The purpose of food packaging is to preserve the quality and safety of the food it contains from the time of manufacture to the time it is used by the consumer. Recently, the demand for safe and high quality foods, as well as changes in consumer preferences have led to the development of innovative and novel approaches in food packaging technology. One such development is the active food packag...

(UFV), Viçosa, MG, Brazil (e-mail: [email protected]). ** DSc Food Science and Technology, Food Engineering Department, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Alegre, ES, Brazil (e-mail: [email protected]). *** DSc Food Science and Technology, Food Technology Department, UFV, Viçosa, MG, Brazil (e-mail: [email protected]). **** MSc Food Science and Technology, Food Engin...

Acknowledgments The authors thank KLICT: Chain networks, clusters, and ICT for financial support for part of this project; Olga Gommers for valuable research assistance; for insightful comments and suggestions; and an anonymous food product manufacturer for its valuable support of this project. Abstract In this article, the authors investigate consumers' consideration of media channels during d...

The purpose of food packaging is to preserve the quality and safety of the food it contains from the time of manufacture to the time it is used by the consumer. Recently, the demand for safe and high quality foods, as well as changes in consumer preferences have led to the development of innovative and novel approaches in food packaging technology. One such development is the active food packag...

The ‘daily bread’ for over six billion people today is largely derived from plant sources. The history of plant use reaches back uninterrupted to our earliest hominid ancestors. There is a long tradition of regarding the origins of agriculture (Hannery, 1973) as an important stage in the development of human society. Whilst acknowledging its significance, an equally profound revolution has pass...

This study examines relationships among health information orientation, situational perceptual frames, and active information behaviors pertinent to the safety controversy of genetically-modified (GM) food technology. A web survey was conducted in the US (N = 393). Based on our findings, an integrative model of Kim and Grunig’s (2011) Situational Theory of Problem Solving (STOPS) and Dutta-Berg...

In the context of increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in societies worldwide, enhancing the satiating capacity of foods may help people control their energy intake and weight. This requires an integrated approach between various food-related disciplines. By structuring this approach around the new product development process, this paper aims to present the contours of such an integr...

1 Department of Chemistry and Biodynamics of Food, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Tuwima 10,10-748 Olsztyn Poland 2Department of Chemistry, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Plac Lodzki 4, 10-727 Olsztyn, Poland 3 Department of Pharmacology. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, RRB 514, 23rd Ave. S. at Pierce, Nashville, TN 3...

1School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, China 2Department of Nutrition & Food technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan 3Departmentof Food process Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Ethiopia 4Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Gezira, Sudan 5Department of Food Process...