scholarly journals Profiling Individual Differences in Alcoholic Beverage Preference and Consumption: New Insights from a Large-Scale Study

Foods ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1131
Author(s):  
Maria Carla Cravero ◽  
Monica Laureati ◽  
Sara Spinelli ◽  
Federica Bonello ◽  
Erminio Monteleone ◽  
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Alcoholic beverage consumption plays an important role in European culture, and in many contexts drinking alcohol is socially acceptable and considered part of the diet. Understanding the determinants of alcohol preference and consumption is important not only for disease prevention, intervention, and policy management, but also for market segmentation, product development, and optimization. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of individual responsiveness to various oral sensations on self-reported liking and intake of 14 alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (including beers, wines, spirits, and cocktails) considering gender, age, and oral responsiveness (measured through response to 6-n-propyl-2-thiouracil -PROP, basic tastes, astringency, and pungency) in a large sample of Italian consumers. Data were collected from 2388 respondents (age range 18–60 years; mean age = 37.6, SD = 13.1; 58.2% women). These results indicate that notwithstanding the strong gender difference, with women generally liking and consuming fewer alcoholic beverages than men, liking patterns in the two genders were similar. Three liking patterns for different alcoholic beverages largely driven by orosensory properties were identified in both genders. “Spirit-lovers” constituted the smallest group (12%), consumed alcoholic beverages of any kind (not only spirits) more than the other segments, and were mainly men aged 30–45. “Beer/wine lovers” (44%) were the oldest group with no difference by gender. “Mild-drink lovers” (44%) liked alcoholic drinks with intense sweet taste and/or mixers that moderate ethanol perception. They were mainly women, aged 18–29, had a lower consumption of alcohol, and a higher orosensory responsiveness than the other two groups. The results also suggest the opportunity to develop personalized recommendations towards specific consumer segments based not only on socio-demographics but considering also perceptive variables. Finally, our data suggest that increased burning and bitterness from alcohol may act as a sensory hindrance to alcoholic beverage overconsumption.

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 406
Author(s):  
Dudu Duswara M ◽  
Dani Durahman

The current rise in alcoholic trade, in small roadside stalls, even among them has been openly trading alcohol. This results in the ease with which people get liquor. Including the alcoholic trade which is not accompanied by knowledge of the type of alcoholic beverage itself. Many of them do not understand the type of alcohol they can drink or not. Circulation of liquor at this time has not been handled properly, due to the lack of law enforcement against liquor sellers, so that with the easy sale of liquor that is still running it results in children who participate in becoming consumers and consuming liquor so that it has a negative impact on child growth and development. The number of alcoholic parties is certainly not just happening, the ease of people getting liquor makes some people easily drink alcohol. If we look at a number of events, this alcoholic party is carried out by a group of elderly people to high school children who are only a dozen years old. This happens because people can buy liquor easily at convenience stores. The ease of access to liquor is then one of the factors supporting the many alcoholic party events in the community. Another supporting factor from the rise of alcoholic parties in the Cigending Village community is the circulation of illegal alcohol in the community. One of the behaviors of children who reach adolescence is to show their true identity to friends or the environment, with environmental behavior that is not good and is not well cared for by the family can be excessive. In general, teenagers want to be recognized and get special treatment. Negative relationships that influence the use of liquor among teenagers. Liquor can damage the development of child development so there is a need for efforts to protect children from the bad influence of hard miniman as an effort to implement Law No. 35 of 2014 concerning Child Protection. The task of controlling this is in accordance with what is mandated by the Food Law, where the National Police has the right and obligation to control illegal alcoholic drinks without permission in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Efforts to control illegal alcoholic beverages will greatly affect the decline in the incidence of alcoholic drinks because according to several events, people who carry out alcoholic drinks are usually from the lower middle class


Author(s):  
Fitriani Fitriani ◽  
Wahyu Rizanu Arifandi

This study aims to determine how the Department of Industry and Trade of Palangkaraya City in implementing Regional Regulation No. 23 of 2014 to the Palangkaraya Alcoholic Beverage Seller. The method used is qualitative. The researcher wants to describe the Implementation of Regional Regulation No. 23 of 2014 from the Department of Industry and Trade of Palangka Raya City to the Seller of Alcoholic Beverages. The author uses 4 (four) indicators of policy implementation namely Information, Policy Content, Community Support and Potential Distribution. The data source consists of primary data, namely the results of interviews with Dinas Perindustrian dan Perdagangan, Alcoholic Beverage Sellers and the people of Palangka Raya City, while secondary data sources are in the form of official Regional Regulation Number 23 of 2014. the results of research on the Implementation of Regional Regulation No. 23 of 2014 are still not optimal due to the difficulty of some Alcoholic Beverage Sellers to be present on time to attend socialization activities and the difficulty of Alcoholic Beverage Sellers in requesting identity cards to teenage buyers. For this reason, the researcher recommends 1) giving a warning to the Alcoholic Beverage Sellers who are late in participating in the Socialization activities and 2) reaffirming the provision of information regarding the Regulations on the prohibition of selling alcoholic drinks to students or under 17 years of age.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Nina Ainur Rahma ◽  
Husni Abdul Gani ◽  
Mury Ririyanti

Adolescents in the age range of 17-21 years are generally students, who are expected to have good cognitive skills and be able to solve problems effectively. Teenagers who are unable to solve problems sometimes do something that is harmful to themselves such as consuming alcoholic beverages. The role of the family such as parenting and family conditions is one of the causes of adolescents consuming alcoholic beverages. This study aims to determine the role of families in the behavior of students who consume alcoholic beverages in Jember Regency. The theory used by researchers is Social Learning from Bandura. This research is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Determination of research informants using snowball techniques. Data collection uses in-depth interviews, documentation and passive participatory observation. Based on the results of the study it was found that the all-free parenting style, lack of trust given by parents to involve children in making decisions and ineffective time spent by parents for families so that children behave deviant.  Keywords: Family, teenagers, alcoholic drinks, social learning


2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
O. I. Krasnova ◽  
T. V. Pluzhnikova ◽  
O. H. Krasnov

Abstract Purpose of the study. To investigate and analyze the prevalence of alcohol and low alcohol drinking among adolescents and to propose preventive measures to prevent this phenomenon. Materials and methods. Used bibliographical, sociological and medical-statistical methods of research. The annual report of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine for 2019 and statistics of sociological surveys served as research materials. Results. The study found that more than 90% of 15–17 year-old students have alcohol, nearly 60% of teens have been repeatedly intoxicated. The most common alcoholic beverages used by 15–17 year-old students recently are beer (57,3%) for boys, and girls – industrial beverages (43,7%). Almost 40% of wine has been consumed recently, champagne and spirits more than a fifth of boys and girls (21,8% and 22,4% respectively). The most common alcoholic beverage consumed by 15–17 year old student youth in any entertainment establishment is beer − it is consumed by 45,4% of boys and 30,9% of girls. Low in alcoholic beverages of industrial production are second in popularity – 28,8% of boys and 35,9% of girls consumed them. Conclusion. Thus, the overall tendency for adolescent alcohol and low alcohol consumption to be prevalent is disappointing. The main factors that have a negative impact on the situation are: tolerant attitude of the family to adolescent alcohol, cultural traditions of communication in the company, insufficiently formed outlook of a young person to understand a healthy lifestyle. Keywords: teens, student youth, alcoholic beverages, energy drinks, beer.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Neri Widya Ramailis

Considering the rampant phenomenon of the trade in alcoholic beverages that are traded in various places by motorbike peddlers especially along the road in Juanda, Pekanbaru City has the potential to add new criminal problems, for example there are indications of abuse of alcoholic beverage use by the buyer (users) especially children and adolescents whose loss of control from family party. Then, people often go to clubs or nightclubs. When they are having a problem or conflict within themselves, they will tend to do things beyond the limits of normal people's thinking, such as drinking excessive alcoholic drinks to get drunk, causing damage and disturbing public order. Fraudulent traders by trading drinks in any place is a phenomenon of crime that leads to the criminal sphere, if viewed from a criminological perspective this phenomenon falls into the category of crime that can interfere with human survival, leading to the disruption of peace, order and peace in the environment Public.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Hirche ◽  
Juliane Haensch ◽  
Larry Lockshin

Purpose Little research on the influence of external factors, such as weather and holiday periods, on retail sales on alcoholic beverages is available. This study aims to investigate how weekly retail sales of different alcoholic beverages vary in association with daily maximum temperatures and annual federal holidays across selected US counties in the years 2013 to 2015. The research provides information, which can contribute to better sales forecasts. Design/methodology/approach Secondary data of weekly retail sales (volume) of alcoholic beverages from 37,346 stores in 651 counties in the USA are analysed. The data cover on average 21% of all existing US counties and 12% of the total US off-trade retail sales of alcoholic beverages in the period studied (Euromonitor, 2017). Additional data of federal holidays and meteorological data are collated for each county in the sample. Seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average models with exogenous regressors (SARIMAX) are applied to develop forecasting models and to investigate possible relationships and effects. Findings The results indicate that off-trade retail sales of beer, liquor, red and white wine are temperature sensitive throughout the year, while contrary to expectations rosé, sparkling and other wines are not. Sales sensitivities to temperature also differ by geography. In the warmest regions, liquor and white wine sales do not respond to temperature changes, as opposed to the coolest regions, where they are responsive. Public holidays, particularly Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year holidays, represent a constant influencing factor on short-term sales increases for all investigated alcoholic beverage categories. Originality/value This is the first large-scale study of weather and holiday-related sales variations over time, across geographies and different alcoholic beverage categories. Seasonal and non-seasonal short-term sales variations are important for retailers and manufacturers alike. Accounting for expected changes in demand accommodates efficiencies along the supply chain and has implications for retail management, as well as adjusting marketing efforts in competing categories.


Author(s):  
Carolle Laure Matene Fongang

Introduction and objective: This work aimed to evaluate the preference and effective consumption of the populations of Cameroon as looks alcoholic beverages sell on the Cameroon. Methods: This epidemiological study related to 7946 adult subjects including 6,908 men and 1,038 women, who were left again in four groups: alcoholics (n=307), the city-dwellers (n=4.313), the rural ones (n=867) and students (n=2459). Results: The results of this investigation indicate that the artisanal alcoholic beverages are preferred than consumed; conversely, the industrial alcoholic beverages are preferred than consumed. The beer remains the alcoholic most appreciated and the most consummate drink. A significant result is that the alcohol consumption is higher at the man compared to the women; however, these last have relatively high alcohol consumption. Also, the rural ones have the greatest rate of alcohol consumption (primarily the beer). The city dwellers and the students have the same tendencies to prefer and consume more beer. Conclusion: With regard to the particular case of beer, we observe that his consumption lowered, certainly because of new industrial liquor conditioning, on the market. However, beer remains the alcoholic beverage more consumed by the chronic alcoholics. Recommendations and perspectives: Studies need to be systematically Nationally undertaken in order to surveys on the consumption of beverages artisanal alcoholics sold in Cameroon, to study the chemical composition of these different craft beverages and to assess the acute and chronic effects of their consumption on functioning brains. In the meantime, information campaigns need to take into account amounts of alcohol to be consumed and drinking habits in the different parts of the country because, although alcohol often has connotations pleasure and sociability, its harmful consequences are very diverse. Help identify the various problems associated with certain artisanal manufactures information campaigns must take into account problems of commodities, such as tobacco use, psychotropic products, opiates and derivatives, for the prevention of addictive behaviors to alcohol.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diah Navianti ◽  
Muhammad Ihsan Tarmizi ◽  
Sinta Nur Holifah

An alcoholic beverage contains ethyl alcohol or ethanol (C2H5OH)that is produced from fermentation or distillation of sugars. In many cases, either producers or consumers add ethanol with denaturated alcohol containing methanol (CH3OH) as an additive. Methanol can cause blindness and induce comas, and it is deadly in high doses. This study aimed at investigating the presence of methanol or methyl alcohol in alcoholic beverages sold in Palembang, Indonesia. Seventeen samples collected from small shops and supermarkets were taken by accidental sampling. A chromotropic acid method was used to examine the presence of methanol. The results showed that there were 18% of the samples was positive, and 82% was negative. Based on alcohol content, the research showed that all (100%) samples of group A were negative; 33% of group B was positive, and 33% of group C was positive. The study indicated that methanol was still present in alcoholic drinks sold in markets. The government should inform the society that denatured alcohol contains methanol and, therefore, should not be feasible to consume.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 910-924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Nuzzi ◽  
Mario Pellicoro ◽  
Leonardo Angelini ◽  
Daniele Marinazzo ◽  
Sebastiano Stramaglia

We implement the dynamical Ising model on the large-scale architecture of white matter connections of healthy subjects in the age range 4–85 years, and analyze the dynamics in terms of the synergy, a quantity measuring the extent to which the joint state of pairs of variables is projected onto the dynamics of a target one. We find that the amount of synergy in explaining the dynamics of the hubs of the structural connectivity (in terms of degree strength) peaks before the critical temperature, and can thus be considered as a precursor of a critical transition. Conversely, the greatest amount of synergy goes into explaining the dynamics of more central nodes. We also find that the aging of structural connectivity is associated with significant changes in the simulated dynamics: There are brain regions whose synergy decreases with age, in particular the frontal pole, the subcallosal area, and the supplementary motor area; these areas could then be more likely to show a decline in terms of the capability to perform higher order computation (if structural connectivity was the sole variable). On the other hand, several regions in the temporal cortex show a positive correlation with age in the first 30 years of life, that is, during brain maturation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-156
Author(s):  
Thuy Tran Thi ◽  
Nga Can Thi ◽  
Thanh Phan Due

Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton is well known as an herb and also a medicinal plant in Vietnam and many East Asian countries. Perilla juice (Shiso) is a familiar drink of the Japanese; however, there are very few studies on the alcoholic fermentation of perilla juice to produces alcoholic beverages. In this study, we investigated the growth and fermentation ability of yeast strain NM3.6 in perilla leaf extract to produce a low alcoholic beverage. The results showed that this strain grew well in perilla leaf extract supplemented with sucrose 70 g\L, pH 5. The OD610 value of 18.2 was obtained after 24 hours of cultivation at 30 °C and 180 rpm. This strain also performed a good fermentation ability of perilla leaf extract supplemented with 200 g\L of sucrose, pH 4.5, and 10% of seed culture. After 9 days of the main fermentation at 30 °C and 14 days of the secondary fermentation at 10 °C, alcoholic content reached 3.22% (v\v) and fermentation efficiency reached 57.6%, sensory scored 16.7 points. The fermented perilla leaf extract had unchanged flavonoid content, total phenolic content (0.235 mg\mL) was higher compared to that of the original leaf extract (0.196 mg\mL). This alcoholic fermentation juice met a standard of sensory and quality for low alcoholic drinks fermented from fruit and vegetable extracts.


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