In today’s saturated food markets with increasingly homogeneous products food quality provides an opportunity for product differentiation. We want to answer the question what determines the use of extrinsic quality cues (brands, seals of approval) in consumers’ pork purchase decision....

The young generation is the most influenced and vulnerable segment of the market. Food with high level of fat, sugar and/or salt are popularised for this segment. At the same time nearly 7 people die of obesity or from complications of obesity in Hungary each hour - one every 9 minutes....

Aufgrund des demografischen Wandels wird sich in Deutschland die Bevölkerungsstruktur in den kommenden Jahrzehnten grundlegend verändern. Insbesondere wird dabei die Altersgruppe der über 65-Jährigen, häufig als „Senioren“, „Best Ager“ oder „Generation Silber“ bezeichnet“...

Angesichts des gemessen an den Empfehlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Ernährung zu hohen Pro-Kopf-Fleischverzehrs in der Bevölkerung und der Kenntnis der mit einem erhöhten Fleischkonsum verbundenen negativen Konsequenzen, wird zunehmend über staatliche Steuerungsmaßnahmen zur...

Overall wine consumption in Spain is decreasing while, at the same time, Designation of Origin (DO) wine consumption is increasing gradually. This study examines Spanish DO wine consumer behaviour through stated preferences (SP) and revealed preferences (RP) data. Part-worth utilities are...

Fish and seafood products represent a very healthy food, low in saturated fats and offer an excellent source of protein essential for our health. However, very often, consumer behaviour would seem to infer that seafood products do not rank particularly highly in terms of preference, this being...

Consumer requirements for preferably new, quality products with health guarantees are causing competitive adaptation by agro-food businesses. In this sense, cheese-producing enterprises are immersed in restructuring to adapt to the new scene. To assure the greatest possible success in this...

Health is an increasingly important topic in the food market. The regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims is meant to facilitate healthy food choices of consumers. However, research studies about claim perception and choice behaviour are scarce in Europe up to this point,...

In recent years, trust in food safety and food quality has decreased as a result of consecutive food crises. Consequently, numerous quality labels signalling credence characteristics have been established. One of these labels is the Belgian Flandria label for fresh fruit and vegetables. Based on...