal-framing theory

Kamran Khan, Irfan Hameed, Umair Akram, Syed Karamatullah Hussainy

Human health, food safety and environmental concerns are growing issues for policymakers, firms and the general public. Food without chemicals and pesticides is healthy for the…

Food selection behaviour of university students with food allergies and celiac disease

Zainab Laheri, Jan Mei Soon, Stephanie Dillon

Food allergies (FA) and celiac disease (CD) are becoming increasingly prevalent among Late Adolescents (LA) (18–24 years). This period is a challenging developmental stage…

Using the extended parallel process model (EPPM) to explore US consumers' dining behaviors during COVID-19

Bingjie Liu-Lastres, Han Wen

The purpose of this study was to examine consumers' dining behaviors and explore their decision-making process when dining out during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The effects of puffery in food packaging on consumers' responses via persuasion knowledge: role of food type and picture type

Li-Shia Huang, Wan-Ju Huang, Yu-Han Wu

Food packaging pictures are one of the most important extrinsic cues for consumers to evaluate food products before purchasing. Over the past decades, marketers have used…

Effect of varied spray drying parameters on physicochemical, micrometric and microstructural characteristics of pear powder employing response surface approach

Gousia Gani, Haroon Naik, Tawheed Amin, Nusrat Jan, Syed Zameer Hussain, Omar Bashir, Abida Jabeen

Currently, there is a great demand for those food products that are easy to prepare or ready for direct consumption. Making pear fruit/juice available round the year is desirous…

Understanding the perception of edible insects

Christiano França da Cunha, Maurilio Barbosa de Oliveira da Silva, Thelma Lucchese Cheung

Edible insects are increasingly recognized as great food resources of the future. Entomophagy, the practice of eating insects, has a predicted market by 2030 of nearly $8 billion…

Understanding consumers' intention to revisit bubble tea stores: an application of the theory of planned behaviour

Kian Yeik Koay, Chee Wei Cheah

Although the bubble tea market has been growing rapidly in recent years, not many studies have been conducted to understand why consumers revisit bubble tea stores. This study…

Examining ecological strategies adopted by agricultural exporting firms in an emerging country

Binh Do, Ninh Nguyen, Hoang Nguyen, Xinru (Angie) Jiang

The rising food demand around the globe goes hand in hand with the rapid development of the agriculture industry. However, this development at the same time has detrimental…

Antecedents of obesity among Indian youth: from consumer psychological and lifestyle perspective

Ranjan Chaudhuri, Sheshadri Chatterjee, Alkis Thrassou, Demetris Vrontis

The purpose of this study is to determine the antecedents of obesity among the younger generation of Indians (Generation Y) from a psychological and lifestyle consumer…

Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on consumers’ food label reading behaviours and trust in food label information

Gizem Aytekin Sahin, Fatma Hazan Gul

There are many studies investigating people’s eating habits during the COVID-19 period, and people have been encouraged to eat healthier. Healthy nutrition is made possible by…

Food literacy as a resilience factor in response to health-related uncertainty

Maria Gianni, Antonella Reitano, Marco Fazio, Athanasia Gkimperiti, Nikolaos Karanasios, David W. Taylor

During the Covid-19 pandemic, people were deprived of their freedom, unable to engage in physical and social activities, and worried about their health. Uncertainty, insecurity…

Circularity of food systems: a review and research agenda

Paola De Bernardi, Alberto Bertello, Canio Forliano

The purpose of this paper is to appraise and evaluate empirical research on circular economy in food systems, consolidating the existing knowledge and identifying shortcomings in…

Perceived barriers towards whole grain consumption among the Malaysian adult population: findings from a theory-based qualitative study

Danaselvam Ugunesh, Ching Sin Siau, Mohd Nor Ahmar Bin Mohd Sanip, Hui Chin Koo

The paper aimed to explore the factors leading to lower rates of whole grain consumption amongst the Malaysian adult population according to the Reasoned Action Approach (RAA…

A holistic approach to pressure almond oil production

Jose María Roncero Heras, Manuel Alvarez-Ortí, Arturo Pardo-Giménez, Adrián Rabadán, José Emilio Pardo, Alicia Roncero

Almond oil is a gourmet product with functional food characteristics owing to its high almond oil content and high nutritional quality. One of the primary constraints on its…

Australian parents' and children's food-related interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Janandani Nanayakkara, Gail Boddy, Gozde Aydin, Krupa Thammaiah Kombanda, Christel Larsson, Anthony Worsley, Claire Margerison, Alison O. Booth

During the COVID-19 pandemic people worldwide in the same household spent more time together and school children engaged in remote learning throughout extended lockdowns and…