Search results for "Consumer"

Heterogeneous salt distribution in hot snacks enhances saltiness without loss of acceptability

2013

clef UT: 000318667000026; International audience; Abstract Health issues have led worldwide organisations to encourage the food industry to reduce salt in processed foods. Therefore, different strategies for salt reduction have been investigated. Here, the effect of heterogeneous salt distribution on saltiness perception intensity was assessed to compensate for salt reduction in snack foods. Two models of hot-served baked foods were developed. One model is made of two layers that vary in composition (cream-based and cereal-based layers) and salt (NaCl) concentration; the other one is made of four cream-based layers that vary in salt concentrations. Consumer panels rated the saltiness intens…

The mismatch between teaching practices and curriculum goals in Norwegian Home Economics classes : a missed opportunity

2020

DOI 10.1080/20004508.2020.1816677 Current curriculum guidelines emphasise the importance of both nutrition education and the development of practical cooking skills in the school subject Food and Health (FH). This study aimed to explore teachers’ and students’ perspectives and experiences of current classroom practices in FH. Focus group discussions (FGDs) with teachers and students at three schools in Southern Norway were conducted and thematically analysed. Our findings suggest there is a mismatch between curriculum guidelines and teaching practices. Although teachers understood the benefits of nutrition education, practical cooking activities were prioritised. Three key themes were ident…

Alternatives to the present global development pattern : ecovillages – a model for sustainable living?

2016

Master thesis development management - University of Agder 2016 The current way of development is exhausting the planets limitations, the continues increase in consumption are degrading the nature that is relied on for human existence. Thus, it is necessary to define an alternative way of developing. The aim is to achieve happiness for all, sustaining the resources of the planet. Ecovillages are recognized as a sustainable alternative which encompasses a holistic approach to the term sustainability. Through qualitative research in the form of participatory observations, interviews and a survey performed in Gambhira, an ecovillage in rural Colombia, the sustainability, educational mission as…

The price of climate: French consumer preferences reveal spatial and individual inequalities.

2009

National audience; We use the hedonic price method to study consumer preferences for climate temperature, very hot or cold days, and rainfall) in France, a temperate countrywith varied climates. Data are for (i) individual attributes and prices of houses and workers and (ii) climate attributes interpolated from weather stations. We show that French households value warmer temperatures while very hot days are a nuisance. Such climatic amenities are attributes of consumers’ utility function; nevertheless, global warming assessments by economists, such as the Stern Review Report (2006), ignore these climatic preferences. The social welfare assessment is changed when the direct consumption of c…

Conducting sensory analysis tests among the elderly

2015

Critical Assessment of European Agenda for the Collaborative Economy, on behalf of European Parliament. In-Depth Analysis for the IMCO Committee

2017

The research paper describes the main legal challenges for regulating the collaborative economy and evaluates the definition of, and elucidates how the existing body of EU law applies to collaborative economy business models. In the last part, the paper elaborates on how a regulatory framework for non- professional provision of services and prosumers should look like and makes a few concrete proposals for future policies. This paper was commissioned by the Policy Department A for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies upon request of the European Parliament ́s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Non-voluntary unemployment in circuit analyses

1994

Studying unemployment is generally done in terms of market. In this type of analysis is not, however, easy to show compulsory redundancy. Furthermore, it's nowadays difficult to deny the existence of this kind of underemployment. According to the Keynesian theory it seems interesting to consider the analysis in terms of circulation. In this respect three outlines are in confrontation. If we accredit the idea of the building up of capital, compulsory redundancy could be explained by a deficit in the flow. Unfortunately, from a macroeconomic point of view this explanation cannot be accepted; if a product is not bought spontaneously, the sale of the product is implemented by force. The analysi…

Journey to the Centre of Europe

1998

De nombreuses institutions locales utilisent, dans de véritables opérations de marketing territorial, une analogie entre centre géographique et centre géométrique du cercle pour valoriser leur localisation. Il s'agit là d'une conception particulière et étroite d'une idée plus riche et plus insaisissable. Le concept de centre est une construction économique et sociale mais il repose sur certains principes consensuels : l'accessibilité, la concentration,l'inégalité, la relativité spatiale et temporelle et la subjectivité compte tenu de sa dimension symbolique. Définir un centre c'est d'abord borner un sous espace de référence. Représenter le centre économique par le centre d'un cercle nécessi…

Importance of food labeling as a means of information and traceability according to consumers

2015

Consumption patterns have considerably changed over recent years. We are witnessing more and more frequently to a lack of information (i.e. information asymmetry) between food producers and consumers, this generate in the consumer the latter need to access information related to processes of production of food and food distribution. Decisionmaking, in absence of further information, leads consumers to pay attention to food labeling. Food labels become the only tool for consumers to acquire additional information about products in order to make the purchase decision. In today’s modern and globalized market, labels limitations can be partially overcome by using Mobile Marketing tools, such as…

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR IN THE DIFFERENT SECTORS OF TOURISM

2010

Consumer behavior is a fascinating but difficult subject to research. This statement is particularly relevant in the tourism field, where the decision to purchase by a consumer is of emotional significance. The consumption of tourism products is dependent on discretionary time and income. Thus, much attention has been devoted to determining motives for travel behavior, both in terms of choosing one tourism product over another and regarding the decision to commit time and money to tourism, as opposed to alternative uses of those same resources (Todd, 2001). The holiday that the consumer buys will probably provide the consumer with the major highlight of the year - a chance to escape from wo…