British Food Journal: Volume 106 Issue 3

The influence of context upon consumer sensory evaluation of chicken‐meat quality

Orla Kennedy, Barbara Stewart‐Knox, Peter Mitchell, David Thurnham

There is an apparent lack of research investigating how different test conditions influence or bias consumer sensory evaluation of food. The aim of the present pilot study was to…

Detection of genetically modified soya in a range of organic and health food products: Implications for the accurate labelling of foodstuffs derived from potential GM crops

Mark Partridge, Denis J. Murphy

A selection of organic/health foods containing soya beans was tested for the presence of genetically modified (GM) material. Out of 25 samples of food products containing…

Heading the table: parenting and the junior consumer

Jane Dixon, Cathy Banwell

From the 1970s onwards, studies of the dynamics involved in family food provisioning in Britain and the USA have provided consistent evidence of the centrality of husbands and…

Farmers’ markets in Wales: making the 'Net work?

David G. Pickernell, Michael J. Christie, Patricia A. Rowe, Brychan C. Thomas, Laura G. Putterill, Jamie Lynn Griffiths

The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibilities of increasing the benefits to be derived from farmers markets (FMs) in Wales, through utilisation of networks augmented…

Observation of food safety practices in catering using notational analysis

Deborah A. Clayton, Christopher J. Griffith

Observations of food handlers’ practices have many uses. Describes the use of a notational analysis technique to monitor and analyse specific food safety actions of caterers. A…

Online branding: the case of McDonald's

Jennifer Rowley

This article explores the approaches to the delivery of brand messages through a Web site, taking one of the leading brands, McDonald's, as a case study. The role of brands and…

The food industry and its impact upon increasing global obesity: a case study

Jonathan Lowell

This case study looks at the current crisis which is set to engulf both the developed and developing world: obesity. Using a variety of reliable sources (e.g. the World Health…