Nutrition & Food Science: Volume 90 Issue 3

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FOOD CHOICE

Richard Shepherd

At the Institute of Food Research in Reading a new Department of Food Acceptability was formed in April 1989. This includes sections investigating sensory responses to foods, food…

JUST DESSERTS

Rob Silverstone

The Consumers' Association is designing a campaign which will encourage catering establishments to introduce more healthy dishes onto their menus. In preparation for this…

HOSPITAL CATERING

Michael Kipps, Victor Middleton

It is possible to isolate five points in the hospital system where caterers may plan to make a positive, caring impact upon patients treated as responsive customers. Only one of…

FOOD PACKAGING AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Peni Walker

The past year has seen the rise of ‘green consumerism’, the phenomenon of thinking about the environment when making consumer choices. The most striking example of green consumer…

NUTRITION EDUCATION ON TARGET

Carol Sunderland

In 1987 Carol Sunderland was awarded a Churchill Travelling Fellowship and spent three months in Australia. Most of this time was spent observing the work of the Health…

THE NUTRIENT CONTENT AND VARIABILITY OF CATERING DISHES

Alison Taylor

To follow on from an earlier article on this topic (Nutrition and Food Science, March/April 1989), which outlined the background to this research and examined the method…

EIGHTY YEARS OF OXO

Oxo was originally promoted on health grounds and it was one of the home comforts supplied to troops in two world wars. Oxo is now being presented as an ingredient for modern…

POULTRY: CURRENT PROBLEMS, FUTURE PROSPECTS

Venter Wheelock

Food safety is now big news. As a result of all the recent media publicity, there has been a growth in consumer concern about possible hazards linked to specific foods. Individual…

NUTRITION EDUCATION

Gill Fine

The British Nutrition Foundation is an impartial scientific organisation and registered charity which aims to provide scientifically based information about nutrition, encourage…