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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Quality Determinants and Effect of Therapeutic Properties in Honey Consumption. An Exploratory Study on Italian Consumers

Riccardo TestaEmanuele SchimmentiAntonio AsciutoGiorgio SchifaniGiuseppina Migliore

subject

030309 nutrition & dieteticsmedia_common.quotation_subjectExploratory researchPlant ScienceAffect (psychology)Apitherapy03 medical and health sciencesHealthy foodSettore AGR/01 - Economia Ed Estimo Rurale0502 economics and businessQuality (business)Marketinglcsh:Agriculture (General)ordered logistic regressionmedia_commonConsumption (economics)0303 health scienceshealthy food05 social sciencesdigestive oral and skin physiologyfood and beveragesfrequency of consumptionlcsh:S1-972Variety (cybernetics)apitherapyconsumers’ behavior050211 marketingonline surveyBusinessOrdered logitAgronomy and Crop ScienceFood Science

description

Nowadays, more and more consumers show a growing interest in healthy food products that may help to maintain or improve human health, such as honey. Honey has always represented a fundamental component of traditional medicine in many world cultures. However, only thanks to several studies carried out in the last years, its use is considered as an alternative and complementary medicine, namely apitherapy. In this way, honey is recognized increasingly by consumers not only as a natural alternative to refined sugar but as healthy food, as shown by determining an increase of its consumption worldwide. This study aims to explore the consumers&rsquo

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-08-07Agriculture
10.3390/agriculture9080174http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture9080174