British Food Journal: Volume 122 Issue 3

Food safety culture assessment scale development and validation for use in school foodservice

Kahori Fujisaki, Rie Akamatsu

The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a measurement scale to assess food safety culture for use in school foodservice.

Alternatives to culling male chicks – the consumer perspective

Corrina Reithmayer, Oliver Mußhoff, Michael Danne

The purpose of this paper is to investigate consumer preferences for boxes of eggs which are produced without the culling of male layer-type chicks in layer hen production and…

Food label design – exploring the literature

Maria Elena Latino, Marta Menegoli, Angelo Corallo

The purpose of this paper is to identify the main research fields concerning food label designs and build a topic overview. To this end, the literature review method was chosen.

A study on the influence of street food authenticity and degree of their variations on the tourists’ overall destination experiences

Vikas Gupta, Manohar Sajnani

The purpose of this paper is to find out how the overall destination experiences of the foreign tourists in India are influenced by the perceived authenticity of the street foods…

Beyond “mainstream” and “alternative” in organic food supply chains: Empirical examples of added value distribution from eight European countries

Stefano Orsini, Susanne Padel, Danilo Gambelli, Julia Lernoud, Jürn Sanders, Francesco Solfanelli, Matthias Stolze, Helga Willer, Raffaele Zanoli

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the supply chains for organic milk, apples and pasta in eight European countries and how added value is distributed among market…

Characterization and functionality of fibre-rich pomaces from the tropical fruit pulp industry

Igor Ucella Dantas de Medeiros, Jailane de Souza Aquino, Natália Sufiatti de Holanda Cavalcanti, Ana Regina Nascimento Campos, Angela Maria Tribuzy de Magalhães Cordeiro, Karla Suzanne Florentino da Silva Chaves Damasceno, Roberta Targino Hoskin

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the chemical and functional composition of acerola, guava and cashew freeze-dried pomaces.

Coffee brews composition from coffea canephora cultivars with different fruit-ripening seasons

Andre Luiz Buzzo Mori, Marcelo Caldeira Viegas, Maria Amélia Gava Ferrão, Aymbiré Francisco Fonseca, Romário Gava Ferrão, Marta Toledo Benassi

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the contents of bioactive compounds and/or that of interest for the brew quality (trigonelline, caffeine, total chlorogenic acids and…

Physicochemical characterization, bioactive compounds and correlations in native fruits of western Mato Grosso do Sul

Marcelo Caetano de Oliveira, Paula Nogueira Curi, Rafael Pio, Daniela da Hora Farias, Marcio Roberto Rigote, Maria Cecília Evangelista Vasconcelos Schiassi, Moacir Pasqual, Vanessa Rios de Souza

The native species from western Mato Grosso do Sul provide fruits with unique sensory characteristics and high nutrient concentrations. Tropical fruit consumption is increasing…

Moving smallholders up rice value chain: a system dynamics approach

Yeong Sheng Tey, Abdulla Ibragimov, Mark Brindal, Shaufique F. Sidique, Rustam Abduraupov, Miraziz Makhmudov

Paddy farmers form the backbone of food security. However, poverty plagues them despite having linked them to the rice value chain. To overcome this, the concept of involving…

Shared power and fairness in trust-based supply chain relationships in an urban local food system

Dilupa Nakandala, Meg Smith, Henry Lau

The purpose of this paper is to investigate supply chain relationships in an urban local fresh food system from a retailer perspective to examine the types of relationships and…

Analysis of the wine consumer’s behavior: an inferential statistics approach

Maurizio Lanfranchi, Angela Alibrandi, Agata Zirilli, Georgia Sakka, Carlo Giannetto

The purpose of this paper is to attempt to outline the standard profile of the typical wine consumer, by identifying some relevant features that can influence his/her purchasing…

Where’s the meat? An evaluation of diet and partisanship identification

Samantha L. Mosier, Arbindra P. Rimal

The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively evaluate the connection between dietary choice and partisanship affiliation among the US population. Food has the potential to be a…

Cocreation of tourism experiences: are food-related activities being explored?

Susana Rachão, Zélia Breda, Carlos Fernandes, Veronique Joukes

This study analyses the dimensions of cocreation in on-site food-related activities.

Is craft beer consumption genderless? Exploratory evidence from Italy and Germany

Sergio Rivaroli, Jörg Lindenmeier, Roberta Spadoni

This study aimed to investigate the gendered nature of craft beer (CB) consumption in Italy and Germany.

Social media and academic identity in food research

Aine Regan, Maeve Henchion

With increasing emphasis on public engagement and scientific communication and dissemination, scientists are increasingly required to redefine their academic identity. Theoretical…

Online grocery shopping adoption: do personality traits matter?

Philipp Piroth, Marc Sebastian Ritter, Edith Rueger-Muck

This study examines the relationship between personality traits and the willingness to buy groceries online. Our research is based on research on consumer values regarding online…

Sustainable consumption in organic food buying behavior: the case of quinoa

Costanza Nosi, Lamberto Zollo, Riccardo Rialti, Cristiano Ciappei

Using an enhanced version of the theory of reasoned action (TRA), this study investigates the antecedents of organic quinoa-based food buying intention. In addition to attitude…

Sub-national consumer ethnocentrism and the importance of the origin of food products: an exploratory analysis

Pilar Fernández-Ferrín, Belén Bande, David Martín-Consuegra, Estrella Díaz, Elisabeth Kastenholz

This study's main objective is to analyse the role of the consumer's ethnocentrism as a potential segmentation basis and to detect product origin-sensitive groups. The…