British Food Journal: Volume 116 Issue 8

“Is ‘junk food’ an ‘healthy’ concept?” the challenges of the current debate: From policy making back to science

Corrado Finardi, Gianluca Tognon

The term “junk food” is for the most part currently used in the widest political and media debate, without reference to something tangible. The purpose of this paper is to…

Effect of low glycaemic index diets on satiety

Sonia Maria de Medeiros Batista, Emilia Addison Machado Moreira, Giovanna Medeiros Rataichesck Fiates, Maria Alice Altemburg de Assis, Evanilda Teixeira

The purpose of the paper is to determine the effects of a hypocaloric diet with a low-glycaemic index (GI) on weight loss and postprandial blood glucose and assess both the…

Living with the New Nordic Diet

Arun Micheelsen, Lotte Holm, Katherine O’Doherty Jensen

Based on New Nordic Cuisine and Nordic dietary recommendations, the research centre OPUS has developed a healthy, sustainable and tasty New Nordic Diet (NND) with the goal of…

The food environment within the primary school fringe

Rachel G. Gallo, Lisa Barrett, Amelia A. Lake

The school fringe environment (peripheral 400 m buffer) offers an important opportunity for young people to obtain food and drink. There is international evidence to suggest…

Importance of satisfaction with food for older adults’ quality of life

Jihye Jeong, Sunhee Seo

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships among satisfaction with food-related life (SWFL), perceived foodservice quality, and quality of life for older adults.

Attitudes towards genetically modified animals in food production

Lynn J. Frewer, David Coles, Louis-Marie Houdebine, Gijs A. Kleter

Food products developed using genetically modified (GM) animals may soon be introduced in Europe and beyond. Their successful commercialisation depends on consumer acceptance, and…

Can increased organic consumption mitigate climate changes?

Lennart Ravn Heerwagen, Laura Mørch Andersen, Tove Christensen, Peter Sandøe

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the evidence for a positive correlation between increased consumption of organic products and potential climate change mitigation via…

Implicit measurement of consumer attitudes towards whole grain products

Nicole Elizabeth Hellyer, Iain Fraser, Janet Haddock-Fraser

The purpose of this paper is to establish implicit consumer attitudes towards whole grain foods, following criticisms of explicit enquiries revealing an attitude-behaviour gap…

Differentiating aspects of product innovation processes in the food industry : An exploratory study on New Zealand

Rao Sanaullah Khan, John Vincent Grigor, Alan G. Win, Mike Boland

The purpose of this paper is to sketch a comparative account of NPD approaches between registered New Zealand food companies that are doing some sort of functional foods (FF…

Assessing the risk of non-compliance in UK organic agriculture: An econometric analysis

Raffaele Zanoli, Danilo Gambelli, Francesco Solfanelli, Susanne Padel

– The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the risk factors influencing non-compliance in UK organic farming.