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AbstractObjective:Despite the increased attention on neighbourhood food environments and dietary behaviours, studies focusing on adolescents are limited. This study aims to characterise typologies of food environments surrounding adolescents and their associations with fast food outlet visitation and snack food purchasing to/from school.Design:The number of food outlets (supermarket; green grocers; butcher/seafood/deli; bakeries; convenience stores; fast food/takeaways; café and restaurants) within a 1 km buffer from home was determined using a Geographic Information System. Adolescents’ self-reported frequency of fast food outlet visitation and snack food purchasing to/from school. Latent Profile Analysis was conducted to identify typologies of the food environment. Cross-sectional multilevel logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationships between food typologies, fast food outlet visitations and snack food purchasing to/from school.Setting:Melbourne, Australia.Participants:Totally, 410 adolescents (mean age= 15·5 (sd = 1·5) years).Results:Four distinct typologies of food outlets were identified: (1) limited variety/low number; (2) some variety/low number; (3) high variety/medium number and (4) high variety/high number. Adolescents living in Typologies 1 and 2 had three times higher odds of visiting fast food outlets ≥1 per week (Typology 1: OR = 3·71, 95 % CI 1·23, 11·19; Typology 2: OR = 3·65, 95 % CI 1·21, 10·99) than those living in Typology 4. No evidence of association

Abstract Objective: To explore differences in proportion of food budget and total food expenditure by dwelling type. Design: A cross-sectional study using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015–2016 Household Expenditure Survey. Food expenditure was examined on multiple categories: fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, pre-prepared meals, meals in restaurants, hotels and clubs, and fast food and takeaway meals, using two-part models and zero-one inflated beta regression models. Dwelling types were categorised as separate house, semi-detached house, low-rise apartment and high-rise apartment. Setting: Australia, 2015–2016. Participants: Seven thousand three hundred and fifty-eight households from greater capital city areas. Results: Households living in high-rise apartments were estimated to allocate a greater proportion of their food budget to meals in restaurants, hotels and clubs, and to spend more (actual dollars) on that category, compared with other dwelling types. No substantial differences were estimated in the proportion of food budget allocated to the other food categories across dwelling types. Conclusions: The dwelling type households live in may play a role in their food budget. Households living in a high-rise apartment may potentially spend more on meals in restaurants, hotels and clubs than those liv

Background: Mindful consumption is considered to be a process that is beneficial forconsumers, society and environment. Food consumption and mindfulness are two concepts thatwork very well together. Practicing mindful food consumption often results in behaviour that issocially and environmentally responsible. For the vast majority of consumers consumption isviewed in a positive light.In modern day society mindful consumption is on the rise. This isespecially true for food consumption. Practitioners of mindful consumption contribute topreservation of the environment and are socially responsible and this has a correlation withindividual consumers interest and societal interest.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe what the driving forces of mindfulconsumerism are from the perspective of food consumption.Methodology: Researchers decided on deductive approach, established theory of plannedbehaviour is used to observe. Furthermore the researchers used qualitative research sincemindful consumerism is not expanded enough to test in a quantitative approach. The researchdesign of the study is defining a research question, actually defining the research, data collectionprocess, analysing the data and writing a research report on it. For the data collected theresearchers focused on primary data collection methods in order to better understand thephenomenon and lastly for the data collection instruments a focus group interview has beenchosen with a thematic analysis to analyze the results. Lastly the sampling method chosen is thegeneric purposive sampling where researchers chose specific participants that exhibit certaincharacteristics.Theoretical framework: The researchers question was what leads to mindful consumerism, inorder to achieve that the planned behavioural model was used. In this paper the researchers havefocused on four themes that can be connected to mindful food consumption. Environment andsustainability, health and wellbeing, self preservation, socia

Background: Mindful consumption is considered to be a process that is beneficial forconsumers, society and environment. Food consumption and mindfulness are two concepts thatwork very well together. Practicing mindful food consumption often results in behaviour that issocially and environmentally responsible. For the vast majority of consumers consumption isviewed in a positive light.In modern day society mindful consumption is on the rise. This isespecially true for food consumption. Practitioners of mindful consumption contribute topreservation of the environment and are socially responsible and this has a correlation withindividual consumers interest and societal interest.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe what the driving forces of mindfulconsumerism are from the perspective of food consumption.Methodology: Researchers decided on deductive approach, established theory of plannedbehaviour is used to observe. Furthermore the researchers used qualitative research sincemindful consumerism is not expanded enough to test in a quantitative approach. The researchdesign of the study is defining a research question, actually defining the research, data collectionprocess, analysing the data and writing a research report on it. For the data collected theresearchers focused on primary data collection methods in order to better understand thephenomenon and lastly for the data collection instruments a focus group interview has beenchosen with a thematic analysis to analyze the results. Lastly the sampling method chosen is thegeneric purposive sampling where researchers chose specific participants that exhibit certaincharacteristics.Theoretical framework: The researchers question was what leads to mindful consumerism, inorder to achieve that the planned behavioural model was used. In this paper the researchers havefocused on four themes that can be connected to mindful food consumption. Environment andsustainability, health and wellbeing, self preservation, socia

Objective:To explore differences in proportion of food budget and total food expenditure by dwelling type.Design:A cross-sectional study using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2015-2016 Household Expenditure Survey. Food expenditure was examined on multiple categories: fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, pre-prepared meals, meals in restaurants, hotels and clubs, and fast food and takeaway meals, using two-part models and zero-one inflated beta regression models. Dwelling types were categorised as separate house, semi-detached house, low-rise apartment and high-rise apartment.Setting:Australia, 2015-2016.Participants:Seven thousand three hundred and fifty-eight households from greater capital city areas.Results:Households living in high-rise apartments were estimated to allocate a greater proportion of their food budget to meals in restaurants, hotels and clubs, and to spend more (actual dollars) on that category, compared with other dwelling types. No substantial differences were estimated in the proportion of food budget allocated to the other food categories across dwelling types.Conclusions:The dwelling type households live in may play a role in their food budget. Households living in a high-rise apartment may potentially spend more on meals in restaurants, hotels and clubs than those living in other dwelling types. Given the growth in urban population and the changes in living arrangements, findings point to the critical need for a better understanding of the influence of dwelling types on food expenditure and call for research investigating the relationship between the two.

BACKGROUND: Studies exploring associations between food environments and food purchasing behaviours have been limited by the absence of data on where food purchases occur. Determining where food purchases occur relative to home and how these locations differ by individual, neighbourhood and trip characteristics is an important step to better understanding the association between food environments and food behaviours. METHODS: Conducted in Melbourne, Australia, this study recruited participants within sixteen neighbourhoods that were selected based on their socioeconomic characteristics and proximity to supermarkets. The survey material contained a short questionnaire on individual and household characteristics and a food purchasing diary. Participants were asked to record details related to all food purchases made over a 2-week period including food store address. Fifty-six participants recorded a total of 952 food purchases of which 893 were considered valid for analysis. Households and food purchase locations were geocoded and the network distance between these calculated. Linear mixed models were used to determine associations between individual, neighbourhood, and trip characteristics and distance to each food purchase location from home. Additional analysis was conducted limiting the outcome to: (a) purchase made when home was the prior origin (n. 484); and (b) purchases made within supermarkets (n. 317). RESULTS: Food purchases occurred a median distance of 3.6 km (IQR 1.8, 7.2) from participants' homes. This distance was similar when home was reported as the origin (median 3.4 km; IQR 1.6, 6.4) whilst it was shorter for purchases made within supermarkets (median 2.8 km; IQR 1.6, 5.6). For all purchases, the reported food purchase location was further from home amongst the youngest age group (compared to the oldest age group), when workplace was the origin of the food purchase trip (compared to home), and on weekends (compared to weekdays). Diff

Background The impacts of supermarket-based nutrition promotion interventions might be overestimated if participants shift their proportionate food purchasing away from their usual stores. This study quantified whether participants who received price discounts on fruits and vegetables (FV) in the Supermarket Healthy Eating for Life (SHELf) randomized controlled trial (RCT) shifted their FV purchasing into study supermarkets during the intervention period. Methods Participants were 642 females randomly assigned to a 1) skill-building (n = 160), 2) price reduction (n = 161), 3) combined skill-building and price reduction (n = 160), or 4) control (n = 161) group. Participants self-reported the proportion of FV purchased in study supermarkets at baseline, 3- and 6-months post-intervention. Fisher’s exact and χ2 tests assessed differences among groups in the proportion of FV purchased in study supermarkets at each time point. Multinomial logistic regression assessed differences among groups in the change in proportionate FV purchasing over time. Results Post-intervention, 49% of participants purchased ≥50% of their FV in study supermarkets. Compared to all other groups, the price reduction group was approximately twice as likely (RRR: 1.8-2.2) to have increased proportionate purchasing of FV in study supermarkets from baseline to post-intervention (p< 0.05). Conclusions Participants who received price reductions on FV were approximately twice as likely to shift their FV purchasing from other stores into study supermarkets during the intervention period. Unless food purchasing data are available for all sources, differential changes in purchasing patterns can make it difficult to discern the true impacts of nutrition interventions.

In this thesis the research focuses on the legal rules and regulations in the Netherlands that apply in the context of food purchases by consumers that are concluded online. Sale of food via the Internet takes place in the area of Civil Code requirements on distance selling and public law requirements on food labelling. In four research Chapters (chapters 2-5) the relevant topics are addressed. In Chapter 1 the legal context to the research is presented leading up to the formulation of the central problem statement and the research questions. The Chapter also provides the theoretical framework and the in this research applied methodology. Chapter 2 ‘'Real Food from Virtual Shops: the situation before 2014’ reports on research performed before the entry into force of the national implementation of the Consumer Rights Directive and of the Food Information Regulation. This chapter provides the historical baseline to this research. The research in this chapter shows that the instruments handed to the consumers to compensate their weakened position as online buyers, cannot function as intended in case the merchandise is food. It is argued that consumers derive more bite from general provisions of contract law than from the provisions specifically addressing distance contracts. In Chapter 3, ‘Food Online, Radical Changes to the Digital Shop Window after 2014’ the argument is continued by addressing in detail the implementation of the Consumer Rights Directive in the Netherlands and the entry into force of the Food Information Regulation. The differences become visible between civil law and public food legislation in the manner in which they envisage to protect the consumer. Civil law turns out to be rather scarce in requiring information provision to consumers. In his attempt to ensure that consumers are only bound to purchase contracts they actually want, the European legislator has chosen a far more draconic instrument. The consumer has been given the right to withdraw

BACKGROUND: Supermarket Healthy Eating for Life (SHELf) was a randomized controlled trial that operationalized a socioecological approach to population-level dietary behaviour change in a real-world supermarket setting. SHELf tested the impact of individual (skill-building), environmental (20 % price reductions), and combined (skill-building + 20 % price reductions) interventions on women's purchasing and consumption of fruits, vegetables, low-calorie carbonated beverages and water. This process evaluation investigated the reach, effectiveness, implementation, and maintenance of the SHELf interventions. METHODS: RE-AIM provided a conceptual framework to examine the processes underlying the impact of the interventions using data from participant surveys and objective sales data collected at baseline, post-intervention (3 months) and 6-months post-intervention. Fisher's exact, χ (2) and t-tests assessed differences in quantitative survey responses among groups. Adjusted linear regression examined the impact of self-reported intervention dose on food purchasing and consumption outcomes. Thematic analysis identified key themes within qualitative survey responses. RESULTS: Reach of the SHELf interventions to disadvantaged groups, and beyond study participants themselves, was moderate. Just over one-third of intervention participants indicated that the interventions were effective in changing the way they bought, cooked or consumed food (p < 0.001 compared to control), with no differences among intervention groups. Improvements in purchasing and consumption outcomes were greatest among those who received a higher intervention dose. Most notably, participants who said they accessed price reductions on fruits and vegetables purchased (519 g/week) and consumed (0.5 servings/day) more vegetables. The majority of participants said they accessed (82 %) and appreciated discounts on fruits and veg

This thesis examines the nature and effects of current public information about food production, purchasing and sustainability that is available in Sweden. The thesis follows a two part structure based on the Action Research Cycle; it focuses predominantly on the initial diagnostic stage, using document review, questionnaires and Cultural Probes to examine what information is currently available to Swedish consumers, as well as how they respond to this information. The thesis then moves towards the action planning stage of the Action Research Cycle, using current academic literature in IS with the findings of my diagnostic research to suggest ways in which information-communication technology can be used to improve upon the current situation, and paving the way for future research in the area of public information and food sustainability.

This thesis examines the nature and effects of current public information about food production, purchasing and sustainability that is available in Sweden. The thesis follows a two part structure based on the Action Research Cycle; it focuses predominantly on the initial diagnostic stage, using document review, questionnaires and Cultural Probes to examine what information is currently available to Swedish consumers, as well as how they respond to this information. The thesis then moves towards the action planning stage of the Action Research Cycle, using current academic literature in IS with the findings of my diagnostic research to suggest ways in which information-communication technology can be used to improve upon the current situation, and paving the way for future research in the area of public information and food sustainability.

This thesis aims to give a review of the existing literature about food waste and focusses particular on the different phases of the consumption life cycle also including country differences. In the first part the concept of food waste is discussed and an overview is given of the amounts of food waste. Nowadays in developed countries food is wasted more easily, consumers in North America and Europe waste about 95-115 kg per capita per year. In the second part, per consumption life cycle phase reasons and motivations behind food waste behaviour are shown. The consumption life cycle consists of; pre-purchase, purchase, storage, preparation and consumption phase. Furthermore the methods that are used in the reviewed literature are evaluated. Most of the methods used in food waste research use selfreports by respondents, this involves the risk of respondents prefer to present themselves more favourably.

Waar koopt Nederland zijn eten en drinken? Wie zijn die andere foodspecialisten die ons op diverse (online) locaties voorzien van al die lekkere, bijzondere of soms juist gewone, traditionele of kant-enklare en vaak routinematig gekochte voedings- en genotmiddelen waarmee we dagelijks onze magen vullen? Het FSIN heeft ze op een rij gezet in de FSIN Food 500.

The aim of this study was to test if naturalness is a predictor of acceptance in the case of a food products produced with nanotechnology. This was tested with empirical research to set up a model and an online survey to test the model. It was expected that adding nanotechnology to a less natural product had a smaller effect on the willingness to buy compared to adding nanotechnology to a natural product. This model included the determinants ‘level of processing’ and ‘produced with nanotechnology’ influencing naturalness. Naturalness itself had an effect on affect, affect effects benefit and risks which both influence willingness to buy. Significant effects of naturalness on affect and affect on benefits, risks and willingness to buy were found. The expected difference of willingness to buy between a natural and a less natural product was found, proving that a part of the variance of willingness to buy is indirect influenced by the naturalness of the product.

De markt voor dertien-in-een-dozijn drank- of voedingsproducten staat onder druk. De hybride consument kiest voor lagere prijzen met behoud van kwaliteit, of gaat juist voor de duurdere premium alternatieven. De beide uiteinden van de Nederlandse voedingsmarkt zullen de komende vijf jaar naar verwachting ongeveer zeven procent stijgen. Het middensegment levert in met een verwachte omzetdaling van zo'n twee procent per jaar. De impact van dit hybride consumentengedrag zal voor producenten, supermarkten en horecabedrijven belangrijke gevolgen hebben voor keuzes met betrekking tot productaanbod, distributiekanalen, marketing en merkwaarde.

Beoordeling van consumenten wat betreft smaak en kwaliteit van tomaat, paprika en komkommer volgens de Duitse consument.

Nederland kent steeds meer initiatieven die zich bezighouden met de herkomst van voedselproducten. Dit sluit aan op de maatschappelijke ontwikkeling voor meer aandacht voor authenticiteit en duurzaamheid. Voor consumenten betekent herkomst niet altijd hetzelfde. Land van herkomst voert de boventoon, maar ook de regio en een boer of een groep boeren worden er onder verstaan. Consumenten relateren herkomst vaak aan verse producten. Herkomst heeft consumentenwaarde, maar is niet doorslaggevend op het moment van aankoop. Die rol is weggelegd voor persoonlijke waarden als smaak, prijs en gezondheid. Daarbij overheerst de kracht van de gewoonte op de winkelvloer.

The six consumer groups in this report were defined with the ultimate aim of identifying openings for the development and implementation of policy strategies to promote the consumption of sustainable food. The report describes the personal characteristics, attitudes and behaviour of each group., In dit rapport worden zes verschillende groepen van consumenten beschreven om aanknopingspunten te bieden voor de ontwikkeling en implementatie van het beleid gericht op duurzame voedselconsumptie. In het rapport wordt per consumentengroep beschreven wie de consumenten zijn, wat ze denken en wat ze doen.

The aim of this report is to describe a set of generic guidelines for in-house validation of a method for authenticity testing that are based on a combination of chemical fingerprinting techniques and chemometric classification models.

In dit deelrapport van de Voedselbalans is een grootschalig vragenlijst-onderzoek gehouden onder een groep consumenten die representatief voor de Nederlandse bevolking is. Het belangrijkste doel van dit onderzoek was om te begrijpen waarom consumenten de voedingsmiddelen kiezen die ze kiezen.

Aim: To examine the amount of money spent on food by household income, and to ascertain whether food expenditure mediates the relationship between household income and the purchase of staple foods consistent with Australian dietary guideline recommendations. ----- ----- Methods: In face-to-face interviews (n = 1003, 66.4% response rate), households in Brisbane, Australia were asked about their purchasing choices for a range of staple foods, including grocery items, fruits and vegetables. For each participant, information was obtained about their total weekly household food expenditure, along with their sociodemographic and household characteristics. ----- ----- Results: Household income was significantly associated with food expenditure; participants residing in higher-income households spent more money on food per household member than those from lower-income households. Lower income households were less likely to make food purchasing choices of dietary staples that were consistent with recommendations. However, food expenditure did not attenuate the relationship between household income and the purchase of staple foods consistent with dietary guideline recommendations. ----- ----- Conclusions: The findings suggest that food expenditure may not contribute to income inequalities in purchasing staple foods consistent with dietary guideline recommendations: instead, other material or psychosocial factors not considered in the current study may be more important determinants of these inequalities. Further research should examine whether expenditure on non-staple items and takeaway foods is a larger contributor to socioeconomic inequalities in dietary behavior.

Hoe interesseren we de consument voor voedsel? En hoe bewegen we hem om bewuste keuzes te maken? Het InnovatieNetwerk van LNV en het Voedingscentrum gaan de uitdaging aan.

Objective: This study examined the association between area socioeconomic status (SES) and food purchasing behaviour.----- Setting: Melbourne city, Australia, 2003.----- Participants: Residents of 2,564 households located in 50 small areas.----- Design: Data were collected by mail survey (64.2% response rate). Area SES was indicated by the proportion of households in each area earning less than Aus$400 per week, and individual-level socioeconomic position was measured using education, occupation, and household income. Food purchasing was measured on the basis of compliance with dietary guideline recommendations (for grocery foods) and variety of fruit and vegetable purchase. Multilevel regression examined the association between area SES and food purchase after adjustment for individual-level demographic (age, sex, household composition) and socioeconomic factors.----- Results: Residents of low SES areas were significantly less likely than their counterparts in advantaged areas to purchase grocery foods that were high in fibre and low in fat, salt, and sugar; and they purchased a smaller variety of fruits. There was no evidence of an association between area SES and vegetable variety.----- Conclusions In Melbourne, area SES was associated with some food purchasing behaviours independent of individual-level factors, suggesting that areas in this city may be differentiated on the basis of food availability, accessibility, and affordability, making the purchase of some types of foods more difficult in disadvantaged areas.

Organic products are globally regarded as sustainable, due to their contribution to a better environment and the improvement of animal welfare. On behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, the market for organic products is being stimulated in the Netherlands. Market information is hereby indispensable. This report contains a quick scan of the global development in the demand for organic food products., Biologische producten worden wereldwijd gezien als duurzaam, door een bijdrage te leveren aan een beter milieu en het vergroten van dierenwelzijn. In opdracht van het ministerie van Landbouw, Natuurbeheer en Voedselveiligheid, wordt in Nederland de markt voor biologische producten gestimuleerd. Marktinformatie is daarbij onontbeerlijk. Dit rapport bevat een quick scan naar de wereldwijde ontwikkeling van de vraag naar biologische voedingsproducten.

This report examines consumer attitudes and purchase behaviour towards risks and benefits of food products. Experimental approaches are used to analyse determinants of consumer risk and benefit perceptions regarding food products. The results suggest that perceptions and behaviour of consumers become more stable as age increases. Determinants of consumer attitudes and behaviour are crucial for sound decision-making of policy-makers and other interested parties

Ingegaan wordt op een aantal aspecten van de afzet, waarmee de telers aan de gang kunnen om de afzet van hun champignons positief te kunnen beinvloeden

Tofu, bereid uit sojamelk, moet een kaasachtige structuur hebben om door de westerse consument geaccepteerd te worden

Producenten en groothandelaren willen hun producten niet via internet aan de consument te koop aanbieden, zij respecteren de functie van de supermarkt en de gespecialiseerde versdetaillist. Deze wijze van voedseldistributie zal wellicht niet veranderen zolang de consument fysiek blijft winkelen

De aardappelconsumptie in Engeland en de aardappelproductie in Europa (periode 1990-1995)

Kenmerken van lean en teamproduction zijn uiteengezet. Beide produktiewijzen zijn klantgericht en kunnen van nut zijn voor de agrarische sector

De zichtbare honingkwaliteit wordt gekeurd, maar niet het suiker- en enzym HMF-gehalte

The average consumer is less interested in the environmental aspects of a product than in quality aspects (health; taste). Therefore biological producers should pay more attention to product quality, all the more because quality and environmentally friendly production go along well

Bij het op de markt brengen van transgene voedingsmiddelen uit de tuinbouw moet men rekening houden met de consument. Genetische modificatie biedt mogelijkheden voor produktvernieuwing. De bedreigingen liggen bij de acceptatie door de consument

Bespreking van de resultaten van een enquete van de Nederlandse Hartstichting onder bezoekers van twee bedrijfsrestaurants. Hun werd gevraagd het vetgehalte van 21 snacks te schatten

Voor pluimvee op meer natuurlijke wijze geproduceerd, is de consument bereid om meer te betalen

Het beleid van de Europese Unie heeft nadelige gevolgen voor Nederlandse stierenmesters

De toenemende vraag naar voedingsmiddelen, de voedseldistributie en de belangrijkste problemen in de groente- en fruitverwerkende industrie zijn belicht