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  2. CHAPTER 1 Spectroscopic Techniques for the Analysis of Food Quality

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  3. (PDF) An Introduction to Qualitative Research for Food and Nutrition

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  4. Food Quality Assessment in Microbiology Laboratory Stock Photo

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  5. (PDF) Importance of Food Quality and Nutritional Analysis for the Food

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  6. Food Testing

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  1. Consumer Understanding of Food Quality, Healthiness, and Environmental Impact: A Cross-National Perspective

    1. Introduction. The demand for high quality food has constantly increased during recent decades, as has the interest in the food quality issue both in response to market pressure (such as requests from increasingly demanding and knowledgeable consumers) and also as a reaction to other factors, for example health and environmental concerns [].The consumer of the 21st Century is a highly ...

  2. Journal of Food Quality

    Journal of Food Quality publishes original research on issues of food quality, including the handling of food from a quality and sensory perspective and covers both medical and functional foods. Articles Most Recent; Most Cited; Research Article. Open access.

  3. Consumer evaluation of food quality and the role of environmental cues

    The present research focuses on subjective food quality, a concept that may have very different meanings from one consumer to another. Furthermore, as stated in the Introduction section, there are many cues that contribute to the definition of perceived food quality. Given the elusive nature of subjective food quality and the lack of previous ...

  4. (PDF) Food Quality and Food Safety

    According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), food quality is "a complex. characteristic of food that determines its value or acceptability to consumers" (FAO ...

  5. Food Quality and Safety

    Food Quality and Safety is an international, peer-reviewed journal highlighting emerging and innovative science and technology in the agro-food field, publishing up-to-date research in food quality and safety, food nutrition, and human health.

  6. Food Quality and Preference

    A journal devoted to sensory, consumer and behavioural research in food and non-food products. An official journal of the Sensometric Society and the official journal of the European Sensory Science Society Food Quality and Preference is a journal devoted to sensory, consumer and behavioural …. View full aims & scope.

  7. Food Quality and Safety

    Food Quality and Safety is an open access, international, peer-reviewed journal providing a platform to highlight emerging and innovative science and technology in the agro-food field, publishing up-to-date research in the areas of food quality and safety, food nutrition and human health. It promotes food and health equity which will ...

  8. Food Insecurity, Neighborhood Food Environment, and Health Disparities

    Food insecurity and the lack of access to affordable, nutritious food are associated with poor dietary quality and an increased risk of diet-related diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and certain types of cancer. Those of lower socioeconomic status and racial and ethnic minority groups experience higher rates of food insecurity, are more likely to live in under-resourced ...

  9. Definition and components of food quality: A review

    Stakeholder perspectives on quality Food quality and safety are generated at every value chain stage (Malik et al., 2014). There are several definitions for food quality (Bremner, 2000; Nwadi and ...

  10. Food Quality and Safety

    Section Information. This section embraces all aspects of food that lead to positive or negative impacts on its quality and safety. Food characterization, processing, preservation and analysis involving chemical, physical, sensorial, microbiological and toxicological approaches are welcomed, from field studies to market surveys, from local to ...

  11. Food Quality

    Research performed across the traditional food science disciplines—food chemistry and biochemistry, food microbiology, food engineering, consumer and sensory science—to determine food safety, acceptability, and economic value. Our faculty view food quality from a broad perspective and believe that it unites much of the research we do.

  12. Food Insecurity, Diet Quality, Home Food Availability, and Health Risk

    Food security is defined as having consistent, dependable access to enough food for active, healthy living. 1 Food insecurity is a prevalent problem that is linked to poor health. 2-6 National data from 2018 indicate that 11% of US households were affected by food insecurity at some time during the previous year. 1 Experiences of food insecurity during the transition from adolescence to ...

  13. Food Safety and Quality Testing: Recent Areas of Focus and Research

    Food authenticity testing is a primary criterion for food and food products becoming more common due to global food legislation. From quality and authenticity standpoints, product analysis in the food and beverage industry is critical to ensure that the products have the appropriate nutritional levels, contain all the required constituents, are what they claim to be (to avoid food fraud), and ...

  14. Food Quality

    Innovative distribution and delivery of food. Arghya Ray, Pradip Kumar Bala, in Food Technology Disruptions, 2021. 6.3.1 Food quality and food safety. In layman terms, food quality refers to the quality characteristics of food. Researchers Cardello (1995) has stated that food quality is about assessing the "degree of excellence" of the food usually measured using various indices like ...

  15. Food quality

    Food quality is a concept often based on the organoleptic characteristics (e.g., taste, aroma, appearance) and nutritional value of food. Producers reducing potential pathogens and other hazards through food safety practices is another important factor in gauging standards. A food's origin, and even its branding, can play a role in how ...

  16. Processed Food: Nutrition, Safety, and Public Health

    Food processing has evolved profoundly and rapidly in the past decades. It is often related to potential negative consequences on the nutritional quality of food, and, in turn, on the population's dietary patterns and the increase in noncommunicable diseases. However, food processing should not be seen as a problem for human nutrition.

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    A food quality management research methodology integrating technologic. Explore the latest full-text research PDFs, articles, conference papers, preprints and more on FOOD QUALITY MANAGEMENT. Find ...

  18. Food Quality—Definition and a Holistic View

    A holistic assessment of quality of food comprises, in addition to the three recognised partial qualities, additional categories of quality which are currently gaining in significance. On the one hand there is a psychological or notional value of food, based on usually difficult-to-explain conceptions, opinions (prejudices) and expectations of ...

  19. Full article: Food quality, effects on health and sustainability today

    Introduction. Food choices made by consumers have a major effect on health and wellbeing, and the importance of a balanced diet is well-known. Apart from their energy and nutrients, food products should also be evaluated for safety, sustainability and impact on the environment, which in turn may affect human societies and wellbeing (FAO 2013 ...

  20. Can a Changing Food Environment Tip the Scale? A Mixed-Methods Study of

    The disproportionate concentration of unhealthy food in communities of color in the United States may contribute to health inequities and food insecurity. Gentrification has been associated with residents' increased adverse health outcomes in its early and rapid phases. This study adds to the growing body of research by examining the relationship between gentrification, the food environment ...

  21. Food Research International

    Food Research International provides a forum for the rapid dissemination of significant novel and high impact research in food science, technology, engineering and nutrition. The journal only publishes novel, high quality and high impact review papers, original research papers and letters to the …. View full aims & scope.

  22. Behavioral Intention to Purchase Sustainable Food: Generation Z's

    Sustainable food consumption is critical for addressing global environmental challenges and promoting health and ethical practices. Understanding what drives sustainable food choices among younger generations, particularly Generation Z, is essential for developing effective strategies to encourage sustainable consumption patterns. Using the Theory of Planned Behavior as the theoretical ...

  23. (PDF) The Impact of Food Quality on Customer Satisfaction and

    The research results show that food quality (X1) has a positive and significant effect on customer satisfaction (Z). Perceived value (X2) has a positive and significant effect on customer ...

  24. Food loss and waste

    The above won't get us far unless producers, consumers, business and governments act together. Around 60% of the world's food waste in 2022 came from households, followed by the food service ...

  25. Effects of Food Quality, Quantity, and Variety on Intake

    Satiety and Food Intake. The main reason that individuals choose particular foods is because they like the taste. While palatability of foods was found to be a major determinant of intake in an extensive review of the literature on human food intake (Spitzer and Rodin, 1981), it is possible that other characteristics of foods such as the energy density or nutrient composition could have an ...

  26. X-ray diffraction and its emerging applications in the food industry

    With its unique approach, the XRD analysis can prove to be a rapid, robust, and sensitive nondestructive approach to food quality evaluation. Recent reports indicate its scope for nonconventional applications such as the assessment of 3D printability of foods, ice crystal formation, and screening food adulterants.

  27. Lunches Consumed From School Are the Most Nutritious

    You are now leaving the USDA Food and Nutrition Service website and entering a non-government or non-military external link or a third-party site. FNS provides links to other websites with additional information that may be useful or interesting and is consistent with the intended purpose of the content you are viewing on our website.

  28. An Alarming Decline in the Nutritional Quality of Foods: The Biggest

    The phytochemicals and nutritional quality of fruits, vegetables, and food crops can both increase and decrease as a function of biotic and abiotic stress around the plant grown and abiotic stresses such as high-saline soils, severe drought, and excessive temperatures can harshly change the mineral composition of food crops ; similarly ...

  29. Quality, taste and variety

    Food quality, taste and variety: Concordians are craving more flavour, especially at Loyola Campus, and wider meal options are on the wish list. Those on both campuses are eager for an expanded menu to satisfy diverse tastes. ... Concordia's Rassim Khelifa is awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair. July 12, 2024. Concordia journalism student ...

  30. Unveiling the mix-up: investigating species and unauthorized tissues in

    According to numerous research [2, 6, 10, 11], histological exams are the recommended methods of quality control since they may identify fraud in food and meat products. Moreover, DNA-based techniques such as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a molecular biological method used in food authentication, are considered very accurate and quick [ 9 ].