The Influence of Specific Food Labels on College-Aged Students Food Choices and Taste Preferences

2014 ◽  
Vol 114 (9) ◽  
pp. A89
Author(s):  
J. Tannehill ◽  
R. Tonnessen ◽  
J. Deinzer ◽  
P. Policastro
Keyword(s):  
Food Choices ◽  
Taste Preferences ◽  
Food Labels ◽  
Specific Food ◽  
College Aged Students

scholarly journals Nutritional Quality of Pasta Sold on the Italian Market: The Food Labelling of Italian Products (FLIP) Study

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Marika Dello Russo ◽  
Carmela Spagnuolo ◽  
Stefania Moccia ◽  
Donato Angelino ◽  
Nicoletta Pellegrini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salt Content ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Nutritional Composition ◽  
Food Labels ◽  
Nutrition Claims ◽  
Italian Market ◽  
Lower Protein ◽  
Fresh Pasta

Pasta represents a staple food in many populations and, in recent years, an increasing number of pasta items has been placed on the market to satisfy needs and trends. The aims of this work were: (i) to investigate the nutritional composition of the different types of pasta currently sold in Italy by collecting the nutrition facts on their packaging; (ii) to compare energy, nutrient and salt content per 100 g and serving in fresh and dried pasta; (iii) to compare the nutrition declaration in pairs of products with and without different declarations (i.e., gluten free (GF), organic, and nutrition claims (NC)). A total of 756 items, made available by 13 retailers present on the Italian market, were included in the analysis. Data showed a wide difference between dried and fresh pasta, with high inter-type variability. A negligible amount of salt was observed in all types of pasta, except for stuffed products, which had a median high quantity of salt (>1 g/100 g and ~1.5 g/serving). Organic pasta had higher fibre and lower protein contents compared to conventional pasta. GF products were higher in carbohydrate and fat but lower in fibre and protein than not-GF products, while only a higher fibre content was found in pasta with NC compared to products not boasting claims. Overall, the results show high variability in terms of nutrition composition among the pasta items currently on the market, supporting the importance of reading and understanding food labels for making informed food choices.

scholarly journals Consumer Seafood Waste and the Potential of a ‘Direct-from-Frozen’ Approach to Prevention

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2524
Author(s):  
Roni A. Neff ◽  
David C. Love ◽  
Katie Overbey ◽  
Erin Biehl ◽  
Jonathan Deutsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Taste Preferences ◽  
Waste Prevention ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Barriers To Adoption ◽  
Potential Barriers ◽  
Concept Model ◽  
Specific Food

Few food waste interventions focus on drivers distinct to particular food groups, such as seafood. Given suggestive evidence that seafood may be wasted at exceptionally high rates, and given its environmental, economic and nutritional value, this research provides insights into seafood-specific consumer food waste interventions. We performed three complementary sub-studies to examine consumer and retailer views regarding seafood waste and frozen seafood as well as perceptions of an intervention providing chef-created recipes to promote cooking frozen seafood without defrosting. The findings indicated an openness to a direct-from-frozen intervention among many consumers and retailers, and suggested seven potential barriers to adoption, along with ways to address them. Underlying the potential for this intervention, and more broadly contributing to addressing consumer seafood waste, the research formed the basis of a new “4 Ps” concept model to characterize the drivers of discarded seafood: proficiency, perceptions/knowledge, perishability, and planning/convenience. These factors shape waste through pathways that include behavioral protocols; taste preferences; waste-prevention efforts; and food safety concerns, precautions, and errors. This research suggested the benefit of testing a larger-scale direct-from-frozen intervention using insights from the concept model and, more broadly, the benefits of exploring approaches to food waste prevention rooted in specific food groups.

scholarly journals Perbedaan Pemilihan Makanan dan Faktor yang Berkaitan pada Remaja Putri di SMA Daerah Kota dan Kabupaten

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Ovi Eka Faradila ◽  
Mury Kuswari ◽  
Nazhif Gifari
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Actual Body ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Food Selection ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Size Difference ◽  
Food Labels ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge

<em>This study was aimed to analyze differences in food selection and factors related to adolescent girls in the urban and rural high schools. The sampling technique used is the sample size difference of 2 proportions. Data was collected by giving questionnaires to respondents which included food choices and its related factors such as social media, body image, nutritional knowledge, food labels, and peers. Body weight and height used to measure the anthropometric data. The statistical test used in this research was the t-test. There were no differences in food choices, use of social media, perception of actual body shape, perception of desired body shape, and perception of ideal body shape in urban and rural (p&gt; 0,05). There were differences in actual body shape with BMI, nutritional knowledge, understanding food labels , and peer influence in rural and urban (p &lt;0,05). Found differences in perceptions of actual body shape with BMI, nutritional knowledge, understanding food labels, and peer influence in urban and rural areas. There were no differences in food choices, but there were differences in factors related.</em>

scholarly journals Taste preferences, liking and other factors related to fruit and vegetable intakes among schoolchildren: results from observational studies

2008 ◽  
Vol 99 (S1) ◽  
pp. S7-S14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Brug ◽  
Nannah I. Tak ◽  
Saskia J. te Velde ◽  
Elling Bere ◽  
Ilse de Bourdeaudhuij
Keyword(s):  
Food Choice ◽  
Observational Studies ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Parental Influences ◽  
Taste Preferences ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Daily Intakes ◽  
Physical Environmental Factors

The present paper explores the relative importance of liking and taste preferences as correlates of fruit and vegetable (FV) intakes among schoolchildren in Europe. The paper first provides an overview of potential determinants of food choice among children and subsequently summarizes the results of two recent observational studies on determinants of FV intakes among school-aged children. It is proposed that taste preferences and liking are important for children's food choices as part of a broader spectrum of nutrition behaviour determinants. Taste preferences and liking are important for motivation to eat certain foods, but social-cultural and physical environmental factors that determine availability and accessibility of foods, as well as nutrition knowledge and abilities should also be considered.Study 1 shows that children with a positive liking for FV have a greater likelihood to eat fruits (odds ratio (OR) = 1·97) or vegetables (OR = 1·60) every day, while ability and opportunity related factors such as knowledge, self-efficacy, parental influences and accessibility of FV were also associated with likelihood of daily intakes (ORs between 1·16 and 2·75). These results were consistent across different countries in Europe. Study 2 shows that taste prerences were the stongest mediator of gender differences in FV intakes among children; the fact that girls eat more could for a large extend be explained by there stronger taste preferences.

scholarly journals Serving size on nutrition labeling for processed foods sold in Brazil: Relationship to energy value

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 741-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalie KLIEMANN ◽  
Marcela Boro VEIROS ◽  
David Alejandro GONZÁLEZ-CHICA ◽  
Rossana Pacheco da Costa PROENÇA
Keyword(s):  
Food Choices ◽  
Processed Foods ◽  
Nutrition Labeling ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Food Labels ◽  
Food Label ◽  
Energy Value ◽  
Label Information ◽  
Serving Sizes ◽  
Serving Size

ABSTRACT Objective: This study aimed to analyze serving sizes declared on food labels with respect to their conformity to Brazilian law, variability among similar foods, and relationship to energy values. Methods: Food label information from 24 groups of processed foods was collected in one supermarket in southern Brazil. Declared serving sizes were classified into five groups according to their level of compliance with those recommended by law: <70% and >130% inadequate and 70-99%, 100% and 101-130% adequate. Descriptive analyses, Spearman correlations, and Kruskal-Wallis tests were applied. Results: A total of 1,953 food products were analyzed, of which 72% reported serving sizes exactly equal to those recommended, and 14% fell within the acceptable 60% range established by law. Even though most foods complied with the law, there was a variation in declared serving sizes among similar foods, with the largest ranges observed for hamburger and meatballs (364 g). In addition, declared serving sizes were significantly and positively correlated to energy value in most food groups, revealing that smaller serving sizes may be used to report lower energy value. Conclusion: The 60% acceptable serving size range established by law may lead to a lack of serving size standardization and significant variability in declared energy values on labels. This can potentially make labels confusing when comparing similar products and thus affect food choices. It is necessary to revise Brazilian law so that serving sizes are standardized among similar foods in order to facilitate healthy food choices.

scholarly journals Perception of healthy and unhealthy food among Chinese adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kara Chan ◽  
Tommy Tse ◽  
Daisy Tam ◽  
Anqi Huang
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Unhealthy Food ◽  
Food Labels ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Health Consciousness ◽  
Second Tier ◽  
Group Interviews

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore snacking behavior and perspectives on healthy and unhealthy food choices among adolescents in Mainland China. Design/methodology/approach Four focus-group interviews were conducted. Altogether 24 participants were recruited in Changsha, a second-tier city in China, through a convenience sampling process. They were asked to report their snacking behaviors, identify whether certain snacks are healthy or unhealthy and elaborate on factors affecting food choices. Findings Snacking was prevalent among the participants. The most frequently consumed snacks included fruit, milk and instant noodles. Participants’ evaluations for the healthiness of foods were based on the actual nutritional values of those foods, the effects on growth and body weight and word-of-mouth. Choice of snack was driven mainly by taste, image, convenience and health consciousness. Research limitations/implications The finding was based on a non-probability sample. The paper also did not explore the contexts where snacks were consumed. Practical implications Parents can make healthy snacks more accessible at home and at schools. Educators can teach adolescents how to read food labels. Schools can increase the availability of healthy snacks on campus. Social marketers can promote healthy snacks by associating them with fun and high taste. Originality/value This is the first paper on snacking behaviors among adolescents conducted in a second-tier city in China using focus-group methodology.

Sex-specific Food Choices in Whiskered TernsChlidonias hybridaDuring Chick Rearing

Ardea ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Gwiazda ◽  
Mateusz Ledwoń
Keyword(s):  
Food Choices ◽  
Specific Food

The Influence of Meatless and Vegetarian Food Labels on Food Taste Perception in College-aged Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 116 (9) ◽  
pp. A60
Author(s):  
M. Devlin ◽  
S. Zois ◽  
R. Tonnessen ◽  
W. Cornelius ◽  
P. Policastro
Keyword(s):  
Taste Perception ◽  
Food Labels ◽  
College Aged Students

South African adult metropolitan consumers' opinions and use of health information on food labels

2013 ◽  
Vol 116 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena J.C. Bosman ◽  
Daleen Van der Merwe ◽  
Susanna M. Ellis ◽  
Johann C. Jerling ◽  
Jane Badham
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
South African ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Food Labels ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Important Health ◽  
Health Information Sources

Purpose – The globally recognised link between diet and health needs to be communicated to consumers to facilitate healthy food choices. Thus, this paper aims to determine South African (SA) metropolitan consumers' opinions and beliefs about the food-health link, as well as their opinions and use of health information on food labels. Design/methodology/approach – A cross-sectional study using fieldworker-administered questionnaires was conducted. Using stratified randomised sampling, 1,997 respondents were recruited. The data were weighted to represent the metropolitan SA adult population (n=10,695,000). Findings – Practically significantly more respondents agreed than disagreed there is a food-health link and that health messages on food labels are supported by scientific research. Respondents' opinions on health information on food labels were mostly positive, as confirmed by the average opinions for the different ethnic groups. The results identified a lack of interest, time and price concerns, and habitual purchasing as reasons for not reading food labels. Health-concerned respondents also considered labels as important health information sources. Practical implications – Consumer education on the food-health link and the use of health information on food labels should address the deficiencies identified through the opinions and use of food labels by these respondents. Originality/value – Representative results of SA metropolitan consumers in this study are significant since third world countries are burdened by various diseases and former studies only used limited-sized non-probability samples which could not be generalised.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document