British Food Journal: Volume 122 Issue 1

The impact of corporate social responsibility on firms’ financial performance, evidence from the food and beverage industry

Niccolò Nirino, Nicola Miglietta, Antonio Salvi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on firms’ financial performance (FP) in the food and beverage (F&B) sector.

It tastes better when Bach meets red: the role of music and plate color on food evaluation

Chloe Hyojin Cho, Anna Mattila, Peter Bordi, Eunjin Kwon

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of arousal fit between music (auditory cues) and plate color (visual cues) on food evaluations.

Low phenylalanine breads as an alternative for patients with phenylketonuria

Mariana Lima Scortegagna, Viviani Ruffo de Oliveira, Isadora Pasini, Medelin Silva, Alessandro de Oliveira Rios, Divair Doneda

Patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) require a phenylalanine (Phe)-restricted diet due to its toxic effects on such subjects. Considering the low availability of specific foods for…

Consumers impact on food quality under frozen conditions in Germany

Beate Silvia Kölzer, Jasmin Geppert, Astrid Klingshirn, Harald Weber, Lilla Brugger, Antje Engstler, Jochen Härlen, Thomas Ertel, Thomas Gindele, Rainer Stamminger

More than 50 per cent of all German households own a freezing appliance and so far the market of frozen foods is constantly increasing (1 per cent from 2017 to 2018). Despite…

Loyalty formation toward Halal food: Integrating the Quality–Loyalty model and the Religiosity–Loyalty Model

Dwi Suhartanto, Marwansyah Marwansyah, Muhammad Muflih, Moh Farid Najib, Irgiana Faturohman

The purpose of this paper is to integrate the Quality–Loyalty Model and the Religiosity–Loyalty Model to assess loyalty formation toward Halal food.

British beer styles. Where are they heading?

Daniel Parker, Michael Taylor, Julio Romero Johnson, Keith Robert Thomas

The purpose of this paper is to analyse data from routine quality control samples of beer over a ten year period to provide comparisons with a previous study in 2006 and apply…

Impact of salt and sugar reformulation on processing parameters for orange juice and tomatoes using ohmic heating

Oluseyi Moses Ajayi, Wayne Martindale, Mark Swainson

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, it aims to investigate how salt and sugar reduction in foods due to the pressure from the emerging food regulations will affect the…

The price of cider: empirical analysis in Québec province

J. François Outreville, Eric Le Fur

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the main factors and mechanisms that govern the price of cider, and to apply the analysis to the price of ciders in the Province of…

Arsenic, cadmium, and lead contents of rice imported into Qatar-impact on intake

Tahra Elobeid, Vijay Ganji, Khloud Moustafa, Fatima Mohammed, Loujain El-Ouzi, Grace Attieh

The purpose of this paper is to determine arsenic, cadmium and lead contents of rice imports and to estimate their impact on these heavy metal intakes in Qatar.

Behavior-based pricing between organic and general food enterprises

Kanying Liu, Yong Lan, Wei Li

The pursuit of healthy and high-quality organic food has gradually become a trend. However, some researchers do not believe that the quality of organic food is higher than general…

Applying ANP to analyse sensory experience in restaurants

Wei-Lun Chang

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relative importance of the five types of sensory experience in restaurants and the differences between experts and customers.

Haute cuisine and country of origin

Angelo Presenza, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli

The purpose of this paper is to shed new light on the role of country of origin (COO) for the competitiveness of luxury restaurants. The main goal is to understand how an haute…

Consumers’ perceptions towards Thai rice: A cross-cultural comparison between easterners and westerners

Pimpinan Somsong, Regina C. McNally, Chi-Ming Hsieh

The purpose of this paper is to investigate consumer preferences towards innovative rice products, and cross-cultural determinants of customers’ perceived value and loyalty.

Searching for high pressure processing parameters for Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes reduction in Concord grape juice

Rodrigo Petrus, John Churey, Randy Worobo

High pressure processing (HPP) has been widely used for high-acid (pH<4.6) juices. The purpose of this study was to investigate optimal parameters aimed at achieving 5-log…

Intentions to adopt safe food storage practices in older adults: An application of the theory of planned behaviour

Abhinand Thaivalappil, Andrew Papadopoulos, Ian Young

The purpose of this paper is to apply the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to determine which psychosocial factors are predictors of older adults’ safe food storage practices at…

Producers’ cooperative products in short food supply chains: consumers’ response

Stavriani Koutsou, Panagiota Sergaki

The purpose of this paper is to investigate an innovation concerning a short food supply chain (SFSC) created by a newly established producers’ cooperative in Greece that sells…

Consumer acceptance of food obtained from olive by-products: A survey of Italian consumers

Maria Angela Perito, Antonella Di Fonzo, Marcello Sansone, Carlo Russo

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the market potential of food obtained from olive by-products. The marketing of such by-products (e.g. olive leaves and pulp) is a…

Investigation of process and product parameters for physico-chemical properties of low Glycemic Index water chestnut and barley flour-based extruded snacks

Mushtaq Beigh, Syed Zameer Hussain, Tahiya Qadri, Bazila Naseer, Tariq Raja, Haroon Naik

Keeping in view the diabetes status that has affected about 415 million people globally and is the leading cause of death in many countries along with therising demand for low…

Gender and wine consumption: sociodemographic profiles

María Carolina Rodríguez-Donate, Margarita Esther Romero-Rodríguez, Víctor Javier Cano-Fernández, Ginés Guirao-Pérez

The globalization of wine markets together with a prolonged decline in wine consumption, especially in traditional wine-producing countries such as Spain, make it more relevant…

Predicting adolescents’ behavioural intentions in adulterated food management

Yunhwa Kim

The purpose of this paper is to determine the function of adulterated food management (AFM) in the behavioural intentions of adolescents on food safety concerns.

The new helping the old: Social media as a facilitator for variety seeking in food choices of the grey population

Surat Teerakapibal, Yioula Melanthiou

Evidence has shown that the population is growing “increasingly gray” and growing too are the concerns for the elderly population with regards to their food choices. Being well…

Sustainability and country-of-origin: How much do they matter to consumers in Switzerland?

Franziska Götze, Thomas A. Brunner

The purpose of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of the market for sustainably produced domestic products by categorising consumers into homogeneous groups. Thereby…

Wine consumers’ willingness to adopt environmentally friendly packaging practices at tasting rooms: An ECHAID analysis

Kathleen Kelley, Johan Bruwer, Jennifer Zelinskie, Denise Gardner, Ramu Govindasamy, Jeffrey Hyde, Bradley Rickard

The purpose of this paper is to investigate consumers’ wine preferences, recycling attitudes and behaviors and socio-demographic data in an effort to build market segment profiles…

Tomato attributes and consumer preferences – a consumer segmentation approach

Kristin Jürkenbeck, Achim Spiller, Stephan G.H. Meyerding

Vegetables are an important component of a healthy diet. Given that tomatoes are the most purchased vegetable in Germany, the purpose of this paper is to focus on how consumers…

Economic evaluation of a prospective Farm Animal Welfare program in Turkey

Özlem Turan, Serkan Gurluk, Abdulhakim Madiyoh

The purpose of this paper is to examine producer preferences for changing Farm Animal Welfare (FAW) levels in regards to sheep and goat husbandry in Bursa-Turkey.