British Food Journal: Volume 96 Issue 9

Catering for Institutionalized Elderly People: : The Care Home′s Dilemma

Sally Herne

The most significant demographic change in the UK this century has beenthe relatively rapid ageing of the population. More specifically, thegrowth of the very old (those over 80…

Children′s Snack Food Consumption Patterns in Germany and England

Inga Körtzinger, R.J. Neale, C.H. Tilston

Primary schoolchildren′s snack food consumption patterns and foodpreferences were investigated by interview technique in schools inGermany and England and analysed on the basis of…

The Mass Media and Food Hygiene Education

C.J. Griffith, K.A. Mathias, P.E. Price

Studies have shown that domestic knowledge and practices relating to theprevention of food‐borne disease may be inadequate and that familyoutbreaks of food poisoning are…

Changing Vocabularies of Taste, 1967‐92: : Discourses about Food Preparation

Alan Warde

Summarizes the findings of a systematic comparison of articles aboutfood and its preparation in popular British women′s magazines in 1967‐68and 1991‐92. The texts were subjected…

Biotechnology and Food Production: Knowledge and Perceived Risk

L.J. Frewer, R. Shepherd, P. Sparks

Sixty quota‐sampled consumers were interviewed regarding their knowledgeabout biotechnology, their perceptions of risks and benefits resultingfrom the application of the…

Food Authenticity

D.C.E. Roberts

Food adulteration is as old as the marketing of food. Discusses the workof the Ministry of Food working party on food authenticity who areworking to develop tests to enable some…