scholarly journals Comparison of meat products’ composition bearing/not-bearing claims marketed in the Czech Republic

2011 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavla Steinhauserová ◽  
Irena Řehůřková ◽  
Jiří Ruprich
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Salt Content ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Health Claims ◽  
Health Claim ◽  
Legal Requirements ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Nutrition Claims ◽  
Reduced Fat ◽  
Fat Reduction

The aim of this study was to analyse the occurrence and specific composition of meat products (MPs) bearing nutrition/health claims marketed in the Czech Republic. MPs were analysed for fat content, fatty acids (FA) composition and sodium (Na) content. The compliance with legal requirements (Regulation EC No 1924/2006) and information stated on the product was checked.This study is the first one in the Czech Republic dealing with this issue. Among hundreds of marketed MPs, we observed only a limited number of MPs bearing claims. We analysed and compared chemical composition of 12 MPs bearing nutrition claims to 5 identical brand products without any claim. None of the claims dealt with reduced amount of Na/salt content and none was evaluated as an explicit health claim. Most of the mentioned nutrition claims were declared as “Fit, Fitness, Light, Wellness, With low/reduced fat”. Only one claim mentioned “ω3 FA addition”. All analytical results, except one product with claim “Low/reduced fat” or “Light” (if connected with fat reduction), corresponded to the legal requirements and information stated on the product. Three statements on the products associated with Na/salt content did not correspond to the amount measured in the sample. When comparing MPs “with” and “without” nutrition claim, lightly reduced fat or added amount of ω3 FA was recognized only in one product with claim. Other indicators, such as Na/salt content, better FA profile or more evident fat reduction were not found. The results of our study show that claims such as “Healthier, Fit, Fitness or Wellness” may be considered as somewhat misleading for consumers.

scholarly journals Consumers’ Trade-Off between Nutrition and Health Claims under Regulation 1924/2006: Insights from a Choice Experiment Analysis

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosaria Viscecchia ◽  
Giuseppe Nocella ◽  
Biagia De Devitiis ◽  
Francesco Bimbo ◽  
Domenico Carlucci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Health Claims ◽  
Omega 3 ◽  
Health Claim ◽  
Nutrition Claims ◽  
Marketing Segmentation ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Heterogeneity Of Preferences

The aim of this paper is to investigate consumers’ preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for functional mozzarella cheese whose health benefits (reduced fat and enrichment in omega-3) are communicated by using nutrition claims (article 8) and health claims (articles 13 and 14) of the EU Regulation 1924/2006. In order to achieve the stated objective a choice survey was developed and administered to a sample of Italian respondents. The product attributes and attribute levels included in the choice experiment were obtained from in-depth interviews conducted with stakeholders working on the development of this new product in the Italian region of Puglia. Results show that many participants were not aware of functional food. Marketing segmentation performed via latent class analysis indicates that the development of this hypothetical product should be based on the addition of naturally enriched omega-3. In terms of health communication under Regulation 1924/2006, heterogeneity of preferences of the nine identified segments reveals that respondents have a clear preference for products from the Puglia region, for the combined nutrition claim over single nutrition claims and for the reduction of disease health claim (article 14) over the health claim (article 13). In monetary terms, willingness to pay for health claims is higher than nutrition claims.

scholarly journals Analysis of changes in meat and meat products consumption in the Czech Republic in the past ten years

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (No. 9) ◽  
pp. 395-401
Author(s):  
L. Kubíčková ◽  
V. Šerhantová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Secondary Data Analysis ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Past

In the past ten years, meat and meat products consumption has changed dramatically. It has been caused by price and non-price factors. This article gives a brief recapitulation of the development of the consumption of meat and meat products and identifies the key factors which, in the past ten years, have had a major impact on this development. This article presents results of the secondary data analysis and the results of an inquiry into meat and meat products consumer behaviour carried out in the late 2004.

Effects of Nutrition Facts Panel Values, Nutrition Claims, and Health Claims on Consumer Attitudes, Perceptions of Disease-Related Risks, and Trust

2000 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith A. Garretson ◽  
Scot Burton
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Consumer Attitudes ◽  
Consumer Welfare ◽  
Purchase Intentions ◽  
Health Claims ◽  
Product Evaluations ◽  
Health Claim ◽  
Nutrition Claims ◽  
Nutrition Facts Panel

In a between-subjects experiment, the authors examine how differences in Nutrition Facts information on fat and fiber, coupled with differing claims for these nutrients (including multiple nutrient claims and a health claim), influence consumers’ product evaluations, perceptions and awareness of disease risk, and trust of the claims and Nutrition Facts information. Results show that the Nutrition Facts information regarding fat affects consumers’ evaluations and perceptions of disease risk but that information on fiber does not. Claims do not affect product evaluations or purchase intentions, and there is a weak effect of inclusion of a health claim on disease risk perceptions. Consumers are less likely to recognize incongruencies in claim and Nutrition Facts information about fiber than fat. Incongruencies regarding the level of fat in the product result in lower trust in the claim information but do not affect trust in the Nutrition Facts data. The authors discuss implications for consumer welfare and public policy.

scholarly journals Determination of iodine and sodium content in fermented meat products purchased in the Czech Republic– a pilot study

2014 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavla Steinhauserová ◽  
Irena Řehůřková ◽  
Jiří Ruprich
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Sodium Intake ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Sodium Content ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
High Sodium

Iodine deficiency is still one of acute global public health problems. The best strategy to ensure its required amount in human population is salt fortification with potassium iodate or iodide. Food industry plays an important role in supporting good health status of consumers. Using iodized salt in meat production is not mandatory in the Czech Republic. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate a group of salty meat products - fermented meats purchased in the Czech Republic in terms of iodine and sodium content. Totally 36 samples purchased in 9 major retail chains, produced in 9 different European countries were analyzed by spectrophotometric methods. As the results show, the use of iodinated salt was obvious only among Czech producers. The application of iodinated and marine salt does not mean that those products are a good source of iodine. Consumers should be more informed about iodine and sodium content in food. They should also be more aware about the health impact of high sodium intake. This pilot study compares iodine and sodium content in this type of meat products produced in different European countries but purchased in the Czech Republic.

scholarly journals Factors for Choosing a Point of Purchase of Meat Products

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 639-646
Author(s):  
Martin Souček ◽  
Jana Turčínková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Demographic Structure ◽  
Contingency Analysis ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Past ◽  
Point Of Purchase ◽  
And Cluster Analysis

This paper is focused on factors influencing consumers when choosing an outlet when shopping for meat products. This issue is very relevant in the Czech Republic as there were a number of problems and affairs in the food industry in the past period. Consumers begin to change their buying habits gradually and focus more on product quality. In the Czech Republic producers specializing in their production of meat products on quality have begun to improve their situation. The research results come from a questionnaire survey conducted in the Czech Republic (n = 1137). The data were processed with Statistica v. 11. Frequency tables, contingency tables and cluster analysis were used for the data analysis. Results show that in the Czech population a strong influence of price as a factor influencing a choice of point of purchase still prevails. Analyses focused on assessment of three hypotheses that were validated through decomposition into sub-hypotheses and application of contingency analysis. Measures of associations were examined in particular in relation to age category of respondents, household income, and level of attained education. In all cases, associations were identified for all three characteristics, the strongest associations were found particularly in the context of respondent’s age. The presented results show that managers of stores selling meat products should pay attention to a demographic structure of their customers and adjust their services and offer to their preferences.

scholarly journals Comparison of quality parameters of the cooked salami „Gothajský“ in dependence on used salt content and additives

10.5219/1117 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 390-395
Author(s):  
Miroslav Jůzl ◽  
Markéta Piechowiczová ◽  
Kamila Řehůřková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Sensory Evaluation ◽  
Monosodium Glutamate ◽  
Salt Content ◽  
Meat Product ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
High Income ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Reduced Salt

Consumers in Czech Republic have high income of salt from food, therefore, there are efforts to reduce its content in meat products. The subject of this work was to examine differences in sensory evaluation of sliced cooked salami (Gothajský salami), manufactured according to various recipes. This type of meat product is well known primarily to the older generation of consumers, so the aim was to find out the differences in the perception of various samples between generations. The monitoring factors were salt content (1.6% or 2.0%), presence of monosodium glutamate (PG = presence or AG = absence) and group of evaluators (YC = 18 – 26 years old or OC = more than 60 years old). Older sensory panellists (OC; against YC) significantly (p ˂0.05) evaluated all samples more positively, especially in the taste and odour descriptors. Samples with monosodium glutamate (PG1.6 and PG2.0) were rated in the taste significantly better (p ˂0.05), regardless of the age of the assessors (YC and OC). Samples with reduced salt, without glutamate (AG1.6) were significantly worst evaluated (p ˂0.05) by both the groups (YC and OC) than PG2.0 samples.

scholarly journals An outbreak of listeriosis linked to turkey meat products in the Czech Republic, 2012–2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 146 (11) ◽  
pp. 1407-1412 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Gelbíčová ◽  
M. Zobaníková ◽  
Z. Tomáštíková ◽  
I. Van Walle ◽  
W. Ruppitsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Processing Plant ◽  
Outbreak Strain ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Turkey Meat ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Serotype 1 ◽  
Food Processing Plant

AbstractSince 2012–2016 an increased number of listeriosis cases, especially from one region of the Czech Republic, were observed. Most of them were caused by strains of serotype 1/2a, clonal complex 8, indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Twenty-six human cases were reported, including two neonatal cases in twins. Three cases were fatal. The typing of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from food enabled to confirm a turkey meat delicatessen as the vehicle of infection for this local outbreak in the Moravian-Silesian Region. The food strains belonging to identical pulsotype were isolated from ready-to-eat turkey meat products packaged by the same producer between 2012 and 2016. This fact confirms that the described L. monocytogenes outbreak strain probably persisted in the environment of the aforementioned food-processing plant over several years. Whole-genome sequencing confirmed a very close relationship (zero to seven different alleles) between isolates from humans, foods and swabs from the environment of the food-processing plant under investigation.

scholarly journals Selected Predictors of the Importance Attached to Salt Content Information on the Food Packaging (a Study among Polish Consumers)

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paweł Bryła
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Food Packaging ◽  
Salt Content ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Health Claims ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Nutrition Claims ◽  
Healthy Nutrition ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Content Information

This paper aims to identify selected antecedents of the importance attached to salt content information (ISCI) placed on food labels, on the basis of a representative survey of 1051 Polish consumers. The study was conducted with the use of the CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interviews) method in 2018. Quota sampling was applied with reference to the following five criteria: sex, age, education, place of living (urban and rural areas), and region. In a multiple regression model, ISCI depends on the respondent’s: sex, age, evaluation of the quantity of nutrition claims, importance attached to nutrition claims, willingness to pay a price premium for products with nutrition claims, attention paid to health and nutrition claims, agreeing with the opinion that unreliable nutrition claims are a serious problem, evaluation of healthiness of one’s diet, self-rated knowledge about healthy nutrition, buying organic food, and reading front-of-package (FOP) labels during and after the purchase. The strongest effects on the importance attached to salt content information on the food packaging were displayed by the importance of nutrition claims, attention paid to nutrition and health claims, respondent’s age, FOP label reading at home, and agreeing that the use of unreliable nutrition claims is a serious problem.

scholarly journals ELISA for Detection of Soya Proteins in Meat Products

2009 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 667-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Renčová ◽  
Bohuslava Tremlová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Meat Product ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Protein Detection ◽  
Soya Protein ◽  
Consumer Health ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Durable Products ◽  
Soya Proteins

Indirect competitive ELISA method for the detection of soya proteins in meat products was developed. The detection limit of the method is 0.5% of the weight of added soya protein. A total of 131 meat product samples such as salamis or sausages from the Czech Republic market were investigated for the presence of soya proteins. Soya proteins were detected in 84% of the investigated samples without any declaration on the package of the product. The use of vegetable additives, namely soya in meat products in the market of the Czech Republic is very frequent and the restriction of its usage by legislation relates only to some kinds of durable products and ham (Act 264/2003 Coll.). The need for sensitive inspecting methods for soya protein detection is not only associated with the economic aspect (adulteration), but mainly with consumer health protection in case of allergy to soya proteins.

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